Better Together is our theme for this year's Gala, and this package creates a "Better Together" day of family fun. Voted a Top Place to Take Kids In and Around Milwaukee, the Racine Zoo offers your family a great day of family fun (using 4 entrance passes). Nestled on the sandy shores of beautiful Lake Michigan, the Racine Zoo is home to some of the world's most remarkable and endangered wildlife. The walk is easy for kids and seniors, making the Racine Zoo a great way to enjoy the outdoors together. Continue learning about animals and wildlife with two (2) Milwaukee County Zoo passes. Milwaukee County Zoo is home too over 1,000 animals. On the way back to Milwaukee, make a stop at the Better Together Cafe in South Milwaukee for some of their delicious milkshakes. They are famous. Spend some time sipping and sharing memories of this "Better Together" day of family fun. This package also comes with a one year family membership to the Catholic Ecology Center so you can enjoy some more nature and family time!

Package Includes:

• One certificate good for Racine Zoo admission for up to four guests; expires May 7, 2023
• A $25 gift card to Better Together Café.
• One Year Membership to the Catholic Ecology Center
• Two (2) Milwaukee County Zoo adult passes

Do you remember when Little Tykes Cozy Coupes were only orange and yellow? This Little Tikes Cozy Coupe Truck doesn't get any cuter than this! Durable ride-on truck with a drop-down tailgate and a removable floorboard for growing toddlers, this includes rugged "off road" wheels, an opening gas cap, and a steering wheel with a working horn. This truck makes the perfect gift for the toddler in your life. Summer is almost here; buy this now.

Package Includes:

• Little Tikes Cozy Coupe Truck; Distinctive truck styling with a realistic front grill; opening and closing driver's door, fun graphics and dash, tail and headlight decals; sized 36 x 17 x 35 inches. Assembly required.

COVID gave us one long "stay-cation." Now it's time to hit the road and enjoy some in-state "go-cation" time.

This package is designed for you to get out and show a special child or children in your life some great Wisconsin sites. Begin at Wisconsin's "oldest museum" - the Cave of the Mounds (with 1 adult and 1 children's entrance pass). Here, you can go underground and see caves that are millions of years old. Is that a stalagtite or a stalagmite? You even have a bag of gems to share with your young guest to keep a memory of your visit. Keep on learning about mining with six (6) museum passes to The Mining & Rollo Jamison Museums in Plateville, WI. Explore the mine, ride the 1931 mine train and travel back in time.Then head to Madison and visit the Madison Children's Museum using the four admission passes. Here, play matters. The Madison Children's Museum bursts with chances to play and learn: to stretch bodies and minds, solve problems, create art, make friends, and, most of all, have fun. It's an inspiring space where kids lead, and grownups are happy to follow. So you have a bit of extra cash in your pocket, there's a $25 Casey's gift card so you can refill you gas tank after the trip.

Package Includes:

• One (1) adult and one (1) child's admission to Cave of the Mounds, along with one gem mining bag
• Four (4) passes to the Madison Children's Museum (located at 100 N. Hamilton Street, Madison)
• One (1) Casey's $25 gas gift card
• Six (6) museum passes to The Mining & Rollo Jamison Museums.

Green Toys are the hottest children's toys on the market because they turn recycled milk jugs into imaginative play. Green Toys offer an alternative to battery-operated toys or video games; they build imagination and are made safe here in the USA. You can even put them in the dishwasher after they've been in the bathtub or sand box. If you have a little one's birthday coming up, these 4 Green Toys will be a hit! Or save them for Christmas. They're sure to be the gifts that are played with long after the holiday! Plan ahead a get these Green Toys today; these Green Toys are frequently out of stock and hard to come by!

Package Includes:

• 3 pc. Ferry Boat with 2 mini-cars;
• Seaplane with a spinning propeller
• Car Carrier with mini-cars
• 3 pc. Train complete with a caboose with a removable roof

Aaahh...Summer days playing in the sand. You'll create memories with a special toddler with this iconic Little Tikes Turtle Sandbox. It's a great outdoor toy for promoting creative and social play. The plastic turtle's shell doubles as a lid to contain sand and toys safely when not in use. And it will keep your new Melissa & Doug sand toys clean and ready for play. Stop at Home Depot and use the $25 gift card to purchase the sand. You have everything you need to begin building those sand castles and building memories too!

