Kids can get cash, prevent cavities & support our troops at Simply Children’s Dentistry’s Candy Buy-Back Program in Savannah.

In an effort to promote healthy teeth and raise a cavity-free generation, Dr. Kamiti Harden at Simply Children’s Dentistry holds this Halloween candy buy-back program each year.

Staff will weigh the candy & pay your child $1 per pound of candy up to 5 pounds. In addition, each child will receive a new toothbrush. All the candy will be mailed overseas to the troops.

The candy buy-back will be 9 AM-2 PM Sat. Nov. 12 (giving kids plenty of time to enjoy some of their candy without going overboard) at Simply Children’s Dentistry, 613 Stephenson Ave Suite 201, Savannah GA 31405. For more info, call: (912) 353-9993. Open to all kids up to age 16.

Simply Children’s Dentistry, 613 Stephenson Ave Suite 201, Savannah 31405; www.simplychildrens.com , email: businessassistant@simplychildrens.com , (912) 353-9993. Simply Children’s Dentistry is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

Halloween on Lewis Avenue has been moved back to Monday night, October 31st, 2011, between 6:30- 9 PM. Be safe! Look both ways! Don’t wear your masks while walking near traffic! Happy Halloween!

Initially, City Council had changed Lewis Ave trick or treat to Sat. Oct. 29, but switched it to the actual day of Halloween after Lewis Ave residents signed a petition. A big thank you to Julie S. for this update!

For a complete listing of local kid and family Halloween events & Fall Festivals, visit the SouthernMamas.com Event Calendar by clicking here.

Come Celebrate McHappy Day® 2011 at Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Coastal Empire, 4710 Waters Ave., Savannah, 31404.

Saturday, November 12, 2011
10 AM – 1 PM

Come join this free community celebration!
Enjoy entertainment from area choral groups, refreshments, arts and crafts, inflatables, Games2U Entertainment truck, face painting, Savannah Fire Department and YMCA of Coastal Georgia, along with other family activities and the lighting of our 2-story holiday tree at the Ronald McDonald House.

For more information, please contact: Alex Wysocki, Events & Marketing Manager, Ronald McDonald House Charities® of the Coastal Empire
alex@rmhccoastalempire.org  or 912-350-7641

BECOME A FACEBOOK FAN OF RMHC COASTAL EMPIRE by clicking here.

Ronald McDonald House Charities® (RMHC®) of the Coastal Empire is a registered  501(c) 3, non-profit that operates solely on donations. The cornerstone program is the Savannah Ronald McDonald House®. Other core programs include the Ronald McDonald Family Room® in St. Joseph’s Candler Hospital and the Ronald McDonald
Care Mobile®, a mobile dental clinic providing free dental examinations and oral health care to underserved, school-age children in Beaufort County (SC). For more information, visit website at www.rmhccoastalempire.org .

Visit the SouthernMamas.com 2011 Fall Fun Guide here to find Savannah & Lowcountry pumpkin patches, corn mazes, Halloween events & fall festivals.

More details here or click on the Linus icon in the right sidebar.

You can also find the guide at the top of the SouthernMamas.com main page at “corn mazes/pumpkin patches/fall festivals 2011″.

Wilmington Island Presbyterian Church Annual Fall Festival
Saturday, October 15th from 11:00 to 2:00
Games, Inflatables, Food, Face Painting, Prizes, Pony Rides
Everything is free of charge
For more info, call church office: 897-1840

Now that the weather is cooling off, it’s downtown Savannah time. Kids love to ride one of the FREE water ferries with Savannah Belles Ferry system on River Street. Or if you want to make River Street your destination, catch it on the other side of the Savannah River @ the Westin Savannah Harbor Resort & Spa on Hutchinson Island.

The free ferries shuttle you from River Street, across the Savannah River, to the Westin, with departures with arrivals every 15–20 minutes from 7:00 AM until 12 AM (subject to weather and river traffic conditions)

Click here for a schedule. The ferries operate 7 days a week, 362 days a year – closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas & New Years Day. Click here for more info. on the ferry system.

While on River Street, be sure to ride the rails on the FREE River Street Streetcar - an authentic 1930s Melbourne streetcar – that runs back and forth on River Street. There’s a streetcar stop right by the ferry dock, in front of City Hall and the visitors center.

The River Street Streetcar runs Noon-9 PM Thurs-Sun with the exceptions of First Saturdays festivities each month when it stops running at 6:30 PM. The 54-passenger streetcar is updated with environmentally-friendly green technology. It makes six stops along Historic River Street between Montgomery St. & the Waving Girl Landing

FERRY FACTS

• Scenic two-minute ride on the Savannah River
• Operates 7 days a week, 362 days a year with departures with arrivals every 15–20 minutes from 7:00 AM until 12 AM (subject to weather and river traffic conditions)
• Climate-controlled, easy passenger loading and unloading
• Unique vessel, designed to ensure a steady ride
• All vessels US Coast Guard certified
• Ferry vessels and ferry landings ADA compliant
• Modern passenger-only ferries, reminiscent of vessels seen in the harbor a century ago
• Named for Savannah’s “Belles”— strong women who shaped the city’s history.

FERRY LANDINGS LOCATIONS

• River Street at City Hall
• Waving Girl Landing at the Savannah Marriott Riverfront
• Hutchinson Island at the Savannah International Trade & Convention Center and adjacent to the Westin Savannah Harbour Resort & Spa
• Ferry Schedule