For students who made A’s and B’s on their report cards this year, Sbarro offers a FREE treat on June 23, 2009. Students who present their report cards, can say “A’s and B’s … Pizza Please!” and receive a free slice of cheese or pepperoni pizza and a small soda.
There is a Sbarro at the Asheville Mall. Click here to find other locations.
A big thumbs up to Barnes & Noble. The company is providing a great incentive for kids to keep reading this summer. All they have to do is read eight books of their choosing to receive a free book from a Barnes & Noble store. Kids will write down their favorite parts on a Summer Reading Journal and have parents sign to verify they read the books. Then they’ll take the signed journal to any B&N by September 7, 2009 to receive a free book from a selected list of paperback titles. The offer is limited to one free book per child (grades 1 – 6). All the details are here.
Ready for a FREE sweet treat?
Head to a participating Sonic Restaurant on Wednesday, June 3, 2009, and they’ll give you a FREE 10 oz. Root Beer Float while supplies last.
The offer is good 8 p.m. to midnight.
Click here to find a Sonic location near you.
On Friday, June 5, participating Krispy Kreme stores will give away a FREE doughnut to all its customers.
No purchase is necessary to receive a free doughnut on National Doughnut Day, June 5. The offer is good for one doughnut per customer.
To find a participating store near you, visit www.krispykreme.com/storelocator.html.
ALSO… Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants throughout the country will give every customer a free donut of their choice, with the purchase of any beverage, limit one per customer.
On Tuesday, June 16, Grandfather Mountain is hosting a birthday party for all of the animals in the park.
The habitat staff will conduct enrichment programs during the birthday celebration starting at 11:00 am. “Enrichment is anything to stimulate the animals and change up their day,” said wildlife manager Tanya Cline. “It can be a scent, a toy, food, or anything new in their habitat. On their birthday it will be something special that we know they will love.”
Along with birthday treats for each animal, each vehicle will get a coupon for a FREE cup of omnivore food pellets for the bears (while supplies last) and FREE birthday cake will be served from 1 pm until it runs out. Games, contests, crafts and surprises will continue throughout the day.
Grandfather Mountain is located at the intersection of US 221 and the Blue Ridge Parkway at milepost 305. Admission is $15 for adults and $7 for children ages 4-12. There is no extra charge to participate in the animal birthday activities. For more information, please visit www.grandfather.com or contact Grandfather Mountain by phone at 800-468-7325.
The first Do Tell Storyfest is set for July 11, 2009 from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. in downtown Hendersonville, N.C. The FREE event will be a day filled with kids activities, laughter, short stories and tall tales.
The main venue features family storytelling by acclaimed folklorists
Louise Bailey, Candler Willis’ Abe Lincoln, Bad Hair Williams. Lloyd
Arneach and Heather Nicely. Performances times are from 1-5 pm. A
workshop titled “Collecting Personal Stories” will be held from 11:00
to noon. This event will also celebrate 100 years of 4-H on the lawn of the Historic Courthouse all afternoon. 4-H alumni are invited to a special cakecutting ceremony at noon at the Historic Courthouse and 4-Hers will stage family activities from 11-5pm.
Children story times will be held at the Heritage Museum from 3-5 pm
with tellers Helen King and Elena Diana. Heather Nicely and 4-Her’s
will entertain children at Mountain Lore Bookstore from 1-3 pm.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
11:00 – Noon Workshop with Jim Clark NC Archives -Collecting Personal Stories
1:00 – 6:00 Family Storytelling with Louise Bailey, Candler Willis, Heather Nicely, Lloyd Arneach and Badhair Williams
1:00 – 3:00 Children’s storytelling by Heather Nicely at Mountain Lore Books
1:00 – 5:00 Story
Tour on Main Street at Black Bear, Living Room Cafe’, Arts Council, The
Revolving Arts Gallery, and Piscasso’s Café (See schedule or website
for details)
3:00 – 5:00 Children’s Stories at the Heritage Museum by Elena Diana and Helen King
7:00 – 9:30 Storytelling concert for teens and adults at Piscasso’s Cafe “The Mountains Will Remember Us”
For more details: www.dotellfestival.org
Today (Wednesday, May 27) through next Tuesday, June 2, Harris Teeter grocery stores are tripling manufacturer coupons up to 99 cents in value. They will triple 20 coupons per day per customer. See Here for other rules.
There is a Harris Teeter at Biltmore Parkway Centre at 1378 Hendersonville Road in South Asheville; and another at Chadwick Corners at 637 Spartanburg Highway in Hendersonville, NC.
If you love plants, downtown Hendersonville, NC is the place to be for the 16th Annual Garden Jubilee Festival this weekend, May 23 – 24, 2009.
More than 125 vendors will offer handmade arts and crafts, plants and items to enhance your outdoor living area. Nurseries selling many varieties of annuals, perennials, vegetables, trees, shrubs, and hard to find plants will be located on every block of the festival from Sixth Avenue to Second Avenue.
Bill Slack, a landscape and gardening specialist with Southern Living Magazine, will make his 7th apperance at Garden Jubilee. He will give clinics in the Lowe’s lawn and garden tent located at the Visitors Information Center, 201 South Main Street. Mr. Slack will offer three talks on Saturday, and two on Sunday.
Saturday, May 23:
*11:00 AM “A Picture Perfect Landscape,“
*1:00 PM “Pathways, Patios & Plants: Southern Living’s Finishing Touches,”
*3:00 PM “Container Gardening – Secrets of the Pros,
“Sunday, May 24 -
*1:00 PM “A Picture Perfect Landscape”
* 3:00 PM”Pathways, Patios & Plants: Southern Living’s Finishing Touches.”
The Lowe’s Kids Clinic located at the Visitors Information Center (both days) will offer fun hands-on projects for children ages 4-12.
The town of Brevard, NC will be hopping this weekend with the 6th annual White Squirrel Festival. Check the website for the lineup of lots of FREE music, fun, and of course, attention on the area’s famous albino squirrels.
The Southeast Tourism Society has named this festival a Top 20 Event for the month of May 2009. Plus, Asheville Citizen-Times readers voted the festival “Best Spring Music Festival in Western North Carolina” in a 2008 poll.
Looking for some free entertainment on Memorial Day, May 25, 2009? Head to Flat Rock, NC for the annual Carl Sandburg Folk Music Festival.
The event honors Carl Sandburg’s contribution to America’s written history through his collection of folk music found in The American Songbag. The festival features folk musicians from around the country.
Check the schedule for details.
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