2024 Mom’s Choice Awards Winners

The votes are in! Check out our 2024 Mom’s Choice Awards Winners Guide to see which businesses and organizations YOU and your fellow St. Michael-Albertville moms chose as the best in town.

Top 5 Local Apple Orchards

Fall will be here soon, and with it comes the opportunity for your family to visit one of our area’s fantastic apple orchards!

Here’s a list of five of the most popular orchards among STMA residents, all of which include pick-your-own apples.

Autumn Nature Walks

Between the sunshine and the fall colors, this month is ALL about leaf-gazing! In early- to mid-October, the STMA area typically experiences its peak for fall color, making it a great time to go outdoors and enjoy an autumn nature walk with your kids.

By the way, do you know WHY the leaves change colors? Check out this article from the MN DNR, and learn something cool to teach your kids! http://dnr.state.mn.us/fall_colors/typical_peak.html

Here are some great local spots to go for a stroll:

STMA Fall 2024 Community Ed Brochure

The Fall 2024 Community Education brochure is hitting mailboxes this week, with lots of great classes and activities for your family to enjoy this fall.

Check out the digital version of the brochure (linked below) for info on sports, music lessons, technology and creative classes, ECFE classes, and more! Registration for these programs begins at 12am on August 21 at stma.ce.eleyo.com.

Back-to-School Checklist

Whether this is your first year sending kids off to school or you’ve been doing it for many years, there are a LOT of details to keep in mind when it comes to getting them ready!

There’s nothing I love more than a completed checklist, so I made this handy printable list to keep my family’s back-to-school details straight! I’d love to share it with you in the hope that it will help YOU this season as well.

FYCC Summer Activities 2024

FYCC (Family Youth Community Connections) is known for hosting great, FREE summer activities for STMA kids, and this year will not disappoint! Check out the flyer below to see what FYCC has planned for summer 2024.

We will have all these activities on our Events Calendar—available at the start of each month—but you can get all the details and sign up in advance at myfycc.com.