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See the best toys for 2-year-olds to shop ahead of the holidays, including pretend play fun, educational picks and plenty of active toys for both outdoors and indoors.

Pop-Up Shop Event: Wednesday, August 3 from 4:00-7:00 pm. The library is excited to host its first Pop-Up Shop event! Come by, enjoy some shopping, and support your small local businesses on Wednesday, August 3 from 4:00-7:00 PM. This event is co-sponsored by Newtown Economic and Community Development. Participating businesses include: Busy Minds, New Insights Boutique, Indigo Jane, Sky Blue Designs, Clay in the Potter’s Hands, Pixie’s Pop Shop, BD Provisions, The Healing Herb Garden, and Sh...

The Indiana Standardbred Association is excited to announce their recent decision to partner with the Harness Horse Youth Foundation in a comprehensive educational outreach to all counties in the Hoosier State. ISA has agreed to provide the funding necessary to produce and distribute HHYFs 2021 set of Activity Boxes to each youth development coordinator in each county extension office, who will, in turn, give them to interested 4H clubs. "Horse racing is important to the state’s economy, espe...

Trustee/Secretary Suzanne D’Ambrose and Executive Director Ellen Taylor will be presenting information about the Harness Horse Youth Foundation’s (HHYF) Activity Boxes at the upcoming American Youth Horse Council virtual symposium on March 4. Titled Making Lemonade at HHYF, the segment will highlight the creative and design process as well as feature examples of the activities included in the series of four activity boxes developed during the pandemic. HHYF’s comments are included in th...