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Holly Jolly Christmas Trolley Tour

Celebrate the season with Gray Line on the Holly Jolly Christmas Trolley Tour

Highlights

Hop on board the Holly Jolly Christmas Trolley for a fun and festive celebration of the season featuring

  • stories of local holiday traditions
  • singing of classic carols and songs of Christmas and
  • the sights of the holidays

Highlighted neighborhoods and points of interest include:

  • Historic Biltmore Village
  • Downtown Asheville
  • Montford Historic District
  • The Grove Park Inn and Grove Park Historic District
  • Pack Square
  • Grove Arcade
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Girls on the Run 5k

Chase your dreams and celebrate all girls being joyful, healthy, and confident at the Great Beginnings & Great Smiles Girls on the Run of WNC 5K run and walk at Asheville Outlets on Sunday, May 17th! The event is family-friendly and open to the public. The 5K will be chip timed for community runners and running buddies. Runners and walkers of all ages and levels are encouraged to register.

Join hundreds of girls in grades 3-8 from throughout Western North Carolina, who have trained with volunteer coaches for the past 10 weeks, to participate in their spring celebratory end-of-season 5K. The Girls on the Run program combines running with lessons about important topics such as preventing bullying and processing emotions.

All proceeds from the event will benefit the Girls on the Run of WNC scholarship fund, which aims to make the non-profit’s program accessible to all girls in the community, regardless of their ability to pay the registration fee.

IMPORTANT: Current Girls on the Run/Heart & Sole program participants and Coaches DO NOT need to register for the 5K.

If you need to pay your 5K entry with cash or check, please contact Stephanie Bilotta at (828) 713-3132 or stephanie.bilotta@girlsontherun.org for assistance.

Schedule:

All participants who register by Thursday, April 24, 2020 are guaranteed to receive an event t-shirt at Runner Check-In. For registrations received after April 24th, t-shirts are available on a first-come, first-serve basis, while supplies last.

8:30 AM | ONSITE REGISTRATION OPENS

9:00 AM | FESTIVITIES BEGIN

10:00 AM | 5K BEGINS

RUN WEBSITE

Additional run information can be found at http://www.gotrwnc.org/5k.

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Breakfast with Santa Cow

Join us for a memorable morning filled with fun Christmas activities and enjoy Breakfast with Santa Cow!

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Christmas at the Zoo

Celebrate Christmas and create wonderful memories at Christmas at the ZOO! Join us for our 1st annual Holiday event fun for children and families. December 10:00 From 10:00am / 5:00pm.

Pet the animals and meet Boo the Kinkajou and all the new ZooBorns. Enjoy a Beautiful Nativity Scene and all the Beauty and Joy that Christmas time brings at Jackson Farm and Petting Zoo.

Take a free exciting and fun Hay ride with Santa and his elf – Face painting – Christmas goodie bags for all children – Christmas story telling – Joyful Christmas music – Live entertainment – Christmas caroling led by: Jenny Arch – Balloons and much more!
Gift Shop opened!
Take a picture with Santa!

Complimentary Cider, Hot chocolate and Coffee!
Dont miss this Spectacular Christmas at the ZOO!!

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Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at Town Square

Come out to Town Square on Saturday November 26th for the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at 5:30 p.m.

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Seconds/Overstock Sale and Gift for Giving Ornament Release!

It’s that time of the year again! NCGC artists have cleared off their shelves and donated their time for a good cause! Sales from our Seconds/Overstock sale will directly go back into our studio to support our growth over the next few months leading up to our opening Ramp Studios. An exciting addition to the evening is the release of our First Annual Gift for Giving Ornament. NCGC artists collaborated to create glass ornaments and candy canes. Proudly 50% of the proceeds will be donated to MANNA FoodBank and Equality NC.

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Teaching Children About Racial Justice and Racism

We hear that our community is ready to take more active steps to work toward a racially just society, in Asheville and beyond. We believe that Black, Brown, and Native Lives Matter, and as White allies, we are committed to actively working towards increasing safety for people of color through educating ourselves and our community on the best ways to dismantle racism.

