Boredom Busters

Create your own board game! 
Just grab some old cardboard and markers and make your own version of your favorite board game! it can be very simple with moves that are decided on by dice. Use rocks as playing pieces and decorate the board with glitter and googly eyes. If you want, you can get more complex and make cards that are drawn on every turn. The possibilities are endless!


Look at bugs in the grass!
Have you even wondered what lived in the great beyond? The great beyond of the backyard of course! If you go and lay in the grass and stay very still, then you will see all sorts of bugs and critters that you wouldn't have noticed before. Then you can roll over and look at the clouds as well and see what there is to see in the sky.

 
Go for a hike!
Durango is a great place to live because there are so many outdoor activities to choose from! This weekend, take some time to go explore the surrounding area and hike around the town. Take a notebook and write down what wildlife you see on your walk about. Nature is pretty neat after all.

Boredom Busters

 Start the day with a leisurely walk along the Animas river!

Listen to the water, 

feel the sun, 

know the river will never 

be the same as when you

 saw it....

 These are schwanky marbles!

 Here's how to play one of the oldest marble games, described by the Roman poet Ovid, and played by Augustus, who founded the Roman Empire. The first player shoots one marble onto the playing field, which can be any area. The second player tries to hit the first player's marble. 

If they hit it, they collect both marbles.

 True classics never die!

 Do you know how to play Jacks?

 Or is this Jack a good friend?

Taste of Durango 2013

 

 Taste of Durango 2013 to benefit

Manna Soup Kitchen

Who is Manna and what do they do for our community?

 

"Manna serves breakfast, lunch, sack lunches and hot dinners to go Monday through Friday, and hot brunch and sack lunches on Saturday and Sunday. Our clients include the working poor, individuals, families, children, the elderly, and the homeless.  Our sack lunch program fills the County’s Department of Human Services gaps by supplementing the food stamp program and school lunch program.   Manna collaborates with business partners and other non-profits that provide food to their clients. Manna helps stock the Silverton Food Bank and re-distributes excess fresh and canned donations to the Food Bank, VOA Shelter, Safehouse, Hilltop House, Loaves and Fishes in Pagosa Springs, and Mercy Housing.

 

In 2013 Manna expects to:
Serve 68,000 meals, provide 20,600 sack lunches, distribute 1200 hygiene packs, and provide 6 students with internship opportunities." 

That's alotta stuff for Manna to do! So we at Durango Toy Depot play a miniscule part in all of this by volunteering at Taste of Durango. Sure, we take our toys and some games so people can play games and win prizes but more importantly, we donate all we do at the Taste of Durango so that Manna Soup Kitchen can continue their work in our community. 

Durango is a great place to live, it's also a great place to eat! 

Join us, this Sunday as we celebrate what Durango has to offer!