Stand Up Paddleboarding Fest (SUPfest)
11 am-2 p.m. Sat. May 18 2013.
This fun-oriented event will be held at Wilson Landing in Palmetto Bluff on the May River. The festival will include free introductory clinics and instruction, along with equipment trials and demonstrations. Clinics will be offered. Certified guides from Outside Hilton Head/Palmetto Bluff and several national paddlesport professionals will conduct the programs.

Free & open to the public.

For more information call (843)686-6996 or visit www.outsidehiltonhead.com .

Palmetto Bluff, 19 Village Park Square, Bluffton, SC 29910

Urgent Care 24/7 is here for you & your family, offering complete medical care when you need it, where you need it.

Life is 24/7 and so is Urgent Care 24/7.

Urgent Care 24/7 FOUR locations in the Savannah area are full-service urgent care centers providing adult and pediatric medical care 24 hours a day 7 days a week. When you or a loved one need prompt medical attention, Urgent Care 24/7 are available with a compassionate and well-trained staff.

Extremely reasonable rates.

No insurance of any kind accepted. However, Urgent Care 24/7 provides you with all the information you need to file your claim with your insurance company.

Urgent Care has FOUR locations in the Savannah area:
* Historic Savannah, 144 Lincoln St., Savannah, 31401
* Tybee Island, 602 1st St., Suite A, Tybee Is. 31328
* Sandfly, 7400 Skidaway Road, Suite B, Savannah, 31406
* Pooler, 9 Mill Creek Circle, Suite A-1, Pooler, 31322

Urgent Care 24/7 Savannah, (912) 234-CARE (2273) email info@urgentcare247.com , www.urgentcare247.com On Facebook here. Urgent Care 24/7 is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

Roller Derby: The Savannah Derby Devils women’s roller derby team will return to the Savannah Civic Center arena May 18 with exciting, family-friendly fun. Bouts start at 5 & 7 PM. Tickets: $2-$16. Bouts include half-time kids’ events. Details here.

Georgia Tech-Savannah has created a unique, hands-on summer camp experience that will increase your child’s curiosity about the world and how it works.

Campers will learn science at high levels through a variety of challenging, problem solving activities, including art, songs, games and projects.

Each week has unique fun learning for your child, plus robotics and computers are part of all camps and curriculum.

Come experience what it means to go Full STEAM ahead!

More info here.

Disney’s most popular promotion, FREE DINING, is back for Fall 2013!

Currently, this promotion is open to Chase Disney Visa Cardholders, but is expected to open to the general public on Thursday, May 9^th. The FREE DINING PLAN is available to guest arriving most nights September 2-25, 2013 that purchase a non-discounted Magic Your Way Package (which includes resort room and theme park tickets). This is an incredible value.

FREE Dining Plans are available at select Walt Disney World Resorts and require a minimum 3-night stay with 2-day base tickets. Guests staying in a Value Resort will receive the Quick-Service Dining Plan and guests in Moderate, Deluxe, and Deluxe Villa Resorts receive the Disney Dining Plan. You can even upgrade your dining plan by paying the cost difference between your complimentary plan and the plan you want. This is a very popular time for my clients to try out the Deluxe Dining Plan.

Availability is extremely limited, and dining reservations are already open so let’s get your FREE DINING vacation package secured now! Contact Tara McCoy at Enchanted Travel for your no-obligation vacation quote or details. And remember, Tara McCoy’s travel planning services are 100% FREE!!

Tara McCoy, Vacation Specialist at Enchanted Travel
843.284.3241
Become a Facebook fan at facebook.com/enchantedtravel

Tara McCoy, Vacation Specialist at Enchanted Travel, 843.284.3241 Become a Facebook fan at facebook.com/enchantedtravel Tara McCoy is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

Free Family Days, Saturdays (once a month), 1-4 pm @ Telfair’s Jepson Center, 207 W.York St., Savannah, 31401.

