Our signature product...DOWNTIME in a BOX
Each box supports teens in foster care with the help of
Connect With a Wish & Va Kids Belong
SLOW TEEN LIFE DOWN
SimpLE WINTER Box is available
Feb & March 2025
Founded by 4 teens and a teacher in 2018
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Circa 2018 at Lynnhaven River Now first vendor show! Our logo is the HORSESHOE Crab we had some to touch! (They were not alive!)
VISION BOARDS
Feb 7 2:30-4:00 pm Va Beach
Head to our SHOP for details and to RSV
2nd annual Outside October 2025
2025 NEW simple BOX!
Winter Box- Clay Creations
Availbale Feb & March – in our SHOP
Nov Outdoor Event 2024
Last hike of 2024. For our Nov hike we are collecting gently used or new winter coats, hats and gloves for teens in foster care! You do not need to make a donation to hike with us but it sure would be appreciated!
Sept Event
It’s back!
Take a walk on the wild side family hike lead by teens! Join us for fresh air, new friends and laughing out loud fun! Free and all ages welcome. Details on the picture!
Donations are welcomed for Va Kids Belong and Connect with a Wish to support teens in foster care. Any hiker under 18 needs to bring an adult with them to join the fun!
AUGUST EVENT!
Join us on a family hike at First Landing State Park in Va Beach!
Lets get teens outside!
Teens from STL will be leading the hike.
No screens needed EXCEPT sun screen!
All donations will go to teens in foster care in VA for school supplies
Thank you note from
Va Kids Belong
STL teens are always bringing sunshine by supporting teens in foster care!
FEBRUARY EVENT 2024
ONE DAY ONLY 2/24/24
Our dynamic teen duo, Sopihe and Milla are back in action.
Bringing downtime fun to tweens, teens and even parents to create goal oriented vision boards.
https://simpleteenlife.com/shop/
simple Teen winter box
Available Feb 3 – March 31 , 2025
model Baked clay creations
NO screens or batteries required… just an oven
SLOW TEEN LIFE DOWN
Portion of proceeds support foster care
in our home state of VA
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Past FUNDRAISING efforts
Nov 28, 2023 we will donate $400 that we raised during vendor shows this summer and fall
to Connect with a Wish and Va Kids belong!
Vendor shows
- Lynnhaven River Now
- Back Bay’s Farmhouse
- Kate’s Next Door Market
- Whitehurst-Buffington Historic Home
- Dismal Swamp Festival
- Outside October ‘Fun” Raiser! Oct 1, 2023
Remember slow Sundays…..
Family time, no smartphones, being outside, picnics, friends , good food…FUN
We are bringing it back!
- Leave the smartphone behind and bring a beach chair.
- Our kickoff fall fundraising event.event to help teens in foster care in VA.
Why do we raise money?
For teens in foster care of course!
Yes!
A huge THANKS to all that have purchased our simple teen box & other FUNDRAISERS so that we can help support teens in foster care
SLOW TEEN LIFE DOWN
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Testimony of a happy mama bear
Military Minded
We will never forget the 13 young military members who lost their lives protecting others in Afghanistan Aug 26, 2021
These are our fallen heroes per Stars and Stripes: Never forget.
- Lance Cpl. David Lee Espinoza, 20, of Rio Bravo, Texas
- Sgt. Nicole Gee, 23, of Roseville, Calif.
- Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover, 31, of Salt Lake City, Utah
- Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss, 23, of Knoxville, Tenn.
- Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum, 20, a Marine from Bondurant, Wyo.
- Cpl. Hunter Lopez, 22, of Indio, Calif.
- Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola, 20, from Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
- Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, 20, of Norco, Calif.
- Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, 25, of Lawrence, Mass.
- Cpl. Humberto Sanchez, 22, of Logansport, Ind.
- Cpl. Daegan William-Tyeler Page, 23, from Omaha, Neb.
- Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz, 20
- Seaman Maxton “Max” Soviak, 22, of Ohio
BEST SELLER Simple Teen Boxes
Winter Box / Cool Calligraphy
Spring Box/ BEE BOX
Summer Box/ Solar Art
is not a crime
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slow teen life down
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news from the blog
Teens should not own a smartphone until their 18th birthday!
“Maybe I should just throw a few full baked chickens from Kroger in the backyard for dinner and let them fight over it. Water is from the hose with no glassware needed. Dinner Done!
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