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Off icialKidsMag.com • JANUARY 2019 • 5 Happy New Year, kids! Official Kids Mag made it through 2018 and we are super excited to begin 2019 with the January issue. Official Kids Mag will publish every month in 2019 and bring you our first Christmas and Holiday Gift Guide in December. We are CRAZY excited. First things first… check out this issue to find our January Kid Hero, Finn M. Finn's a 9-year old and loves to volunteer at Northwest Arkansas Food Bank. He says it's a fun time. Kids in the Kitchen heads over to Bayyri Elementary School and talks protein with the members of the school's Garden Club. We made some deviled eggs and talked about healthy eating habits. Winter's here and a lot of local kids are hitting the ice to play hockey. Meet a few cool kids who enjoy slapping the puck around and making a goal. Boys and girls are all-in at The Jones Center. When it's cold outside, you can rest assured that area museums are warm and welcoming. Check out the "Let's go to the museum" feature and you might just learn something cool and WIN an invitation to an Official Kids Mag pizza party. As always Official Kids Mag is serving up 16 pages of fun coloring, activities, games and puzzles to keep you busy this January. Enjoy! Kids all around the globe are celebrating the new year this month. Check out page 35 to find out how. Official Kids Mag loves going to the theater. This month we meet a few kids who take the stage as a family at TRIKE Theatre and enjoy the spotlight. A new monthly feature in 2019 is called Kids and Their Pets. Find out how you could be featured with your favorite pet on page 38. The Official Kids Mag fashion shoot team hit the road and headed over to Lewis and Clark Outfitters. These kids really put on a FASHION show! Official Kids Mag is happy to be a sponsor of the School Choice Arkansas Schools & Community Expo. The one-day event is set for January 12th in Springdale. Find out more on page 46. Finally, we want to thank all of the Official Kids Mag page and classroom sponsors who make this magazine possible and available in a growing number of classrooms around the region. A big THANK YOU to Cargill, McKee Foods Corporation, Branson Bank, Titanic Museum Attraction and Pasghetti's for leading a helpful hand. Well, sit back, grab a healthy snack and dig into the January issue of Official Kids Mag… you might just learn something! Dave Woods, age 5 Magazine Coordinator & Lead Writer Official Kids Mag Official Kids Mag Staff Brent A. Powers, Director of Advertising & Marketing Sandy Robinson, Advertising Operations Manager Brian Huntley, Creative Services Manager Dave Woods, Sponsored Content and Advertorial/ Features Manager Karen Rice, Feature Writer Kim Marquez, Feature Writer Contributing Writers James Carlton Suzanne Rhodes Layout/Design Creative Team Debra Ballard Rhonda Campbell Erick Dominguez Jennifer Doyle Terri Frye Rachel Lipe Catherine Ross Photography Brian Huntley Rachel Lipe Karen Rice Sales Assistants Michelle Knight Lisa Leamons Alex Martin Brittany Smith Sales Team Ariana Cisneros Casey Cotton Gail Curlett Allison Gnefkow Lane Graves Jennifer Gregory Shannon Hocker Bob Howard Beth Johnson Don Jones Tom Layton Julie Rose Chris Rowe Tammy Rusher Randy Saunders Doug Wallace Brad Wimer Kelley Young To Advertise: Contact Sandy Robinson srobinson@officialkidsmag.com 479-571-6482 ON THE COVER Official Kids Mag is a publication of Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, LLC. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be produced in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher. The publisher reserves the right to accept or reject any editorial or advertising content. The publisher assumes no responsibility for the return of unsolicited materials. OfficialKidsMag.com A student from the Bayyari Elementary School Garden Club enjoys a deviled egg that he prepared. Sign up today at OfficialKidsMag.com to receive our email newsletter! Cover photo by Rachel Lipe Story on Page 8

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