Monthly Archives: June 2011

Friday Freebies – July 1 – 4

Town of Garner’s July 3rd Celebration featuring the North Carolina Symphony Sunday, July 3 Lake Benson Park, 921 Buffaloe Road 5-10 p.m. Annually, Garner and its neighbors come together to celebrate our nation’s independence on July 3rd at Lake Benson Park. Gates open at 5 p.m. Enjoy musical entertainment from Liquid Pleasure followed by the [...]

Friday Freebies – June 17 – 19

JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION ~ A NATIONAL DAY OF HEALING FROM THE LEGACY OF ENSLAVEMENT –TOMORROW, JUNE 18TH, AT THE WAKE CHAPEL CHURCH LIFE ENRICHMENT CENTER IN RALEIGH –11 A.M. TO 5 P.M. –JUNETEENTH COMMEMORATES THE DAY THAT THE LAST REMAINING SLAVES WERE INFORMED THAT THEY WERE FREE-TWO YEARS AFTER THEIR ACTUAL EMANCIPATION –THE EVENT WILL MIX [...]

Ideas for Your Kids’ Artwork

Now that the school year has come to an end for most children in our area, your kitchen counter or mudroom may have piles of adorable arts and crafts that your little ones created over the last few months. So what do you do with it all? I did a little Googling to get the [...]

Friday Freebies – June 10th – 12th

Here are this week’s Friday Freebies brought to you by Sir Walter Chevrolet,  ChevyMom.com and My Carolina Today: Family Night Out in the Park Lake Rim Park in Fayetteville Friday, June 10th from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm –MUSIC, GAMES –FOOD VENDOR ON SITE ___________________________________________________________________________________ Family Days: Toys and Games –North Carolina History Museum in [...]

Oh.. a camping we will go.

I’m so excited because we are heading to Jordan Lake to go camping this weekend with three other families. Now you might be thinking, are you crazy? It’s already insanely hot, the mosquitoes are buzzing about and you have to sleep on the ground when you’re in a tent. Here’s the deal, I want my [...]

First Community Art Palette

This is my favorite freebie this week.  You and your whole family can get your art on by participating in the First Annual Community Palette on Saturday, June 4th at the Carter Building in Downtown Raleigh. Local residents in Raleigh are invited to participate in a community mural painting project on June 4, 2011, from 10 [...]