As parents, we have a clear responsibility: we must raise children who are aware of race related issues, cultural differences, and the way that our culture has racism embedded in its systems, stories, images, and structure, so that we can be raising the next generation to be champions of social justice. It may feel challenging to know the best ways to work toward this. We may feel that by simply being kind to all people regardless of race or ethnicity that our kids will not develop racist attitudes. Unfortunately, when living in a society with an intense history of racial divide and in which racism is institutionalized in such a way that it can feel invisible to those of us that have the privilege not to feel its effects due to the color of our skin, simply carrying an ideology of equality and acting kindly are not enough to prevent children from developing racial biases or to establish true racial equality and justice.

Undoing racism will require steadfast and committed action for generations to come. We need to continually educate ourselves to uncover our own internalized biases that we may not realize are there and work to change the racist structures and actions so prevalent in American society. We also need to teach our children and the youngest members of our society what racism looks like, what White privilege is, how to be respectful members of a truly diverse community, and what to do when they witness racism in action.

Please join us on Friday, December 2nd for a free workshop to learn practical steps you can take to educate your own children and children in your community about diversity, racism and ethnocentrism, and being consciously aware of the ways that racism can exist in our world. We will discuss age and developmentally appropriate ways to address these topics, because it is crucial for education about race and diversity to be a lifelong process.

Here are some resources to learn more about racism, privilege, and raising children with awareness and sensitivity to these issues:

http://www.cloverheartconcepts.com/journal/2016/7/28/racial-justice-actions-for-white-folks

http://blacklivesmatter.com/guiding-principles/

https://www.deanza.edu/faculty/lewisjulie/White%20Priviledge%20Unpacking%20the%20Invisible%20Knapsack.pdf

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gdYFhTLwRDUXy9jfrYrBdwHud0KsVLl17wJmQ-V6LHY/edit?usp=sharing

http://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/multicultural-reading-resources/diversity-book-lists-for-kids/seeing-yourself-in-childrens-books/african-american-books-for-kids-of-all-ages/

We invite everyone interested to attend this event, whether parents or not, any race or ethnicity. Our focus will be on supporting White allies to teach White children the necessary lessons and practices for them to grow up as truly supportive and effective to stand against racism. We will also address how parents and adults can be strong allies and work against racism, including addressing racism in action, in the presence of and as role models for the children in a way that safe and effective.

This meeting will be facilitated by Justina Prenatt, LPCA and Chama Woydak, LCCE, CD, BDT (DONA). We are White mothers and activists who are compelled to act now to do what the Black community has asked of White allies – to work against racism in our own community. We are not positioning ourselves as experts on race, though we both have extensive educational backgrounds on race related issues and are both professional group facilitators and educators. We invite you to take grassroots, imperfect action with us in a time of crisis.

Please contact us directly for more information, questions, and to offer resources or support to our effort. Chama can be reached at chama@homegrownbabies.com, Justina at cloverheartconcepts@gmail.com.

***CHILDCARE WILL BE PROVIDED FOR THIS EVENT***
If you are able to offer it, childcare provider will be accepting donations, however donation is not necessary to utilize childcare services. Please arrive by 5:45 to get children situated with childcare. Thank you!

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2nd Annual Parks & Rec Paws and Claus

Adopt pets, decorate cookies, and Visit Santa Claus!

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SantaLand Hendersonville

Ho Ho Ho it’s that time of year again. We are very excited to let everyone know that we have a location. One week only. December 19-23 10am-8pm. Bring the kids to talk to Santa. As always talking is free but we will be offering photos.

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Regal Holiday Classics series

Saturdays, Nov 30th-Dec 21st 1:00pm – Regal Holiday Classics at Regal Biltmore Grande in Biltmore Park Town Square. Enjoy one of these 4 Classic Holiday Movies each Saturday, for just $5 per ticket or see all four with an event pass for $15 (event pass available at the Box Office only)! Plus, Regal Crown Club members with a series pass* will receive a $5 small popcorn and soft drink combo (one per series pass per festival visit).

↘️ SCHEDULE:

Nov 30th: Elf

Dec 7th: Gremlins

Dec 14th: The Polar Express

Dec 21st: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

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