Kick off Halloween at the Islands Spooktacluar Halloween market 2020, 9AM-Noon Sat. Oct. 31

This market will features are regular food and craft vendors along with these additions.

*Dress up puppies and dogs for a dog costume contest.
*Visit vendors to collect CANDY. All candy will be individually bagged and vendors will pass out the candy from their booth.
*The Church is hosting a food drive if you have non- perishable food items to help benefit those in need bring those to the market.  Donations go to the Lighthouse Ministries Food Pantry.
*Inflatable by Hopping with Harkelroad bouncy house
*Ben and Jerry’s ice cream

Plus, food vendors, artisan vendors, special guests, musical acts, non-profit groups, etc.

Pets welcome. No smoking.

Islands Farmers Market
401 Quarterman Drive
Savannah, GA 31410

Pegasus Riding Academy in Savannah hosts Haunted Trails this week and an outdoor showing of a Halloween movie (Beetlejuice) this Fri. Oct. 20.

Masks are mandatory.

Haunted Trails hayrides, Oct. 27-29 2020 6:30-8:30PM Rides are each half hour. Cost: $10 for adults; $5 for children. Children should be 7 years old.

Halloween Movie, Fri. Oct. 30 2020 (Beetlejuice) – Gates open at 6PM, movie at 7PM. Popcorn, hamburgers, hotdogs, drinks. Cost: $5 for adults; $2 for children.

Learn more here. 

Pegasus Riding Academy
2500 Tennessee Ave.
Savannah, GA 31404
info@prasav.org

Low Country Counseling in Savannah

Therapist Spotlight: Debra Cone, LCSW

Debra Cone has focused her career on helping children thrive in body, mind, and spirit. She has worked with children experiencing developmental delays since 2007. Her passion is helping children in need of support and being with parents through that process.

She offers mental health therapy for children and young teens (ages 5-14) @ Low Country Counseling in Savannah

Therapy targets anxiety, depression, ADHD, school support, emotional concerns, parent/child bonding, and social skills. Debra uses play therapy techniques to help younger children express themselves and develop age-appropriate tools for coping.

Developmental therapy is available for children (ages 2-12) experiencing developmental delays or concerns.

Learn more here. 

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If you or a loved one is in need of support, Low Country Counseling offers specialized therapy for individuals, moms, couples, families, and teens. Contact Low Country Counseling for any questions or to schedule an appointment. Help is available.

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Where can you find a boar in Savannah? Officially named Il Porcellino, this Italian bronze statue can be seen in the front lawn of the Armstrong-Kessler Mansion, just north of Forsyth Park.

Downtown Savannah is full of such animal statues and figures across its squares, homes, and fountains.

Follow along with the Savannah Cultural Arts Center to discover and learn more about our permanent animal residents–for free!

Follow along on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @SavannahCulture and #animalsinsavannah

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Free Drive-Through Trunk or Treat @ YMCA of Coastal Georgia’s Habersham branch, Savannah

Join the Habersham YMCA annual Trunk or Treat in Savannah, 5-7PM Thurs. Oct. 22, but this year the event will be a drive-through in Habersham’s branch Trunk or Treat Alley.

Receive free treat bags, school supplies courtesy community partner WellCare, free family food boxes from partner Second Harvest, goodies from City of Savannah Fire and EMS as well as other donated items. At the end stop, hop out and take a family photo at the fall themed photo booth.

Kids are encouraged to wear their Halloween costume and take part in the photo contest.

If you are interested in becoming a community partner, donating to candy or hosting a trunk please contact Shannon or Jazmine 912.354.6223 shannon.horst@ymcaofcoastalga.org or jazmine.spicer@ymcaofcoastalga.org

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In the middle of this pandemic, breast cancer screening remains as important as ever.

Reports indicate patients are postponing their screening medical tests, resulting in delayed diagnoses and worsened outcomes.

