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Sleep in a Box at Cardboard City
Mark your calendar for the 8th Annual Cardboard City which will be held on Saturday October 26, from 4:00 PM - 7:00 AM the next morning. The mission is to raise money and awareness of homelessness. All proceeds go directly to Family Promise and Sybil H. Smith Family Village. Family Promise provides temporary shelter and support services to homeless families with children, and Sybil H. Smith Family Village is a Transitional Housing Facility for Homeless Women and their children. Setup begins at the corner of Dauphin and Ann Street (Alabama School of Math & Science Soccer Field). Entertainment begins at 7:00 PM. Anyone is welcome to attend without spending the night. An annual memorial service for homeless persons will be held at 9 PM. A simple meal will be provided. Sunrise devotion will be held at 6 AM Sunday morning, then clean up and depart at 8 AM. All overnight participants must raise a minimum of $100 per box in sponsorships. Up to two persons or a family with small children may sleep in a box. Participants are responsible for bringing their own box and decorating it if they like. Visitors are welcome until 10:00 PM. Please visit CardboardCityMobile.com for more information.
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“Dracula” Coming to Playhouse in the Park
Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” is coming to the Playhouse in the Park in October. Public shows are October 18, 19, 25, & 26 at 7:30 p.m. Public show tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for students and senior citizens. Call 251-602-0630 for public show reservations. There will also be school shows for middle and high school students. To make reservations for school shows, call 251-422-0079. Playhouse in the Park is located at 4851 Museum Drive in Mobile (across from the Mobile Museum of Art in Langan Park). www.playhouseinthepark.org.
First-Ever Fall Lacrosse Clinics to be Held in Mobile
The Mobile Youth Lacrosse League, Inc., is proud to announce open registration for its first-ever Fall Ball clinic series to be held on Sunday afternoons. This six-week program, beginning September 29, is designed for all skill levels, including both boys and girls ages 3rd grade and up. The league is hopeful that Sunday afternoon sessions will allow kids currently playing other sports to get the chance to try lacrosse without interfering with their weekday schedules. Thanks to a previous grant awarded to the Mobile league from US Lacrosse (the official governing body of lacrosse in the United States), there is even loaner equipment available. Sessions will be held on the fields of Mobile Kinetic Sports, 1301 Azalea Rd.; across Azalea Rd. from Old Time Pottery. To register for the fall clinics, or for more information, please see the league’s Facebook page at facebook.com/mobileyouthlacrosse, visit their website at mobilemavericks.teamsnap.com, or simply email mobileyouthlax@gmail.com. Mobile Bay Parents I October 2013
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Infirmary Health: Keeping Children Active and Healthy
Our children may be our future, but according to the American Heart Association, approximately 30 percent of children in the United States are overweight and obese. In a national effort to combat this statistic and keep children healthy and fit, Infirmary Health Fitness Centers offer a program called Operation FitKids. The eight-week program, designed to educate, motivate and support children and their families, is available at all three Infirmary Health fitness center locations. Infirmary Health Fitness Centers—ProHealth Fitness Center, Mobile; Thomas Fitness Center, Fairhope; and North Baldwin Fitness Center, Bay Minette—have partnered with the American Council on Exercise (ACE) to offer this fitness program for kids. Operation FitKids educates children and their families on the benefits of regular physical activity and proper nutrition. The eight-week program begins October 8 for children, ages seven through 11 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:45 – 4:45 p.m. Weekly lessons include: Move and groove as you eat to win; Heart-smart kids on the liquid lookout; Walk this way/Snack attack; Pump it up/How much to eat; Toughen up/Cut the fat; Chill out/Breakfast…Don’t skip it; Putting it all together; Weekly meeting with a nutritionist. Free with physician referral. For more information or to register your child for the program, call ProHealth at 435-2010, North Baldwin Fitness Center at 937-9099 or Thomas Fitness Center at 279-1684. 8
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