Our LIFE Fest 2008 Line Up Included:

• MOSI (Museum of Science & Industry) programs for youth;
• Florida Virtual School;
• Home Education Foundation’s Brenda Dickinson;
• Transitions and You speaker, Annette Reiter, co-author of Blast Off, Launching Your Child to College and Beyond
  
• Great Explorations Children’s Art Activity Area;
• Hands On Planet Earth critters and insights with Doug Scull;
• Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center ;
  
• Pinellas County Department of Environmental Management Water Atlas Website
• Teck 4 Tykes computer learning activities for kids;
• Academy of Science for Kids ;
• Language Playhouse
  
• Super Awesome Cool Pottery Studios , Orlando
  
• Demonstrations and information about FIRST robotics;
• Camp Fire USA
• Kids Voting
  
• Brooker Creek Preserve & Weedon Island;
• Boyd Hill Nature Preserve;
• Homeschool Ballroom Dance team performances;
• Stephen Scariff School of Irish Dance performances;
• Giving World Percussion drumming circle experience;
• Secular Home Educators Association of Florida
  
• Tampa Homeschoolers Instructing & Nurturing Kids(THINK)
  
• St. Pete Co-op Homeschoolers
• Middle School GT homeschool adventure group
  
• Round table discussions on unschooling, running support groups and organizing cooperatives, getting ready for college, boosting homeschool self-esteem, and more;
• Local Homeschool Support Groups, including: LIFE of Tampa , SW FL Homeschooling Families, Home Educators Network of Central FL
  
• State college and technical center representatives from Eckerd College ,University of West Florida , University of South Florida and Brewster Technical Center
  
• A burgeoning Information Buffet of free take home resources and materials;
• Door prizes from Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Barnes & Noble, Ringling Museum of Art, Lowry Park Zoo , Young Chef's Academy of Winter Park ,and the Edison-Ford Estates and vendors .