Package Includes:

• Little Tikes Turtle Sandbox sized 38.75 x 43.25 x 12
• Melissa & Doug sand toys
• $25 Home Depot gift card

Eat. Discover. Play. Repeat. Discover science and technology, then discover some great pizza, and then come home and share what you've learned by building with some LEGO bricks.

Discovery World is Milwaukee's premier science and technology center for the whole family complete with interactive exhibits, the Reiman Aquarium, educational labs and programs, and other exciting lab activities. Unique, hands-on exhibits and programs focus on technology and freshwater sciences. And all four of you can visit Wisconsin's Flagship, the Sailing Vessel Denis Sullivan.

After your Discovery World visit, enjoy some pizza for dinner at Pizza Shuttle using this $50 gift card, and reflect on how you explored, learned, and created memories together.

Then come home and spend some time engaging in pretend play with this LEGO building kit. This build-your-own-play toy allows kids to create toy trains or tiger figurines with this classic collection of LEGO bricks in 35 different colors. What an easy and fun family day!

Package Includes:

• Four (4) Discovery World ticket vouchers, located at 500 N. Harbor Drive; valid through 11-30-22
• $50 Pizza Shuttle gift card, located at 1827 N. Farwell Ave.; valid through 12-31-22
• LEGO Classic Medium Creative Brick Box with 484 Pieces

Keep Calm and Have A Picnic. Great adventures can begin in your own backyard with this fold-up child's picnic table complete with an umbrella to shade little ones from the sun. This kids picnic table comes with a 15-piece play set so you can imagine you're drinking some lemonade and having a picnic. A day of imaginative fun right in your own backyard!

Package Includes:

• Step2 Sun & Shade Umbrella Kids Picnic Table (32"D x 32"W x 52.25"H)
• A 42" square table umbrella
• Learning Resources New Sprouts 15-piece Picnic Set

SJA is committed to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) - but you can never start too early. This basket helps develop important STEM skills in your young child or grandchild.

You have to start with the classic building blocks -LEGO - and this 790-piece set comes with 33 different colored bricks and includes 8 different types of toy windows and toy doors, 2 green baseplates and 6 toy tires and toy wheel rims to create hours of creativity for kids. And the LEGO inspired packaging serves as toy storage.

Magna Tiles are the original 3D magnetic building sets that engage young minds by fusing together math, science, and creativity. Create flat or 3-dimensional shapes with this set. They were the pediatrician-recommended toy for 2022 and are hard to find on the store shelves.

PicassoTiles bristle blocks offer easy connectivity to maximize fun and build more creative designs. These toys help children to improve hand-eye coordination, gain a strong sense of color, counting, sorting, attention, promotes the child brain development, and focus by using their hands to foster Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math skills.

And there's two books for you to read to keep on inspiring those STEM skills. Hint: Plan ahead -- this is a great birthday or holiday gift for a toddler in your life!

Package Includes:

• Magna-Tiles 32-Piece Clear Colors magnetic Building Set
• 120-Piece PicassoTiles Bristle Block Construction Toy Set
• LEGO Classic Large Creative Brick Building Kit (790 Pieces)
• Book: "How Engineers Solve Problems"
• Book: "Awesome Engineering Activities for Kids: 50+ Exciting STEAM Projects to Design and Build"

Nurture your budding Picasso's creative side with this Melissa and Doug Standing Art Easel and matching Melissa and Doug Easel Accessory Set.

Melissa and Doug are the gold standard in child's play, and this easel turns any room into an art studio! This double-sided, adjustable-height, kid-sized art easel includes a dry-erase board, chalkboard, locking paper-roll holder (fits either an 18" or 12" wide paper roll), child-safe paper cutter, four easy-grip clips, and a plastic tray to attach to each side of the Deluxe Standing Easel. Assembly is easy, so there's little waiting for the next masterpiece!

The accompanying Melissa and Doug Easel Accessory Set is a 25-piece kit that includes 4 bottles of poster paint, 4 paint cups, 4 brushes, a paper roll, chalk, an eraser, and a dry-erase marker. Squeezable paintbrushes bring on the fun!