Family Days are fun, educational and FREE! Enjoy hands on art projects, gallery exploration activities, story time and much more designed specifically for the entire family! Create DIY masterpieces, play art detective, or explore the ArtZeum, an interactive arts space. With gallery activities on our mobile Art Cart, everyone can get in on the art and the action. Each month will feature a different theme based on the museum’s changing exhibitions. Come for a little while or stay for the entire afternoon-it’s all FREE. Come see what the fun is all about. More info here.

Funded by Georgia Power
*Major funding by the City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs.

May 11 | 1-4pm | Inside a Portrait

Explore the people and stories told in portrait photographs. Walk inside our room sized camera and build your own pinhole camera.

June 15 | 1-4 pm | Juneteenth Celebration*

Performances and storytelling celebrating freedom.

July 13 | 1-4pm | Making Connections

Discover the Museums’ connections to New York and learn how to use elements of your life to make connections to the world around you.

August 17 | 1-4 pm | Near East Family Day*

Middle Eastern music concert and workshop

Give your ho-hum life the heave-ho.

Find your way back to a stress-free existence and turn your struggles into triumphs with tips and guidance from Peace By Piece Life Strategies Coaching in Savannah.

Mother’s Day May Discount
Give yourself the gifts of purpose and passion! Peace By Piece Life Strategies Coaching in Savannah offers transformational coaching. Mention you read about Peace by Piece Life Strategies Coaching on SouthernMamas.com to receive a 40% discount during the entire month of May.

You can meet certified Life Strategies Coach Shelly Harlander in her Savannah office in the Zeno Moore Building at 409 E. Montgomery Crossroads or schedule a phone session. Call 912-341-3684.

Life Strategies Coaching is for healthy individuals who wish to increase balance, efficiency, productivity and satisfation in targeted areas of their life, as well as achieve higher levels of self-realization and personal well-being.

Peace by Piece Life Strategies Coaching, tel: 912-341-3684, www.peacebypiecenow.com/ Peace by Piece Life Strategies Coaching is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

SAVANNAH MOTHER’S DAY WALK: Eight mothers lose a child to gun violence every day in America. That is simply unacceptable.

Join the Savannah chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America for a non-partisan Mother’s Day Walk in Forsyth Park and show our elected officials that we stand united for common sense gun laws.

Join us 4 PM Sunday, May 12th for a family-friendly Mother’s Day Walk in Savannah’s Forsyth Park. Participants are asked to carry 8 paper flowers to honor the 8 children lost to gun violence every day in this country. Mother’s Day is the perfect time to take a stand for common sense gun control laws to protect ALL our children!

Moms Demand Action is a non-partisan group of moms, dads, friends and concerned citizens devoted to enacting common sense gun legislation like universal background checks.

RSVP here.

Stay connected & updated by liking the Savannah chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America by clicking here

Spread the word to your friends, family, and to our Congresspeople that we have had ENOUGH gun violence in this country.

Summer 2013 Camps

Telfair Museums’ Summer 2013 Camps are now available. Click here for more information.

MASTER ARTIST PHOTOGRAPHY CAMP
*Session A: June 17-21 | 9 am-3 pm | ages 10-12
*Session B: June 24-28 | 9 am-3 pm | ages 13-16
GEEK BLING, TECHNO – JEWELRY AND FASHION ACCESSORIES (Ages 13-18)
VIDEO GAME DEVELOPMENT (Ages 14-18)
Motor Driven Art (Ages 6-10)
ART WITH THE PROS! STUDIO CAMP (Ages 6-10)
Do it Yourself camp – A wcwm? CAMP (Ages 8-12)
CREATIVE TRANSFORMATIONS – PRE-K CAMP (Ages 4-6)

Registration details here.

Scribble Art Studio in Savannah & Pooler will offer some incredible art classes for kids this summer including:

Kids World Art; Portfolio Builder; Cartooning; and Creative Kin (perfect for siblings, children work on projects that can be appropriate for all age & skill levels!)

