Kids Boston - January 04, 2010

Helping Hands

RunMyErrand Personal Assistance Service

Now that the holidays are wrapped up, the thank-you cards sent, and the decorations put away, you’re ready to start on those New Year’s resolutions.

By the time you check off everything on your to-do list, Junior will be a senior.

Finish tasks on the quick with the help of web-based personal assistance service RunMyErrand. Simply post what you need done and interested runners (who’ve been fully vetted and are rated by other users) respond — usually within ten minutes.

Count on helping hands for anything from picking up salt for snowy days to buying diapers to returning unwanted gifts. Jobs average around $10 and are paid using prepurchased credits.

The only thing left on your list?

Getting the rest you deserve.

Sign up online at runmyerrand.com.

LISTEN
Nature Story Time
What: Kick back with stories and poems based on themes related to the museum’s galleries.
Why: Baby, it’s cold outside.
When: Sat. & Sun., 11 a.m. & 2 p.m.
Where: Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge (617-495-3045).

SING
Ben Rudnick & Friends Family Concert
What: Get tiny booties shaking with music ranging from folk to bluegrass to calypso.
Why: Baby’s got back.
When: Sat., 10-11 a.m.
Where: Fayerweather Street School, 765 Concord Ave., Cambridge (617-876-4746).

DANCE
It’s Pinkalicious Ballet Day
What: Tots 2-5 years old dress in pink and attend a storybook ballet class given by the Joanne Langione Dance Center.
Why: Fun is the pointe.
When: Sat., 10-11 a.m.
Where: Newton Free Library, 330 Homer St., Newton Center. For info, call 617-969-8724.

Photo: Courtesy of RunMyErrand.com

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