{"id":324483,"date":"2026-06-30T10:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T10:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/324483\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T10:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T10:38:08","slug":"the-free-card-that-unlocks-free-activities-for-children-and-adults-wink-smart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/324483\/","title":{"rendered":"The free card that unlocks free activities for children and adults | WINK Smart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LEE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Lee County library cards unlock access to free summer programs, cultural passes and digital resources that can keep kids entertained without costing parents a dime.<\/p>\n<p>Several libraries are hosting programs for children, teens and even adults throughout summer break.<\/p>\n<p> has a packed July full of different events and programs. For example, next week&#8217;s calendar shows a live reading performance for children surrounding geology and fossils, arts and crafts to create dinosaur eggs, even a Dungeons and Dragons game for adults.<\/p>\n<p>Users can click through the different library branches to see which events are happening near them.<\/p>\n<p>Library cardholders can also visit local attractions for free by checking out cultural passes from select library locations. Those passes are on a first-come, first-serve basis. A list of places accessible for free with a library card can be found at the bottom of this article.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond children&#8217;s programs and museum passes, library cards provide access to free Wi-Fi, access to printers, free classes and thousands of e-books and digital magazines. These resources serve both children and adults looking for entertainment or educational materials.<\/p>\n<p>There is a cash charge for printing. Black &amp; white is $0.10 per page. Color is $1.00 per page. Print jobs can be sent from a public access computer in the library or from offsite.<\/p>\n<p>Click  to sign up for a library card.<\/p>\n<p>The library system&#8217;s summer offerings give families budget-friendly options to keep kids engaged during the break from school.<\/p>\n<p>Edison and Ford Winter EstatesMound HouseWonder GardensFlorida Repertory TheatreAlliance for the ArtsCalusa Nature Center &amp; PlanetariumPure FloridaBailey-Matthews National Shell Museum &amp; AquariumHolocaust Museum &amp; Cohen Education CenterC&#8217;mon! Golisano Children&#8217;s Museum of Naples<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Lee County library cards unlock access to free summer programs, cultural passes and digital&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,1917,325,115],"class_list":["post-324483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-consumer","tag-lee","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}