Wander Wear and GoCityKids.com Support Safe Summer Fun Two-month complimentary subscription offered with every Wander Wear purchase
ASHLAND, MA June 28, 2004 — Wander Wear Inc. (www.wander-wear.com), a parent-run company that develops affordable products that help accidentally lost children and their parents reunite quickly and easily, is pleased to announce a new partnership with GoCityKids.com, the ultimate insider’s guide to family activities in 13 cities and surrounding metropolitan areas, including Boston, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Seattle, and Washington DC. The two companies are working to helps parents keep their children safe when traveling or visiting crowded places such as amusement parks, beaches, concerts, fairs and zoos.
?Summer is the time when families are out and about enjoying sunshine and crowded venues such as beaches and amusement parks,? commented Alyssa Dver, CEO for Wander Wear Inc. ?Despite our best efforts as parents, children often get lost among the many people, attractions and overall excitement of a park or fair. We are delighted to work with GoCityKids.com to help raise the awareness of parents that there are easy and affordable ways to keep their children safe, making their summer all that much more enjoyable.?
As a special offer, with every online Wander Wear product order placed before September 30, 2004, customers will automatically receive a free two-month subscription to GoCityKids.com.
GoCityKids.com subscribers receive:
*Information on thousands of venues - museums, parks , restaurants, libraries, classes, stores, after school activities, party and entertainment places, theaters, and more;
*Comprehensive database searchable by zip code, neighborhood, age, activity;
*Full access to detailed, long-range events calendars in all GoCityKids.com cities; and
*Weekly e-newsletter outlining top events for the coming week, plus information on future events for their city of choice
Audrey Trieschman, Boston Editor of GoCityKids.com noted, ?GoCityKids.com can suggest hundreds of great places to explore with your family and and activities to entertain your kids. As advocates for safe family adventures, we recognize that kids often get accidentally separated from their parents in any crowded place. Therefore, we recommend Wander Wear as an easy and affordable way to keep kids safe no matter where they travel.?
About GoCityKids.com
GoCityKids.com (www.gocitykids.com) is a web-based guide to family activities in 13 cities and surrounding metropolitan areas, including Boston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Washington DC, and Seattle. Subjects range from childcare, lessons, camps, lodgings, and outdoor adventures to playgrounds, parties, restaurants, schools, stores, and visitors? information. The site offers an Activity Finder, searchable by age, weather, type of activity, and neighborhood, and a long-range events calendar. While non-members can see all listings on the site and the current day?s calendar, subscribers have full access to the long-term calendars in all GoCityKids.com cities, and receive a weekly e-newsletter highlighting top events in the city of their choice. Launched in 2000, GoCityKids.com is written and produced by a team of publishing and Internet veterans and parents who share a passion for spending meaningful time with their kids, and have an appreciation for how difficult finding that time can be. GoCityKids.com is owned by Rooftop Publishing, Inc., a privately held company in San Francisco. For additional information, call 978-369-3888 or email boston@gocitykids.com.
About Wander Wear
Wander Wear ™ Inc. (www.wander-wear.com) is a parent-run, Boston-based company offering cost-effective and easy-to-use accessories and clothing that help parents and children minimize being accidentally separated when visiting crowded places such as malls, amusement parks, airports, or ballparks. With over 500 children accidentally wandering each day, Wander Wear Inc.?s mission is to develop products and educational resources for the public to address this underreported issue. Wander Wear?s products feature Whizzly ™, a kid-friendly monster that is represented on the company?s parent locator tags and special easy-to-spot t-shirts and caps. For additional information, call 508-881-5664 or email info@wander-wear.com.
Wander Wear ™ and Whizzly ™ are trademarks of Wander Wear Inc.All other trade names are the property of their respective owners.
GoCityKids is a great resource - I’ve used it in my home town and also when we’ve traveled in the US - they cover tons of cities (about 40?).
This is exactly what I expected to find out after reading the title . Thanks for informative article