Dr. Christa Jillard, of SouthCoast Health’s High Risk Breast Cancer Clinic, shares here about the significance of not postponing breast cancer screenings on the calendar; how often screenings should occur; the safety precautions medical facilities have in place; and more.

Details here.

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Join Kindermusik Savannah in the studio every Monday afternoon at 4PM for a special advanced Kindermusik class just for your older children!

Each month, the class studies a new theme through movement activities, instrument play, and creative learning. First class is free!

Text 912-432-5885 to try out your complimentary class.

kindermusikwith88keys.com

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Presented by the Savannah College of Art and Design, the SCAD Savannah Film Festival is the largest university-run film festival in the U.S. and a distinguished stop on the festival circuit leading up to the Academy Awards.

Over eight days of cinematic excellence, the preeminent university for entertainment arts brings the best of the industry to its student filmmakers — and, now, straight to your devices with this year’s all-virtual experience Oct. 24–31.

Watch major award contenders, must-see documentaries, riveting shorts, industry-defining panels, and much more as you connect with fellow fans, award-winning filmmakers, and star honorees — including Millie Bobby Brown, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Ethan Hawke, Jennifer Hudson, Samuel L. Jackson, Tessa Thompson, Steven Yeun, Rachel Brosnahan, Glen Keane, and others!

Don’t miss world premieres, directorial debuts and captivating conversations.

Tickets and passes are on sale now.

See what’s streaming at scad.edu/filmfest.

Bring the kids to Risen Savior’s Pumpkin Patch in Pooler, which is designed to be a quality and safe fall activity for your family to enjoy.

Proceeds from the Pumpkin Patch go to the Navajo Indian Reservation in Farmington, New Mexico (This is also where the pumpkins come from, employing 700 Native Americans and making positive and lasting impact on a region with 42% unemployment); Risen Savior Christian Academy and Risen Savior’s youth conference travel expenses.

Pumpkin Patch 2020: Sat. Oct. 17 through Sat. Oct. 31, 11AM-7PM (weekdays); Noon-7PM (weekends).

UPDATE: Pumpkin delivery date has been pushed back so pumpkins will not arrive until Sun. Oct. 18.

Cost: free to enter (pumpkins are priced according to size), free family-friendly games & fall activities.

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Fall Festival 2020: Weekend of October 24-25 

October 24-25 2020, Noon-5PM will be a festival weekend join with some additional activities for all ages (Pumpkin patch will be open until 7PM):

• Vendors
• Picture booth
• Bounce Houses (fee)
• Carnival Games & Raffle Baskets (fee)
• Face Painting
• Bake Sale (fee)
• Pumpkins for sale

Risen Savior Christian Academy, 1755 Quacco Road, Pooler, Ga. 313122, 912.925.9431 Risen Savior Christian Academy is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser. 

Holiday Farms The Great Pumpkin Patch 2020, Ridgeland SC

Holiday Farms’ 13th annual THE GREAT PUMPKIN PATCH will be open for the 2020 season from Oct. 2-31 2020.

Live pig races. Wagon rides, farm fun & pumpkins.

Oct. 2-31 2020, Holiday Farms will be open to the public on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 9AM-6PM and Sundays Noon-6PM.

Live music by the Nautical Wheelers on Saturdays 11AM-3PM and Sundays 1-4PM.
Concessions Thursdays-Sundays 11AM-5PM.

Stay connected about other events at Holiday Farms by liking their Facebook page here.

Holiday Farms, 10884 Grays Hwy, Ridgeland, SC 29936, (843) 726-5527, email holidayfarms@yahoo.com
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Advanced Academics in Pooler

Advanced Academics in Pooler is invites you to tour their microschool at an open house, 9AM-2PM Wed. Oct. 28 2020.

Advanced Academics is offering a 50% discount on the five-days a week Early Learning Program for ages 4 and 5. Twelve spaces are available at these discounted rates. Choose from English or Bilingual/Spanish.

Also offered: 25% off tuition for 1st-5th grade.