And once that budding Picasso feels the creativity, take him or her to Otto's Fine Arts Academy and La Terraza for a painting, drawing, or ceramics class to perfect that special talent. That special child in your life is sure to find their creative side with this fantastic gift. Won't it feel good to avoid the video game gift for this birthday or holiday? Imagine how much art you will have on your refrigerator if you purchase this great gift.

Package Includes:

• Melissa and Doug Deluxe Standing Art Easel
• Melissa and Doug Easel Accessory Set
• Squeezable paintbrush set
• $20 in gift cards to La Terraza; expires 11-30-22
• One (1) $25 gift card for an art class at Otto's Fine Arts Academy, located at 312 W. Broadway in Waukesha;; valid through 11-7-22

Imagination Fuels Discovery. Are you looking for an amazing package that will keep your children or grandchildren busy this Summer? Look no further...you've struck GOLD!

This package has everything and anything a child would need to not only stay occupied, but to learn as well!

Items Included:

• Star Mosaic Stepping Stone Kit
• Kodak Premium Puzzle
• Eurographics Puzzle
• Painting by Number Set
• Coloring Poster and Painting Pad
• DXL Diamond Turtle Kite

...and so much more!!!

Do you have a young person who's in love with the solar system? If you purchase this package they'll think you are out of this world!

Encourage a love of science and build on imagination with an authentic NASA space suit for dress up. This astronaut costume set includes astronaut jumpsuit, gloves, and shiny helmet. Enjoy reading the book "There's No Place Like Space: All About Our Solar System" from the Cat in the Hat's Learning Library in this amazing rocket ship tent! Your space traveler will think you are taking off for outer space with the night light to light up the solar system.

Come back to earth and play with the LEGO DUPLO Town Space Shuttle Mission. Duplos are versatile playsets that inspire endless imaginative role play and encourage physical and mental development. This set includes male and female astronaut figures, a buildable space shuttle with an opening body and wheels that turn, a movable ladder, and a buggy with wheels and a turning radar on top.

Complete with planets, asteroids, astronaut, alien, rocket ships, stars and more, your young astronaut will enjoy creating their own galaxy with this giant 3.5 feet solar system felt kit with 30 pieces.

Buy this package and you'll be sending a selfie to NASA, because you're a star!

Package Includes:

• Rocket Ship Tent
• Children's Astronaut Space Costume Ages 4-7;
• Space Night Light
• LEGO DUPLO Town Space Shuttle Mission Creative Learning Playset
• Book: "There's No Place Like Space: All About Our Solar System" from the Cat in the Hat's Learning Library;
• A 35-piece Outer Space Felt Story Board Set - Solar System Universe Storytelling Flannel Interactive Play Kit

Introduce a special young person in your life to the beauty of music. Prepare for your special outing by reading the children's book "I Love To Sing," a charming picture book about a boy who loves to sing. Then take your little one to see the Milwaukee Children's Choir build "noteworthy" character in this final performance of the season, Forces for Good, on May 14. End your special day over a pizza at Pizza Man in Mequon using the $50 gift card.

It's the perfect day for you and your new music-loving little one. Who knows? Someone may just break into song over a slice of Pizza Man's award winning deep dish pizza!

Package Includes:

• Two (2) tickets to the May 14th Milwaukee Children's Choir Concert at 4:00 PM - Crossroads Presbyterian Church 6031 West Chapel Hill Road in Mequon
• Hardcover copy of the children's book "I Love to Sing" by Anna Walker
• A $50 Pizza Man gift card (good at any location East Side, Wauwatosa or Mequon)

This day is going to B Major fun. See the Milwaukee Youth Symphony perform with these ticket vouchers for the remainder of their 2022 season as well as a MYSO 'Swag Bag.'

After the show enjoy a change into your Ian's T-shirt and enjoy some dinner at Ian's Pizza using this $25 gift card. Buy this package and you can enjoy the symphony and dinner without going Baroque.

Note: Remaining 2022 shows are May 15, May 21, and May 22

Do you have someone in your life who loves to twist and shout? Busts moves to Dancing Queen? Makes TikTok videos with the best dance moves you've ever seen? Then this package is just for you...

