Fox Valley briefs

Museums offer adventure: Nearly 60 museums, nature centers and historical sites are offering kids a chance to win prizes by visiting them in the 19th annual Passport to Adventure Program sponsored by the Kane DuPage Regional Museum Association. Children 4 to 12 can pick up a passport at any participating organization and get a stamp for each site they visit. Kids who visit five sites by Labor Day receive a certificate of achievement. Those who visit seven sites also will receive a prize, and may be eligible for an additional incentive by returning their passport book to the location where they received it. For details, see kdrma.org.Live music in Algonquin:Starting in July, music fans will be treated to free, live music at Riverfront Park on Thursday nights, once the Farmers Market closes for the day. Concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. on July 15 and last through Aug. 19. For more information, visitdowntownalgonquin.org.Dundee farmer's market:The Old Dundee Farmer's Market is open 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays at The Depot, 319 N. River St., East Dundee. It features more than 40 vendors each week selling locally grown produce, bedding plants and flowers, plus antiques, jewelry and collectibles. For details about vendor space, call Sandy Beck at (847) 426-2423.National Night Out:Elgin's National Night Out celebration will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 3. Last year, more than 40 groups participated in the event in which residents strengthen partnerships with police.Donors get ice cream:Blood donors who support Heartland Blood Centers in July will be given a coupon for a free quart of Oberweis Ice Cream. It's part of a Pint-for-a-Quart campaign which rewards blood donors who take time out of their schedules to donate blood at any Heartland location or mobile blood drive. For the few communities not located near an Oberweis Retail Store, Ben Jerry's ice-cream certificates will be substituted. Heartland Blood Centers is an independent nonprofit blood center serving 35 hospitals in a 12-county region in Illinois and Indiana. Call (800) 7-TO GIVE or visitheartlandbc.org.