{"id":851,"date":"2019-08-11T10:18:48","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T14:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/?p=851"},"modified":"2019-10-28T14:56:46","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T18:56:46","slug":"august-cluster-fun-berts-diner-and-sending-smiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2019\/08\/11\/august-cluster-fun-berts-diner-and-sending-smiles\/","title":{"rendered":"August Cluster Fun &#8211; Bert&#8217;s Diner and Sending Smiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This month, we met up at the iconic<span class=\"fsl\" data-testid=\"event-permalink-details\"> Bert&#8217;s &#8220;fabulous 50s&#8221; American Diner for a cool <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/10\/67952554_10217130220318936_7703210332855992320_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-852\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/10\/67952554_10217130220318936_7703210332855992320_n-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/10\/67952554_10217130220318936_7703210332855992320_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/10\/67952554_10217130220318936_7703210332855992320_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/10\/67952554_10217130220318936_7703210332855992320_n-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/10\/67952554_10217130220318936_7703210332855992320_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>American experience. We made funny and uplifting postcards to send messages of love and hope to children and their families battling cancer and other serious illness. Our au pairs created over 50 post cards for children in need at this event.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/10\/68439355_10217130229519166_904898297292914688_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-853\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/10\/68439355_10217130229519166_904898297292914688_n-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/10\/68439355_10217130229519166_904898297292914688_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/10\/68439355_10217130229519166_904898297292914688_n-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/10\/68439355_10217130229519166_904898297292914688_n.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/10\/68754110_10217130224439039_8864707598662762496_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-856 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/10\/68754110_10217130224439039_8864707598662762496_n-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/10\/68754110_10217130224439039_8864707598662762496_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/10\/68754110_10217130224439039_8864707598662762496_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/10\/68754110_10217130224439039_8864707598662762496_n-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/10\/68754110_10217130224439039_8864707598662762496_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We also continued our collection of new socks as part of our participation in Exchange Day, <span class=\"ILfuVd\"><span class=\"e24Kjd\">a nationwide celebration of the power of international <b>exchanges<\/b>! International <b>exchange<\/b> participants are joining their American hosts to &#8220;eat, play, and give&#8221; \u2014 sharing <b>cultural<\/b> diversity and American customs, to give back to their communities, and to have some fun. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"fsl\" data-testid=\"event-permalink-details\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sendingsmiles2sis.com\/?fbclid=IwAR2JtyTb9-FwXW3tchK__Z_3mBtpKM0qdd82SGV1Zy9pczbTKmTUFRTCUhQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-lynx-mode=\"asynclazy\" data-lynx-uri=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sendingsmiles2sis.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2JtyTb9-FwXW3tchK__Z_3mBtpKM0qdd82SGV1Zy9pczbTKmTUFRTCUhQ&amp;h=AT2PyXXRq_37xZliURKLTXTC8hp4VtxEIBT0av3fMR3trmsPIw0IGdR3de3nC8Y9dhjL-Z3l-_MCDZDJfFaPfXa46Ww29BUme_NpaiV8PD896lMrsWexnGMuzKRd-YJTHY0\">Click here for more information about the Sending Smiles<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month, we met up at the iconic Bert&#8217;s &#8220;fabulous 50s&#8221; American Diner for a cool <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/10\/67952554_10217130220318936_7703210332855992320_n.jpg\"><\/a>American experience. We made funny and uplifting postcards to send messages of love and hope to children and their families battling cancer and other serious illness. Our au pairs created over 50 post cards for children in need  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2019\/08\/11\/august-cluster-fun-berts-diner-and-sending-smiles\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[354],"tags":[556,353,323,555,128,557,324,558,115],"class_list":["post-851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-american-experiences","tag-50s-diner","tag-american-experiences","tag-berts-diner","tag-exchange-day","tag-ice-cream","tag-postcards","tag-sending-smiles","tag-socks","tag-southern-maryland-au-pairs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>August Cluster Fun - Bert&#039;s Diner and Sending Smiles - Au Pairs in Southern Maryland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"August Cluster Fun - Bert&#039;s Diner and Sending Smiles - Au Pairs in Southern Maryland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This month, we met up at the iconic Bert&#8217;s &#8220;fabulous 50s&#8221; American Diner for a cool American experience. 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