All ages can participate in this annual family event that benefits the Saint Louis Zoo. You can take part in a 5K Race/Walk, a 1/2 mile kids fun,  1/4 mile kids run for ages 6 and under, and fun health and fitness activities sponsored by the Zoo and St. Louis Children's Hospital.

Registration is available in advance. For more information and registration, visit www.stlzoo.org

Beginning March 16, The Frontline for Hope, a documentary style series which gives viewers a first-hand look inside St. Louis Children’s Hospital, will air for six weeks on KSDK NewsChannel 5 at 6:30 p.m. on Saturdays.

Cadan Christopher Frericks would have celebrated his fourth birthday Thanksgiving weekend. But on December 6, 2008, his mom and dad held him for the first and last time. He was only twelve days old when he died of a birth defect called congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH).
 

Kids can have a role in raising funds for cancer research and have fun at the Pedal the Cause Kids Challenge, part of the Pedal the Cause fundraising event.

From the time they’re babies, children have an innate desire to help when they see another child hurting. As they grow older, that empathy for others grows right along with them.

Unfortunately, kids are often limited on how they can help on a grand scale. Their hearts are bigger than their financial means, and it’s hard to volunteer when you can’t leave the house without mom or dad in tow.

Thanks to delicious chocolate eggs decorated in shiny pastel foil, chick-shaped marshmallow treats and brightly colored jellybeans, Easter is one of my favorite holidays. Luckily, there are plenty of fun egg hunts to jump start my sugar high.