To learn more about Scribble’s art classes for kids in Pooler & Savannah, click here or call 912-323-0123 or email ScribbleArtStudio@hotmail.com .

Scribble Art Studio in Savannah & Pooler also offers private & group art classes, adult art parties. For gifts, Scribble as art kits & gift certificates . For more information, contact artist Carrie Christian at 912-323-0123 or email ScribbleArtStudio@hotmail.com . Click here for more info. Scribble Art Studio is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan (1982) @ Lucas Theatre, Savannah
Patrons are encouraged to dress as their favorite Star Trek character. The best will have the chance to win great prizes.

It is the 23rd century. Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner) is not as young as he once was and the idea of accompanying his old ship, the USS Enterprise, now a Starfleet Academy training ship, on a two-week cadet cruise is not making him feel any younger. But the mission becomes a deadly serious when Kirk, the crew and the cadets must face his nemesis Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalbán). Khan has escaped from a 15-year exile to exact revenge on Kirk, the crew of the Enterprise must stop him from acquiring a powerful terraforming device named Genesis.

May 11, 2013
7:00 PM – 9:30 PM

Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn St.
Savannah, GA 31401
912.525.5040

Admission: $5-$8
Phone: (912) 525-5050
lucastheatre.com

Learn about tea traditions and experience an early 19th century tea in Davenport House’s beautiful courtyard garden. Patrons will visit areas of the home where tea service took place and will participate in an afternoon tea given with costumed interpreters in the garden. The performance requires that guests be able to walk up and down stairs.

Thursdays and Fridays in May 2013
Program dates and times: May 9, 10, 16 and 17 at 4:30 p.m. and 24, 30 and 31 at 5:00 p.m.
60 to 75 minutes

Davenport House Museum, 324 E. State St., Savannah, 31401 (912) 236-8097

Admission: $18. Reservations recommended. Limited attendance. More info here.

Free Sand Gnats tickets Friday May 10 2013 from St. Joseph’s/Candler

Just bring a non-perishable food item to the game and receive a free ticket.

WHAT: St. Joseph’s/Candler Community Night at Grayson Stadium to benefit St. Mary’s Community Center. Everyone is invited.
WHEN: Friday May 10, 7:05 p.m. Food drop off and ticket pick up will begin at 6:00 p.m.
WHY: The non-perishable food items will benefit the St. Mary’s Community Center.

St. Mary’s Community Center serves the westside of Savannah from its base in the historic Cuyler-Brownville neighborhood. St. Mary’s Community Center is a community outreach initiative of St. Joseph’s/Candler and a living demonstration of its mission. The center helps residents through education, job training and children’s services. To learn more go to www.sjchs.org/StMarys

There are three more chances for free tickets this summer, go to www.sjchs.org/sandgnats to find upcoming games.

Mothers Day: Treat mom this Mother’s Day to a gift basket of handmade natural bath products from Nourish.  Gift basket purchases over $50 are 20% off.

Teachers Gifts: Nourish has a wonderful assortment of gift options that are a perfect way to let your child’s teacher know you appreciate them.  Nourish can create custom gifts for teachers starting at just $10. Perfect for Teacher Appreciation Week, which is May 6, or end-of-year teacher gifts.

Products from Nourish– with retail stores in downtown Savannah & on Hilton Head Is. – are all made in Savannah; are all-natural & good for your skin; and, as a result, make perfect, affordable gifts.

Nourish in Savannah & Hilton Head Is.

Register by May 15 and receive a 10% discount off Lingüa’s Spanish Immersion Summer Camp, which will run for 2 weeks in June in Pooler.

SPACE IS LIMITED! Reserve your spot by May 15th and save!

Lingüa offers everything you need for your bilingual familia.
Have you always wanted your children to be bilingual, but didn’t know where to start? Do you want to make sure your children can speak your language? Do you need some extra help from an expert? Try Lingüa’s Raising Little Lingüists™ Program.

