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Four days to go in KidsOutAndAbout's 2014 survey! Here are some preliminary category results!

Tens of THOUSANDS of people all over the country are voting in the annual KidsOutAndAbout Top 20 Surveys!

There's still time to encourage your fans to vote in Hartford's 2014 Top 20 Places to Take Kids survey!


Our Top 20 page is the primary way new readers find out about us when they search for places to take kids in the Hartford area... so winning a spot on this fantastic page is valuable, indeed! Here are some rankings as of 7am, June 17, 2014:


  • Favorite indoor play center: Whippersnapper's Play Gym is currently in first place, then The Bright Spot Children's Playplace, Flight Trampoline Park, Launch Trampoline Park, and Bounce Town.

  • Favorite place to have fun outside: Only two votes separate the first place and third place organizations.  Lake Compounce is in the lead, then Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo, then Town Beaches and Mystic Seaport are tied for third. 

  • Favorite kid-friendly museum: Lutz Children's Museum is in front, then The New Children's Museum, Imagine Nation Museum, Old Sturbridge Village, and Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History.

  • Favorite farm: Lyman Orchards has first place currently, then Flamig Farm Inc., Johnny Appleseed's Farm, Foster Family Farm, and Easy Pickin's Orchard.

  • Favorite professional sports team: New Britain Rock Cats is in first place at this point, then Hartford Wolfpack, and Danbury Whalers.

  • Favorite performing arts venue: The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts holds the lead, then Hartford Stage Company, Playhouse on Park, and Newington Children's Theatre Company.

Voting ends this Saturday, June 21st! Here is the link to vote:  http://hartford.kidsoutandabout.com/2014surveyHartford


The organizations nominated are really counting on you and they need YOUR HELP!  If you haven't voted yet, please take a couple minutes to do so. At the end, you will have the opportunity to enter your email to win a $50 gift certificate to Amazon.com! 
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