Business Billboard July 2010

Glam Parties Pamper Young Beauties
“I started the company in October of 2009 because my 3-year-old daughter loves to get her nails and hair done,” says Melissa Sargent. Since then, Eight East Glam Girls have brought glamorous fun homes with specialized parties dedicated to pampering kids ages 5 - 14. Packages include hair design, make-up application, mini-manicures and pedicures.
“We are able to offer an in home salon experience for a birthday party or any event. We love to make your little girls birthday party be filled with glitz, glam and so much fun!” Sargent says. “Boys have fun, too, with colored hair spiking and tattoos.”
Eight East Glam Girls currently offers these specials: “Three services for $175 or $10 off any ultimate package.”
The parties have perks for parents, too. “We come to you and set-up everything” Sargent says, “All you do is invite your guests, have food and we do the rest.”

Eight East Glam Girls
619-550-6808
www.eighteastglamparty.webs.com
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My Little Carnival Parties Offer Good Old Fashioned Fun for All
Lorena Cabrera-Mendiburo was planning her son’s fourth birthday party when she says, “a light came on! What parent wouldn’t want a full service little carnival come right to their backyard and entertain the kids with good old fashioned games!”
Three years later, My Little Carnival is a successful business that produces great backyard birthdays, school carnivals, church festivals, business events and block parties. Designed to be fun for all ages, events can be customized with carnival games, concession stands, amusement rides, jumpers, rock walls, pony rides, face painting, clowns, jugglers, stilt-walkers, balloon decorations, catering and party planning.
“We are the only full service Carnival Company in San Diego that will service and deliver for small private parties from 15 to 5,000 guests,” says Cabrera-Mendiburo. “We now offer rental equipment for complete party services.  Our target market is preschool through elementary age children, but adults have just as much fun playing the carnival games, competing to see who gets the ring around the Hoopla or who catches the most fish at the Fish Pond.”

My Little Carnival
619-571-7654
www.mylittlecarnival.com

Fun Fitness Program Fights Childhood Obesity
Led by First Lady Michelle Obama, the fight against childhood obesity is gaining momentum in many communities. Already a leader in local children’s fitness, Gyminny Kids is first to offer North County families a comprehensive fitness program being put into place throughout the nation. Motion Evolution combines fun fitness activities, nutrition education, brain-body research and evaluation for children ages 5 and up.
Gyminny Kids founder and co-owner, Liz Mullarkey, just returned from the Motion Evolution national conference in St. Louis and is excited to report that the program will “Make kids want to move!” Gymminy Kids introduces the program this summer with special camps, and will offer after school classes in the fall, along with its other popular offerings for toddlers to adults, including: gymnastics, cheer, fitness, tots classes, as well as birthday parties, Fun Zone and Open Gym.  

Gyminny Kids
17022 Camino San Bernardo, San Diego                                        
858-451-0204
www.gyminnykids.com

Wild Friends Teach Kids about Conservation
"We provide quality wildlife education programs for kids of all ages using 4-legged, no-legged, feathered and furred friends as teachers!” says Jackie Navarro, director of Wild Wonders, Inc. A Burmese python, kookaburra bird, wallaby and alligator named “Gucci” are just a few of the 150 animal ambassadors that help spread the word at school assemblies, birthday parties and corporate events.
“Most programs are interactive, children touch or interact with animals as much as possible,” Navarro says. “We work to empower them as individuals as better stewards of the environment.”
Families and groups can also visit the 5-acre wildlife center by arranging for walking tours, parties, events or day camps. None of the beloved animals here have been taken from the wild; they have come here from facilities, relinquishments, confiscations and other circumstances, to be given a safe and nurturing home by Navarro and her skilled staff. New opportunities for visitors this year include on-site Safari parties, and the “keeper for a day” program that offers kids, ages 10 and up, the chance to learn to care for animals firsthand.   

Wild Wonders, Inc.
P.O. Box 2771, Carlsbad
760-630-9230
www.wildwonders.org