Splasheville is OPEN for the season!

Splasheville is officially OPEN for the season! Come to Pack Square Park and enjoy the official beginning of spring! The City of Asheville’s interactive splash play fountain in downtown’s Pack Square Park delights children with its 21 jets of water that run in 12 combinations. You never know where it’s going to splash you next!

The fountain usually operates daily from 9:00am to 8:00pm, from April through September, but is subject to closures due to maintenance or special events. They will typically post on their Facebook page if it is scheduled for a closure, so be sure to check before heading out to avoid any disappointment. Happy splashing! 💦♥️

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7th Annual Sleepout Event

Together we can end youth homelessness

For one night in November, Only Hope WNC asks residents of Henderson County to come together and sleep outside in honor of National Youth Awareness Month. Participants are encouraged to raise money through pledges to benefit Only Hope WNC.

Anyone under the age of 18 must have parental consent and the consent form must be signed at the kickoff for the event. If participating with a youth group, waiver forms can be signed in advance.

WHEN AND WHERE IS THE SLEEPOUT?

Sleepout 2018 kicks off Friday, November 9th @ 6:00pm with an opening rally and information about Only Hope. The event officially kicks off @ 8:00pm and ends Saturday, November 10th @ 8:00am.

DO YOU WANT TO SLEEPOUT?
Our registration process is easy, located on this page is our registration form for the event. Fill out all the information to be registered, one form needs to be filled out for each person participate.

DO YOU HAVE A GROUP THAT WANTS TO SLEEPOUT?
Please call us at 828-693-5499 or Email Us at onlyhopewnc@gmail.com. To Sign up as a group.

WHAT’S REQUIRED TO SLEEPOUT?
Nothing is really required, you can sleep any way you would like too. Sleeping is a sleeping bag, tent, box, or even just in elements are allowed. But sleeping in clothes are required.

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO SLEEPOUT?
We request $25 from each person.

HOW IS MONEY RAISED?
When you register you do get an info packet on the event, in that packet there is a pledge form and we ask you to go out and ask your friends, and family for donations. We like using the term they are paying you to sleep outside. Do Not Go Door to Door that is not a safe way to raise funds.

CAN ANYONE DO IT?

Yes anyone can do it. Young to Old. The Only Thing that is required if you are under the age 18 we have to have a parent approval and they have to sign the waiver at the event.

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Daddy-Daughter Date Night

Daddy-Daughter Date Night!

Dads, you and your daughters are invited to a special Daddy-Daughter Date Night event! Enjoy an evening out with your little girl! RSVP required!

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Fairy And Earth (FAE) Festival

Come and Play with Us all weekend starting on Fri, May 20 with Educational Workshops in the Sanctuary in the Pines on both levels. Friday Night @ 7:30 pm, Faerie Elaine Silver will be playing Fairy Music for $15/Adult; $10/Seniors (55+); $5/Child (5-15). Cash at the Door. For every Adult or Senior Admission receives a FREE CD of your choice, plus receive a discount admission rate to the FAE Festival for the entire weekend. Limited to 75 people.

Sat and Sun, May 21 & 22 offers faeries, gnomes, Mother Earth, mermaids

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Annual Asheville Goombay Festival

September 5th, 6th, and 7th

Join us for the return of one of Asheville’s most cherished cultural traditions! The Goombay Festival is a multi-day celebration of Afro-diasporic music, food, art, and culture hosted by the historic YMI Cultural Center. With thousands of visitors and 40+ years of legacy, Goombay offers an exciting opportunity for vendors to engage with the community, showcase their work, and be part of a vibrant cultural experience in downtown Asheville.

For more information, visit ymiculturalcenter.org.

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Black Mountain Comic Con

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Manna Food Distribution

Please arrive by 9:30 in the fellowship hall. If you or someone you know could benefit from this distribution, please arrive no later than 10 am. Call the church office with questions. 692-0765

It is every month and always on a Tuesday but not always on the first Tuesday. MANNA sends them the delivery date and they publish that date monthly on their Facebook page, so keep an eye out for updates. The time is always the same.

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Parents Night Out (K-8th grader)

Parents’ Night Out is a great way to expose kids to STEM activities while you have a relaxing night on the town!

Drop your kids off at Zaniac where they will have fun while exploring, building, creating and playing while learning math and engineering concepts! Our engaging instructors will be on hand to help your child while you enjoy an evening out.

As always, our fun Parents’ Night Out events also include Tinkering, Game-Based Learning: Minecraft™ and other games.

Details:
• For kids in grades K-8
• 6:30pm – 10:00pm
• A light snack and drink is provided at 9:00pm
• Price: $27 per child

Edison Club Members – one PNO per month is included with your membership!

