Summer Fun

Mon., June 15, 1998

By our calculations, most of you have 85 days until school starts again. Unless you’re going to summer school or working every day, you’re probably going to be looking for something to do. So the Our Generation Teen Council compiled a list of some fun, some profitable, some charitable and some downright ridiculous things you could do this summer. Here goes:

Eat. Sleep. Go on a road trip. Attend a camp. Get dressed up and go bowling. Research college scholarships. Learn how the stock market works and make your first investment. Go Jet Skiing. Go to Silverwood. Check out all of the garage sales in your neighborhood. Have a garage sale. Read Moby Dick. Go swimming. Sun bathe. Gather all the loose change from your couch and go to an arcade. Go to Costco on Sundays and try all of the free samples. Go camping. Read Our Generation. Learn to cook an exotic dish. Help little kids set up a lemonade stand. Buy lemonade from every little kid’s stand you see. Collect cans from your house and neighborhood and cash them in. Turn on the sprinklers and run through them. Climb a tree and ponder life. Design your own Web page. Offer to mow your neighbors’ lawns. Go to Wild Waters. Write a letter to your grandparents. Start your own band. Cook a meal for your family. Shave your head. Buy ice cream for the little kids in your neighborhood when the ice cream truck comes around. Borrow a camcorder and make your own movie. Spend the entire day at a dollar theatre; see every movie playing. Create your own car-washing business. Learn to play a musical instrument. Go to a skate park; learn to skateboard. Play Frisbee in the park. Call everyone you know. Ride a tractor. Serve a meal at a homeless shelter. Start a novel; write one page every day. Go to all of the all-ages shows in town. Visit a farm. Go to a library. Offer to baby-sit your younger siblings and allow your parents a night out. Pity your car-less friends and take them out on the town. Chop wood for winter. Take some little kids “camping” in your backyard. Start a chain letter. Take part in Kids Week. Join the Youth Volunteer Corps, call 838-6581. Go to basketball camp (see story, Page B8) Gather friends, pack a picnic, hit the Centennial Trail. Set aside time to talk to your family; tell them what’s going on in your life. Have a barbecue. Compile family pictures into theme photo albums. Throw a costume party. Write for Our Generation; call 459-5456 for information.

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