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Nov. 9
BOOK SALE: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 9, Fairview Community Center, 1357 Charlotte Highway. Bargain books for adults and children. Proceeds benefit Fairview Library. For more information, call 2506484 or email fairview.library@ buncombecounty.org. FIRST LEGO LEAGUE ROBOTICS TOURNAMENT: Noon-5 p.m. Nov. 9, Blue Ridge Conference Hall, Blue Ridge Community College, Flat Rock. The official 2013 Western North Carolina FIRST LEGO League Robotics Tournament has 24 teams made up of 9- to 14-year-olds competing in a series of robotics challenges in the theme Nature’s Fury. Free. For event details, directions, and contact links, visit www.rocwnc.org. For information about FIRST LEGO League, visitwww.usfirst.org. GEOCACHING DAY: 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Nov. 9, N.C. Arboretum, N.C. 191 at Blue Ridge Parkway, Bent Creek. Families, individuals and groups can take part in an outdoor adventure. By using a handheld GPS unit, along with coordinates from www.geocaching.com, solve clues to find one of more than 2,247,000 geocaches located around the world. Guests can seek five new traditional geocaches, as well as a special nature-themed “series” cache. Special “First To Find” geocoins will be placed in each new geocache, and the first 25 individuals to find all six new geocaches will win a T-shirt. Experienced geocachers with their own equipment may begin seeking caches as early as 9 a.m. Newcomers to the sport may borrow a GPS unit, donated by Diamond Brand Outdoors, and join an Arboretum Educator for a guided adventure from 10 to 11:30 a.m. or 2 to 3:30 p.m. Registration not required. $8 parking fee. For more information, visit www.ncarboretum.org, or call 665-2492, Ext. 228. T.C. ROBERSON HOLIDAY MARKET: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 9, Roberson High School, 250 Overlook Road, Asheville. Free. Seventh-annual market with dozens of local vendors, handmade crafts of all types, concessions for purchase, hourly door prize drawings, $1 raffle tickets for prize baskets. Call 687-4027 for more information.
Nov. 10
CHILDREN’S COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT: 12:30-2:30 p.m. Nov. 10, Fletcher United Methodist Church. Join the PB&J Club as it does a service project at Calvary Food Pantry. Teach your children to give back to others. Pizza and drinks will be provided. RSVP to Joy@fletcherumc.org. Meet at Calvary Episcopal Church parking lot, across from Ingles in Fletcher, after the 11 a.m. service. Visit www.facebook.com/WeLoveFUMC/events.
Nov. 11
SANTA VISITS: 1-3 p.m. Nov. 11, Hands On! A Child’s Gallery, 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville. Write a letter to Santa and deliver it in person. Free with $5 admission/free for members. Call 697-8333 to register. Visit www.handsonwnc.org.
MOM’S GROUPS Asheville Stay-At-Home Moms Playgroup: Visit www.meetup.com/AshevilleStay-At-Home-Moms-Playgroup/ Arden Moms Meetup Group: Visit www.meetup.com/arden-moms or contact Susan Toole at ArdenMoms@gmail.com. AshevilleMommies.com: Meet and greets for moms while kids play. Two sessions, 11 a.m.-noon and 3-4 p.m. Wednesdays at The Hop Ice Cream and Coffee Shop, 640 Merrimon Ave. Asheville Moms with Multiples: Group for moms with multiples meets 7 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at the Women’s Resource Center on Doctors Drive, behind Mission Hospital. Meetings are an opportunity to share experiences and offer support in a social setting. Call 444-AMOM or visit www.ashevillemom.com. Biltmore Baptist MOPS: Group for all mothers of children from infancy through kindergarten. Meets 9:30-11:30 a.m. on the first and third Wednesday of each month, September-May at Biltmore Baptist Church, 35 Clayton Road, Arden. Call 6871111, email mopsofbbc@yahoo.com or visit www.biltmorebaptist.org/mops/. Hiking with Preschoolers: Visit www.meetup.com/hiking-with-Preschoolers/ La Leche League of Asheville/Buncombe: For all those interested in breastfeeding. Nursing babies, toddlers and pregnant women welcome. Meetings are second Monday of every month, 10-11 a.m., at First Congregational Church, Oak Street, and third Monday of every month, 7-8 p.m., Awakening Heart Chiropractic, Ravenscroft Drive. Please call a leader for more information or directions: Susan 303-6352 or Adrienne 603-505-0855. Visit www.lalecheleagueofnc.org La Leche League of Hendersonville: Offers information and support for pregnant or breastfeeding women. Meets at 10 a.m. the second Wednesday of the month at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hendersonville, 2021 Kanuga Road. Babies and toddlers are welcome. For more information, Contact a leader: Andrea 676-
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BOOK GIVING TREE: South Asheville/Oakley Library, 749 Fairview Road. Help provide new books for disadvantaged children in the community. Select a gift card with a child’s information (gender, grade/ reading level, a special interest). Buy a book ($10 minimum retail value) and return it to the Oakley
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6047, Katie 808-1490, or MC 693-9899. Mom2mom: Christian moms group meets at St. Paul’s Church, 32 Rosscraggon Road, Rosscraggon Business Park Building B, Asheville. Moms with any age children are welcome. Call 388-3598. Moms Club of Hendersonville: A support group open to mothers of all ages in the Henderson County area, including mothers who have home-based businesses and those who work part-time but are home with their children during the day. The group meets for speeches and topics for discussion, park days, playgroups, nights out, holiday activities and service projects benefiting needy children in the community. Meets 9:30 a.m. the first Thursday of the month at Hendersonville Church of Christ, 1975 Haywood Road, Hendersonville. Children welcome. Call Tamara Betteridge at 699-6292 or email tamara@networkedneighbors.com, or visit http://hendersonvillemomsclub.wordpress.com. Moms’ Support Group: For new moms (children ages 0-5 years) who cope with depression. This group focuses on challenges of parenting, building positive coping skills and sharing experiences in a safe, private environment with professional guidance. Next session begins the first week of July, meets weekly in the evening. Email momsupportgroup@outlook.com for more information. MOPS at Mud Creek: Mothers of Preschoolers provides an open, faith-based atmosphere for moms of infants through kindergartners. Meets second and fourth Wednesdays, 9:15-11:15 a.m., SeptemberMay, at Mud Creek Baptist Church, 403 Rutledge Drive, Hendersonville. Email Melissa Thorsland, melthor@tds.net, or MOPS.MudCreek@gmail.com or visit http:// mopsatmudcreek.webs.com/links.htm. WNC Mountain Mamas: Moms and kids can meet up and play at 11 a.m. Wednesdays the Hop Ice Cream Shop, 640 Merrimon Ave. Enjoy half-priced coffees and ice cream. Encompassing, supporting and uniting WNC families. Visit www.wncmountainmamas.proboards.com.
Library by Dec. 17. Or donate $10 and the Friends of the Oakley Library will do the shopping for you. The program has provided books to more than 1,500 local children since 2000. For more information, call 250-4754 or email oakley.library@buncombecounty.org.
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