Package Includes:

• Gift Basket from Anita's Dance Center, located at S63W13700 W Janesville Rd, Muskego
• $50 gift card to Young Dance Academy, located at 181 W Marquette Ave, Oak Creek; valid through May 2023
• $75 towards Danceworks Classes, Camps, Workshops or Products.

Pack up the car and head to the Wisconsin Dells. Load up your new beach towels and swim toys and spend the day at Mt. Olympus Water Park where you will have 5 waterpark passes, 4 Top Secret attraction passes and 2 Wizard Quest passes. To top it off - you'll have a $25 Kwik Trip gas card to pay for the drive.

What a way to beat the heat on a summer's day!

Package Includes:

• Five (5) waterpark passes to Mt. Olympus Water Park in the Wisconsin Dells;; expires 12-31-22
• Four (4) Top Secret attraction passes
• Two (2) Wizard Quest Passes
• Sun Shade, (2) beach towels, foldable beach mat, and tote for the water park
• $25 Kwik Trip gift card for gas

Valid until 12/31/2022. Parking pass for parking lot is not included.

Craving a wildly good time? See Where the While Things Are....In West Bend. Visit the Shalom Wildlife Zoo, home to 75 species and more than 750 animals. Shalom offers a unique twist from a typical zoo experience. Many animal residents have large natural habitats, which gives you an atmosphere of more like a park. Dubbed "America's largest petting zoo," you'll have the chance to pet and feed many different species. There are four miles of gravel roads that run through the zoo which allows for walking, drive-thru in your own car and golf cart rentals at different times of the year.

On the way home, grab a light dinner at Sheryl's Club 175 in Slinger using your $50 gift card. Their sign says, "Where there are no strangers, just friends you haven't met yet." It's the place for an informal dinner and refreshment of your choice.

Package Includes:

• Admission for two (2) to the Shalom Wildlife Zoo, located at 1901 Shalom Drive in West Bend; expires February 2023
• One (1) $50 gift card at Sheryl's Club 175, located at 3545 WI-175 in Slinger.
• Book: Copy Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are"

Leave the Road....And Take the Trail. Can you believe the Schlitz Audobon Center is celebrating its 50th birthday this year? Once a farm for the Schlitz Brewery draft horses, Schlitz Audubon Nature Center is Milwaukee's comprehensive nature center. With six miles of trails through 185 acres of forests, wetlands, restored prairies, ravines, bluffs, and Lake Michigan shoreline, your family will enjoy coming back time after time using the family membership. Continue biking to Lynden Sculpture Garden to enjoy a unique experience of art in nature through its collection of more than 50 monumental sculptures sited across 40 acres of park, lake and woodland.

Before your trip to Schlitz Audobon Center use the Emery's Cycling tune up to enjoy the trails.

And with the $40 Qdoba gift card, you can make a day of it and enjoy a day in nature, not in the kitchen. Can it get any better than this?

Package Includes:

• One (1) year family membership at the Schlitz Audobon Center, located at 111 E. Brown Deer Road; redeem by 6-30-23
• Qdoba gift card for four entrees ($40 value)
• Standard Bicycle Tune-Up in Milwaukee or Menomonee Falls Emery's Cycling location
• Annual Membership to Lynden Sculpture Garden.

Don't worry about shopping for your upcoming baby shower. Take this basket and your gift is sure to be a hit. Celebrate children's author Eric Carle with this Hungry, Hungry Caterpillar baby basket. Imagine your newborn in this handmade onesie (size 12 month) with the Hungry, Hungry Caterpillar on it. Mom or Dad-to-be will love reading one of the five Eric Carle books and playing with the matching stuffed animals. An Eric Carle teether compliments the baby shower basket along with a World of Eric Carle, "Around the Farm Animal 30-Button Sound Book that's great for learning first words. This is a basket sure to please a mom- or dad-to-be, and create a budding book lover.

