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Leadership Convention – Additional Activities

The convention in St. Louis will have a lot of great
activities you and your family won’t want to miss!

First Time Convention Attendee’s Reception
Darryl Shelton and Dan Beerens will host this event. Hot dogs, pretzels, caramel corn and nachos will be served. Further details upon arrival.

Opening Night Family Celebration
8:00pm-9:00pm Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Darryl Shelton and Amy Bross host this chocolate-themed night for all convention attendees and their families. Kids will enjoy St. Louis trivia games and prizes.

An Evening at the St. Louis Zoo
3:00pm-6:30pm Wednesday, July 30, 2008
If it prowls, slithers, hops, flies, swims or crawls, you’re sure to find it at the St. Louis Zoo. With more than 11,000 animals and insects it’s no wonder the St. Louis Zoo is recognized as one of the nations finest. For only $16 for adults and free for children under 12, your family will receive dinner, entertainment, and special entrance into the sea lion show, the new insectarium, and the children’s zoo where kids can pet the animals.

Refuge of Nation’s “Koroga Bonga” Picnic
6:00pm-9:00pm Thursday, July 30, 2008
Koroga Bonga means “to talk as we stir food at it cooks” in Swahili, and that describes our picnics well. We provide the meat and buns, everyone else brings what they can (fruit, beverages, desserts, salads). We spend time relaxing together as various volunteer groups play games with the children. One immigrant or refuge family will be assigned to each table to briefly share a bit of their story with our special guests. Limited transportation is provided.

The Muny
6:00pm-10:00pm Thursday, July 31, 2008
The Muny is known world wide as America’s oldest and largest outdoor musical theatre. It seats over 13,000 people with 1,500 free seats. Join CSI for a night of dinner and family entertainment at The Muny.

Ticket price includes: complimentary backstage tours, delicious buffet dinners available at our on-site restaurant (The Culver Pavilion), Bandfest entertainment every evening at 6:30pm, and Muny Link Shuttle at the Forest Park Metrolink Station. Tickets for those that would sit close to the stage are $50, tickets for those that sit in the back of the theatre are $35.

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Other activities offered:

Wednesday CSI Forest Park Day
This beautiful park in the heart of the city offers monuments, historic buildings, wildlife, waterways and landscapes.

St. Louis Art Museum
The Saint Louis Art Museum is one of the nation’s leading comprehensive art museums, containing more than 30,000 works of art. The collection includes works of exceptional quality from virtually every culture and time period. Admission to the Museum and its collection is free every day, though certain exhibits have fees.

Missouri History Museum in Forest Park
Admission to the museum and library are free to the public. Feature exhibitions include: Seeking St. Louis, Lindenbergh, The 1904 World’s Fair, and Lewis and Clark: The National Bicentennial Exhibition

St. Louis Science Museum
The Saint Louis Science Center is a three-building complex (the main building, the Montgomery Bank Exploradome and the James S. McDonnell Planetarium) with more than 700 hands-on exhibits. General admission is free and special exhibits range from $3 to $8. All day parking is $9.

There is also a lot to do outside of the city. Here are a few ideas:

Grant’s Farm
This farm is a wildlife preserve complete with bison, elk, antelope, zebras, llamas and ostriches. It is a great place for adults and children alike.

Magic House
St. Louis’s award-winning children’s museum was designed to appeal to everyone, and there are exhibits and activities for every age group. Everything is hands-on and guaranteed fun.

Meramac Caverns
These beautiful caves are filled with spectacular mineral formations that delight visitors. Tours lasting 80-90 minutes are guided by trained and informative rangers. The caverns are located approximately an hour from St. Louis.

Missouri Botanical Garden
This magnificent spot features North America’s largest traditional Japanese garden, a Victorian garden (with walk-through maze), the William T. Kemper Center for Home Gardening, and the Climatron Complex, an award-winning geodesic dome and rainforest conservatory.

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