Children & Parents Day 2015 Going Mangos on March 1st. The Pineapple Newspaper Story

Tenth Annual Children & Parents Day Going Mangos on Sunday, March 1

By The Pineapple
February 2014

The nonprofit Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History’s tenth annual Children & Parents Day is set for Sunday, March 1, 2015. The theme for the tenth annual Children & Parents Day in Boynton Beach, Florida is celebrating the Mango Fruit, National Nutrition Awareness Month and the State of Florida’s Viva Florida initiative as mango farming connects with Florida’s agriculture history.

“This lively family day event has evolved to incorporate healthy eating presentations, culinary demos, kids cooking classes; and arts for kids and their families,” says Lori J. Durante, Executive Director/Chief Curator for the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History.

The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History’s tenth annual program is sponsored by style doyenne Iris Apfel, and Target, Kingston Fresh, Coca-Cola, Blue Bell Creameries, Patricia Ann Ravo Fund and Boris & Edith Rueger Fund. The Children & Parents Day’s Resident Chef is Juniper Torres of Someone’s In The Kitchen Catering in West Palm Beach and she will be creating the mango-infused all-you-can eat buffet and conduct a kids cooking class. Mango pastries will be created by pastry chef Anna Orlando of Palermo’s Bakery in Boynton Beach and baker Bonnie Brown of Bonnie’s Best Bites will also conduct kids cooking classes and prepare a 3-D mango cake.

The event will feature mango-infused recipes from Target and the National Mango Board. Students from South Tech Culinary Academy in Boynton Beach will be assisting the chef and bakers with creating the unique mango-laden recipes and the kids cooking classes.

The Artist-in-Resident for the tenth annual Children & Parents Day is Julia Longwell of Lake Worth who will lead interactive mango-theme art-making. The artist-in-resident Julia Longwell is a painter and photographer from New York, New York who currently residents in Lake Worth, Florida. In 2003 she earned her BFA in Painting from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. After graduation she traveled to many countries in Central America, spending a year in El Salvador working in rural school districts to raise awareness of ecological issues thru art objects. Julia has had solo exhibitions in Dallas, Texas; West Palm Beach, Florida and Lake Worth, Florida and has been in many group shows in New York and Florida.
Other local artists who will engage children in arts activities are Inge Behrens of Boca Raton; and artists Betty Wilson and Linda Manganaro of Artisans on the Ave Gallery in Lake Worth.

Florida Farm Bureau Federation will also be participating with interactive programs at the tenth annual Children & Parents Day. Farming in Florida was primary when Florida became an official State in 1845. The engagement of local farmers, artists and chefs will allow children and families in attendance at Children & Parents Day to learn about careers in those fields too.

The mango fruit theme for the tenth annual Children & Parents Day will include art, history, culinary, nutrition and agriculture. The mango fruit theme will be incorporated in all aspects of the all-day event that involves, arts and crafts workshops conducted by local artists, storybook reading by the “Mango Farmer,” face painting, souvenir photos under the “mango tree,” cooking demos and kids cooking classes hosted by local chefs.

The 2015 Children & Parents Day program also supports First Lady Michelle’s Obama’s Let’s Move Campaign and Chefs Moves to Schools Campaign to help end childhood obesity. The tenth annual Children & Parents Day will be held on Sunday, March 1, 2015 from 12 noon to 4pm at the historic Boynton Woman’s Club in Boynton Beach. This historic building was designed by the famed architect Addison Mizner and is on the National Registry of Historic Places. The mango theme for the tenth annual Children & Parents Day will include the following categories art, healthy eating, fitness, farming and Florida history. The fees are inclusive of all arts, crafts, entertainment, souvenir photos and allyou- can-eat buffet. The advance purchase discount rate is $15 per person/senior citizen/adult children age 3 and over; free for children under age 3. Same-day, on-site ticket purchase is $25 per person; free for children under age 3. For more information, call 561-243-2662 or 561-638-8277. Email: mango@childrenparentsday.org.

Visit www.ChildrenParentsDay.org. Sponsorship Opportunities are still available.

The annual Children & Parents Day was established in 2005 with the purpose of providing a fun-filled day of family adventures with arts, crafts and history education activities for children. MLFH also conducts the Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County and the Narrated Bus Tours of Historic Palm Beach County.

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Historic Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University toured by African American travel club from Miami, Florida for Black History Month

The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.  The Black History Month trip visited the Goldsboro Historical Museum, Historic Saint James AME and Bethune-Cookman University.

Year 2014 was punctuated with a Black History Month tour to historic Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University hosted for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.  This marked the fourth annual Black History Month tour that the non-profit Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History (MLFH) has hosted for this group of distinguished African American professionals.  Previous years, tours were hosted to Delray Beach, Lake Worth, West Palm Beach and Brevard County (Mims and Titusville, Florida).  The tours are always at sold-out capacity.  As a tradition, no matter where the bus may travel in the State of Florida, we start with a breakfast buffet at Donnie's Southern Restaurant in Delray Beach, Florida.

The trip to Sanford, Florida highlighted the former all-black town of Goldsboro incorporated in 1891 becoming the second black town in the State of Florida.  Following the emancipation of slaves in 1865, the Federal government scouted Florida to establish "Negro" colonies. The Freedman's Bureau established Goldsboro, as a result. Many former slaves also acquired land beginning in 1868 through President Abraham Lincoln's 1862 Homestead Act that Florida adopted in 1868.  In 1911, the Town of Goldsboro was forcefully annexed into Sanford so that Sanford could expand its boundaries.  The former Goldsboro section now boasts the Goldsboro Historical Museum commemorating this original all-black town that was vibrant with their own town council, General Store, Post Office, churches and residential areas.  The Goldsboro Historical Museum houses thousands of documents, deeds, photographs and artifacts preserving the former life of Goldsboro. The Museum complex includes the Goldsboro Welcome Center & Francis C. Oliver Cultural Arts Center.  The Goldsboro Museum representatives warmly welcomed the arrival of the tour bus with the beating of  drums and serving refreshments.  The City of Sanford, Florida District 2 Commissioner Dr. Velma H. Williams personally greeted the more than 50 members with the African American travel club during the time at the Goldsboro Historical Museum.