As always, our fun Parents’ Night Out events also include Tinkering, Game-Based Learning: Minecraft™ and other games.

2019/2020 Parents’ Night Out Schedule and Themes!

August 3 and 17: Under Pressure … Ready, set, takeoff! We will take a look at aerodynamics and propulsion. Come experience the fun of flying as we build and launch catapults, air cannons and rockets.

September 7 and 21: Maker Space Madness … Be an inventor and think like an Engineer! Make games, robots and spaceships as we use the design process and recycled materials to build something awesome!

October 5 and 19: Spooky Science … From erupting brews to fizzing bottles, we’ll scare up a good time STEAM style. Hands on exothermic science experiments in our potions lab and multisensory spooky activities will be ghoulish fun!

November 2 and 16: Alien Exploration … Journey with us into outer space to explore our universe and land on Mars! Let’s explore the surface of Mars and build a rover that can maneuver over the course surface.

December 7 and 21: It’s Electric … Light up your holiday! Explore circuitry with easy-to-use electronic building blocks. Make a holiday scene that lights up! Learn how to create circuits in Minecraft using Redstone. Create a glowing holiday card.

January 11 and 25: Zaniac Zoology … Study different biomes and classify animal rarity in Minecraft. Build an animal robot to race around an obstacle course and code your own critter animation in Scratch.

February 8 and 22: Forensic Science … Have your ever wondered how the forensics teams solve the crime? Let’s work together to gather clues, examine the crime scene and collect evidence. Together we will use scientific testing to analyze and solve our Zaniac crime. (This is kid-friendly and not scary.)

March 14 and 28: Bubble Festival … Bubbles Everywhere! Come experience the sparkles in the iridescence, surface tension, buoyancy, and the shape of bubbles. Let’s explore math concepts and science principles as we have fun with bubbles.

April 11 and 25: Under Pressure … Ready, set, takeoff! We will take a look at aerodynamics and propulsion. Come experience the fun of flying as we build and launch catapults, air cannons and rockets.

May 16 and 30: Earth Day Extravaganza … Let’s get creative as we learn about ways to care for our planet, how climate change happens and what it does to our Earth. Take a multisensory journey using the scientific process with experiments, and the design process in engineering, as we all become young champions of the Earth!

June 13 and 27: Space Exploration … Do you have what it takes to be an astronaut? Explore space through the eyes of an astronaut. Let’s learn more about the planets, moons, stars and space technology. Travel through our solar system and participate in real astronaut-training activities.

July 11 and 25: Olympic Games … Join us as we prepare to celebrate Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Design and build stadiums in Minecraft. Code an Olympic Game in Scratch, and use circuits to wire up your own Olympic Torch. Fun fact: Tokyo 2020 has created the first ever medal podiums made entirely out of recycled plastic.

August 8 and 22: Musical Makers … Let your inner musician play and produce at Zaniac! Build a custom synthesizer with littleBits®, sequence sounds with GarageBand, and mix beats with code to produce a soundtrack for a Scratch animation. Let the music play!

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Flea Market Fundraiser

We are have a Flea Market, September 10th from 8-1. Also, a Hot Dog lunch!

If you have any donated items in good condition you want to get rid of, please contact Sherry. Please don’t take items to Fire Department without talking to Sherry first. Thank you!

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Pop-Up Adventure Playground 2016 Kickoff

Asheville Adventure Play’s first Pop-Up Adventure Playground of 2016 will take place at YMCA Beaverdam, 201 Beaverdam Road in North Asheville, on Saturday, June 4 from 10 am to 4 pm. The event will take place rain or shine.

In addition to plenty of open space for kids of all ages to create, build and play with various materials, the YMCA Beaverdam Pop-Up Adventure Playground will include mud and water play areas. There will be a place to rinse off.

For the parents, a documentary on the Adventure Playground movement will be shown on a continuous loop. The Land (2015) is a 30-minute documentary film about the nature of play, risk and hazard set in The Land, a Welsh adventure playground.

For families interested in having lunch at the event, food trucks will be adjacent to the play and amphitheater area. There are picnic tables for those who want to bring their own food.

Parking will be on Kimberly Ave. next to the YMCA Beaverdam field and at Ira B. Jones Elementary.

The June 4 event will mark the first public appearance of the Asheville Adventure Play trailer. Funding from the Active Play Alliance and Be Active Kids has allowed the group to purchase an enclosed towable trailer. The trailer will be used to store and transport materials to promote the knowledge of active play and increase opportunities for active play in a variety of diverse communities and geographic locations.