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WELCOME TO MACARONI KID Hickory/Western Piedmont!

Newsletter for September 23-29, 2016

September 22, 2016

Thanks for joining us! We are here for NC Western Piedmont area moms and dads, grandparents and caretakers too, who love finding fun, family-friendly events and things to do in Hickory, Lenoir, Newton-Conover, Morganton, Taylorsville and surrounding areas.  New to us?  Click here for a quick tour.  

Enjoy this week's newsletter!
It's officially the first day of fall and today actually feels like the new season has finally arrived. While the heat is forecasted to return this weekend, the coming weeks should bring cooler temps and ideal weather for enjoying the great outdoors. With Take a Child Outside week starting Saturday, this week's newsletter has an outdoor theme with 25 ideas of fun things to do outside, 5 chalk games that'll have kids playing outdoors for hours, free entrance passes to national parks for 4th graders, local places to pick your own apples, plus all the scoop on local family-friendly events like South Mountains Nature Day this Saturday, Carolina Renaissance Festival weekends in October & November, county fairs and fall festivals. This and more awaits in this week's newsletter; refer to the table of contents for all that is inside.

Don't miss this week's giveaways and contests!
Today is the last day to enter to win a car seat ahead of the Britax Warehouse Sale this Saturday! Also this week we're giving away TWO sets of tickets to the Carolina Renaissance Festival kicking off in Charlotte next weekend and continuing through Nov 20th. Be sure to enter both giveaways today!

Keep 'em busy... plan our fun for the weekend, the week, or the month!
Our calendar is full of family-friendly events and we add to it daily! So much is happening around our local area that we can't always put it all in our newsletter. Plan your family fun for the days, weeks and months ahead by going straight to our Event Calendar.

Looking for more?
Find lots of tips, recipes and crafts for back to school in our archives. And as you're out and about on the town enjoying the activities on our calendar or a family bike ride, refer to our list of local restaurant specials where kids eat free or cheap or stop by a local farmers market for freshest fruits and veggies for your family. Find even more helpful information, like birthday freebies or getaway ideas, here.

List your event on our calendar... for FREE!
We're happy to include on our calendar any free (or low cost) one-time local events for kids through teens and/or for families and there is no charge for most listings. Send in the details using our submit an event form or email annah@macaronikid.com and we'll gladly help you spread the word to our local community.

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Have a great week and happy fall y'all!
Peace, Love & Macaroni,

~ Anna