Mrs. Johnson of Miami is greeted by Dr. Velma H. Williams, District 2 Commissioner for the City of Sanford, Florida. The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

So much of the establishment of the original Thirteen Colonies and the African diaspora is connected to the American church.  Following the educational experience at the Goldsboro Historical Museum, the bus traveled to the Historic Saint James AME Church which prepared an enlightening program. The group was welcomed by Reverend W. Damone Johnson.  The historical presentations were by Mrs. Martha Hardy Sanders and Mrs. Ollie Richardson Williams.  Mrs. Julia Wright Harrison graciously presided over the program.  The church began in year 1867 and the current edifice was built in 1913 and is on the National Registry of Historic Places and the Florida Heritage Trail. The church's stunning architecture is Gothic Revival and was designed by Prince W. Spears.  The group enjoyed a catered boxed lunch by Angel's Soul Food & BBQ in the parish hall at Historic Saint James AME.  Before the group's departure from the church, Mr. Norton N. Bonaparte, Jr., City Manager for the City of Sanford, Florida cordially welcomed and greeted the members from the Retirees, Seniors and Friends African American travel club.

Mrs. Julia Wright Harrison with Lori J. Durante at the 1913 church building for Historic Saint James AME in Sanford, Florida. The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

A few highway exits away from Sanford, Florida is the historically black prestigious Bethune-Cookman University where Dr. Edison O. Jackson is President in Daytona Beach.  The campus tour included visiting the home of Mary McLeod Bethune, founder of Bethune-Cookman University which originated in 1904 related to the United Methodist Church. The group was then led to the university library to tour the Rosewood exhibit which tells the story of another former all-black Florida town.

The history overflowed in Sanford, Florida and at Bethune-Cookman University. The African American travel club received red carpet treatment at every turn and at all the destinations visited.  It was definitely worth the trip and a great VivaFlorida experience.

Home of Mary McLeod Bethune at Bethune-Cookman University. The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

  

Here is the photo log from the 2014 Black History Month Tour held on Thursday, February 20, 2014:

The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

Francis C. Oliver, Curator of the Goldsboro Historical Museum. The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

  

The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

City of Sanford, Florida District 2 Commissioner Dr. Velam H. Williams with Lori J. Durante. The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

Historic Saint James AME. The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

Historic Saint James AME. The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

Mrs. Julia Wright Harrison and Reverend W. Damone Johnson of Saint James AME. The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

City of Sanford, Florida City Manager Norton N. Bonaparte, Jr. welcomes the African American travel club from Miami. The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

Mrs. Ollie Oliver Richardson Williams of Historic Saint James AME. The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

Reverend W. Damone Johnson of Historic Saint James AME. The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

Norton N. Bonaparte, Jr., City Manager for Sanford, Florida welcomes the African American travel club visiting Historic Saint James AME.  The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

Original home for Mary McLeod at Bethune-Cookman University. The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

Rosewood exhibit at Bethune-Cookman University. The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

Rosewood exhibit at Bethune-Cookman University. The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

Rosewood exhibit at Bethune-Cookman University. The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

Mrs. Johnson of Retirees, Seniors & Friends with MLFH volunteer Kenneth Durante. The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History conducted a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Florida that traveled to Sanford, Florida and Bethune-Cookman University.  The tour was planned for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors & Friends of Miami, Florida.

 About the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History:

The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History (MLFH) is a non-profit 501c3 organization as designated by the IRS. MLFH was established in year 1999 in Palm Beach County, Florida. The Mission of MLFH is to offer educational programs, and history and retrospective anthropology exhibits showcasing lifestyle, cultures, people, places, fashion trends, clothes, architecture, furnishings, decorative arts, interior designs, locomotives and toys, and information about popular uses of artifacts by people/events of various periods of time. 2001 marked the year that MLFH was approved to host traveling exhibitions from the Smithsonian Institution. In year 2004, MLFH premiered the Narrated Bus Tours of Historic Delray Beach, Florida. The tours have been hugely popular and rated the Most Unique Travel Gem by AAA Travel Home & Away Magazine. The Historic Tours have hosted more than 8,000 passengers. The mission of the tours is to showcase the historic cultural lifestyle, people, and places. American Express has been one  sponsors of the Narrated Bus Tours of Historic Delray Beach.  October 2011, MLFH premiered its newest program the Taste History Culinary Toursof Historic Palm Beach County that is sponsored by Macy's, the Patricia Ann Ravo Fund and the Boris & Edith Rueger Fund. The purpose of the Taste History Culinary Tours is to infuse food history, food culture, foodways and food tastings into facts about the historic districts and pioneer people of West Palm Beach, Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, Lake Worth, and Lantana, Florida (Palm Beach County) along with highlighting art galleries, historic buildings and showcasing the contributions of early settlers. There are more than forty culinary partners for this program that include restaurants, cafes, an urban farm, historic buildings and art galleries.  And, in 2012, the Narrated Bus Tours of Historic Lake Worth, Florida was added to the program.  For  more information, call 561-638-8277 or 561-243-2662.