Package Includes:

• Five Eric Carle books with five matching plush stuffed animals
• 12-month onesie with a Hungry, Hungry Caterpillar on it
• Eric Carle rattle/teether
• Interactive Eric Carle book, "Around the Farm" with 30-Button Sounds

Children are great imitators, so give them something great to imitate. Meet three inspirational women from the world of music:. Ella Fitzgerald, Dolly Parton and Josephine Baker - incredible women who worked in music and changed the world. Next, meet three inspirational figures from Black culture and history: Maya Angelou, Martin Luther King Jr., and Rosa Parks - trailblazers who stepped up and changed the world. These are one of Oprah's Favorite Things! Find out why.

So you can curl up and enjoy paging through these books, this package comes with a Melissa and Doug Children's Chair- complete with a cup holder.

What a great birthday gift for that special little one in your life.

Package Includes:

• Two (2) hardcover book sets of "Little People, Big Voices: Music Stars and Black Voices
• Melissa and Doug Fold-Up Children's Chair

Books are portable magic, they say. And you'll experience that magic with this children's book set which will be sure to make your young person a book lover. There's a Curious George 7-piece Classic Hardcover book set and a matching Curious George Cuddle Buddy and Stuffed Animal. There's also a Utex Kids' Book Caddy with Shelf to hold a growing book collection. Remember - today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

Package Includes:

• Complete Collection of the 7 original Curious George stories (Curious George Takes A Job; Curious George Rides a Bike; Curious George Gets a Medal; Curious George Takes a Job; Curious George Flies a Kitel Curious George Learns the Alphabet, and Curious George Goes to the Hospital); also features downloadable audio read by John Krasinski
• Utex Kids' Book Caddy with Shelf
• Curious George blanket and plush toy to cuddle

Do you know someone who is expecting? Do you have a baby shower in your future? Then this Stroller and Diaper Bag are just for you.

This sturdy Jeep Stroller keeps kids cool and safe, complete with a comfy headrest. It even meets Disney size requirements and has an extendable canopy with sun visor. It has many "must have" parent essentials including a removable carry all parent organizer; storage basket to hold travel essentials; and a cup holder. And it also has needed child safety features: 3 point safety harness and JPMA certification to meet or exceed all safety standards set by the CPSC and ASTM.

While you're strolling, you'll love this black DEBUG diaper bag backpack measuring 13×8×16. This amazing backpack accommodates not only baby's essentials, such as diapers, bibs, other baby toiletries but mom's phone, wallet, keys, cell phone and cosmetic bag. Better yet, it unfolds to become a foldable crib - very useful for diaper changing or newborn napping. Parents-to-be are sure to find these two items functional and efficient.

Package Includes:

• Jeep North Star Stroller
• DEBUG Baby Diaper Bag with Changing Station

Get a custom made "future SJA alumnae" baby layette, sewn by the creative and talented Vicki Bonesho. This would make a great gift for any current SJA graduate who is expecting OR a little girl in your life who is future SJA-bound. Show your SJA pride in this fun way - and be sure to share the pictures on our Facebook page!

And to make it even better, while wrapped up in this beautiful blanket, your little one will love snuggling up with this adorable Peek-a-Boo Animated Talking and Singing Elephant. Don't we all want a blankie and something to snuggle?

Also included is a $500 gift certificate from Babboni Photography so you can book a session to take some precious photos of the newborn in your life - or to give as a gift to an expecting Mom (or Grandma)-to-be!

Package Includes:

• SJA Baby Layette and Blanket
• Peek-a-Boo Animated Talking and Singing Elephant
• $500 gift certificate to Babboni Photography; must be redeemed by 11-7-22

Do you have a child or grandchild heading off to college?

Then this basket is the perfect gift. In this instance, the Freshman 15 doesn't refer to gained pounds; it's 15 items every college freshman needs to taken with them to their new dorm. And it includes a $50 Bed, Bath & Beyond gift card so you can shop for dorm décor with that special someone.

Hint: This is an easy and sure-to-be-enjoyed graduation gift!

Package Includes:

• $50 Bed, Bath & Beyond gift card
• Mesh shower caddy filled with: 3 different kinds of Command hooks, a 2022-23 academic calendar, laundry bag, GoGreen power outlet surge protector, 9-piece tool box set with storage case, Johnson & Johnson first aid kit, Singer emergency sewing kit, post it notes, scissors, and a humorous "adulting" do list notepad. To top it off there's a key chain that reminds your favorite student to "call your mom".