Want to experience learning together? Try LingüaBaby™, LittleLingüists™, and LingüaVersity™ classes in Spanish and Arabic.

Want to learn for yourself? Lingüa offers adult classes in Spanish and Arabic for beginners and advanced students. Some classes are conveniently online!

Need some extra help? Try Lingüa’s tutoring service.

Are you looking for other moms and dads who want to raise a bilingual familia? Try Lingüa’s storytimes and playgroups.

Contact Lingüa today to give your family más. Email bilingualfamilia@gmail.com

Like Lingüa on Facebook by clicking here.
Lingüa is also on Twitter @  twitter.com/linguaU &  Pinterest @ pinterest.com/linguaU
Lingüa, www.bilingualfamilia.com, email bilingualfamilia@gmail.com, Lingüa is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser

1. Tell me why again I paid so much money for a camera that doesn’t take decent pictures?
2. I just got an awesome shot! I won’t be that lucky again….EVER!
3. Wow! That’s a lot of buttons. I think I’ll just press a bunch of them. Yes, that will work……”Hunny, can you come fix my camera. It’s broke!”

Register here.

Jillane Tucker, Shuman Fine Art Photography.com, email jillanes@shumanphoto.com, 912.826.4447 http://www.shumanfineartphotography.com/ Shuman Fine Art Photography is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser

If girls are interested in joining Girl Scouts, there will be a fun event this Sat. May 4th, 10 AM-noon in Hull Park (55th & Atlantic).

Girls interested in Girl Scouts as well as girls who are already scouts can come out & do a whole bunch of fun science activities. Make your own lava lamp! Make a rock you can eat! Learn about what makes a parachute work! Make an art robot bug! Fun fun fun!

And FREE.

Moms can come learn how to find a troop for your daughter, and of course, if you are interested in learning how to lead a troop or co lead, come on out and learn how.

Special summer troops forming now!

10 am to noon Saturday May 4th.

Girls Scouts is open to all girls in Kindergarten and up!

School is about to end, but learning doesn’t have to end when class is dismissed.  Enroll your child in May at Kumon Math & Reading Center in Savannah to receive free registration.

Kumon Math & Reading Center of Savannah offers FREE registration during May 2013. Call 912.920.8899 or click here for more info.

Kumon Math and Reading Center of Savannah, www.kumon.com/savannah , open on Mondays and Thursdays from 3-7 PM,  in Piccadilly Square @ 10010   Abercorn Ave. Suite 5A, Savannah, 31406. For more info or to schedule a complimentary placement test, call owner and instructor, Janese Cooper at (912) 920-8899. Kumon of Savannah is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

High school students are invited to attend Embellished Environments, a free Savannah workshop with artist Jessica Scott-Felder.

Friday, May 3, 3:30 pm (students meet at Telfair Museum’s Jepson Center), 207 W.York St. Savannah

Jessica Scott-Felder is known for her large-scale mixed media drawings, sculpture and performances. Her sculpture, the High Chairs will be on view at the Jepson Center beginning April 26 and she will be presenting a performance at the Telfair Academy building on Saturday, May 4, at 2pm. Her art and performance were selected to accompany the exhibition the Art of Seating: 200 Years of American Design. For the workshop, Scott-Felder will introduce students to the Seating exhibition at the Telfair. Students will study the forms of these significant works of American design and create mixed media works with gold leaf on paper. Finished student drawings will be exhibited in May in the Morrison Community Gallery at the Jepson Center. For visual arts students this is an important opportunity to work with a significant artist and to exhibit their work in a museum – a great resume builder for college!

The workshop is offered FREE of charge thanks to project funding from the City of Savannah. Participation limited to 15.

Students must register in advance by calling 790-8823 or emailing bradleyk@telfair.org .

Related Programs:

Performance by Jessica Scott Felder
Saturday, May 4, 2pm Telfair Academy, 121 Barnard St., Savannah

The artist will present a short performance site-specific to the galleries and period rooms of the Telfair Academy. Rather than a seated performance, the audience will follow the artist through the Academy building.. In her performance art, Jessica Scott-Felder becomes a catalyst for altering the social dynamic of a space. Every aspect of her presence is considered important to the work, from the details within the antebellum era clothing (inspired by her drawings of chairs) to the object-filled vessels that are carried during the performance. Her presence silently demands attention through slow and graceful movements. Families are invited to stay for hands on activities after the performance.

Family Activities: Saturday, May 4 1-4pm Telfair Academy, 121 Barnard St. Savannah
Free Day Weekend: May 3-5 Telfair Academy, 121 Barnard Street, Savannah

Having a tough time coming up with new Mother’s Day ideas? Why not surprise Mom this year with something a little different?

Give her a Mother’s Day lunch or dinner she’ll want to tell all her friends about – Mother’s Day at The Melting Pot of Savannah. This year The Melting Pot of Savannah has created a special 4-course lunch / dinner for mom for $29.99 per person. And after all she’s done for you, doesn’t Mom deserve something a little more?

The Melting Pot’s menu is always filled with ways to make Mom feel like she is the most important mom in the world.

Sit back with mom and enjoy a rich, delectable cheese fondue for your first course and one of our signature salads for your second course. Next, enjoy one of our entrées cooked in one of our four premium cooking styles and served with seasonal vegetables and our signature dipping sauces. End the perfect Mother’s Day dinner with warm chocolate fondue, also known as the perfect way to thank Mom for all she’s done for you.
The full Mother’s Day menu is here.

Looking for a fabulous date night? How about a fun night out with the girls? Come discover a fabulous, four-course fondue dinner at The Melting Pot! Lunch or dinner becomes a memorable four-course dining experience where you can truly dip into something different. Come discover The Melting Pot’s relaxed atmosphere, private tables, fine wines, attentive service and exceptional fondue dinners.

Start with a creamy cheese fondue. Then choose from four flavorful fondue cooking styles and a variety of entrées including filet mignon, lobster, blackened chicken, duck, shrimp, salmon and more served with vegetables. For dessert, enjoy mouthwatering chocolate fondue served with dipping items including fresh strawberries, cheesecake, marshmallows, pound cake and brownies.

Sign up here for Club Fondue. Club Fondue members receive complimentary chocolate covered strawberries on your birthday and wedding anniversary. You will also receive monthly emails about The Melting Pot’s monthly events including ladies night out, specials, wine tastings and other fun events.

Stay connected with The Melting Pot of Savannah on Facebook here and on Twitter here.

The Melting Pot, 232 E. Broughton St. Savannah, Ga 31401 tel: 912-349-5676 for reservations, www.meltingpot.com/savannah

Give your ho-hum life the heave-ho.

Find your way back to a stress-free existence and turn your struggles into triumphs with tips and guidance from Peace By Piece Life Strategies Coaching in Savannah.

Mother’s Day May Discount
Give yourself the gifts of purpose and passion! Peace By Piece Life Strategies Coaching in Savannah offers transformational coaching. Mention you read about Peace by Piece Life Strategies Coaching on SouthernMamas.com to receive a 40% discount during the entire month of May.

You can meet certified Life Strategies Coach Shelly Harlander in her Savannah office in the Zeno Moore Building at 409 E. Montgomery Crossroads or schedule a phone session. Call 912-341-3684.

Life Strategies Coaching is for healthy individuals who wish to increase balance, efficiency, productivity and satisfation in targeted areas of their life, as well as achieve higher levels of self-realization and personal well-being.

Peace by Piece Life Strategies Coaching, tel: 912-341-3684, www.peacebypiecenow.com/  Peace by Piece Life Strategies Coaching is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.