Learn more here.

Advanced Academics in Pooler microschool offers full-day sessions for homeschoolers and early learners on a small campus in Pooler, as well as enrichment classes. Enrichment classes are open to the public.

Advanced Academics can customize education for each child.

Advanced Academics
email: adv.aca.mail@gmail.com
912-348-2017
405 Hwy 80, Suite 104
Pooler, GA 31322

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Time to sign up your child for Scribble Art Studio in Savannah’s popular after school art classes for ages 5 and older as well as their Portfolio Builders’ Class for older children.

Classes run on:
Mondays: 4:30-5:30PM & 5:15-6:15PM
Tuesdays: 4:30-5:30PM & 5:15-6:15PM
Thursdays: 4:30-5:30PM & 5:15-6:15PM

Both the General Art classes and Portfolio Builders class run each day at both times for your convenience. You pick the day and time that works best for you. OPEN ENROLLMENT!

Classes run in 5 week sessions for $200. All supplies included.

Check out Scribble Art Studio’s updated website here.

Open enrollment. Register today at www.scribbleartstudio.com

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Birthday Parties & New Adult Workshops, too

Birthday Parties

Celebrate your child’s next birthday party at Scribble Art Studio where you’ll enjoy your choice of guided art project and then leave the mess for Scribble to clean up.

Adult Workshops

Host a creative escape for your crew at the studio. Scribble is now booking parties for you and your friends to try your hand at printmaking, or acrylic or watercolor painting.

Questions? Call Geoff at 202-379-5643

Scribble Art Studio
212 E. 37th St.
Savannah, GA 31401

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Pediatrician searching in the Savannah-Pooler area?

Coastal Pediatrics has offices in Savannah & Pooler.

If you would like to join the Coastal Pediatrics practice, but are unsure if they are participating providers with your insurance, check their list of accepted insurances here.

If you do not see your insurance on their list, please contact their office and check with the receptionist to see if they accept your insurance before making an appointment.

If you already know that Coastal Pediatrics accepts your insurance and you would like to make a new patient appointment, please call 912-353-7744 to schedule the appointment.

Learn more here.

Coastal Pediatrics- Savannah
2 Wheeler Street
Savannah, GA 31405

Coastal Pediatrics- Pooler
1000 Towne Center Blvd
Building 1000B
Pooler, GA 31322

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South East Georgia Balloon Festival
5-9PM Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2020 (no entry after 7PM)
LucyBelle Farm, Pembroke, GA.

All vehicles require a car pass to enter. Tethered rides are additional and are charged per person.

Find event info & tickets here. 

You’re invited to this free community event: Family Fall Fest/Trunk or Treat on Halloween, Sat. Oct. 31 2020.

The Fall Fest will be 3-5PM, followed by the Trunk or Treat at 5-7PM @ Pooler Church, 100 Commerce Court, Pooler GA 31322.

Free & open to the public.

First annual Fall Fair for Humane Society for Greater Savannah
located @ Humane Society for Greater Savannah adoption center
7215 Sallie Mood Dr Savannah, 31406
Sun. Oct. 18 2020, 10AM-4PM
Local vendors, food trucks, petting zoo, pumpkins, costume contest, adoptable animals and more

To participate in the costume contest for dogs or people, stop by Costume Contest Booth. Enter in one or more of the following Categories.
1. Best Pet Costume
2. People+pet theme costume
3. Best DIY costume people
4. Best DIY Costume Pet
5. Best people costume

$5 to enter.

Proceeds benefit Humane Society. Prizes donated from the community.

Please practice social distancing and wear masks. There will also be markers on the ground to remain six feet a part all all times while shopping. A limited number of guests will be allowed in the yards to pet the animals.

You’re invited to take part in Pumpkin Painting 4:30-7:30PM Sat. Oct. 17 2020 @ Bloom & Grow Open Market in Georgetown just outside Savannah.

Pumpkins can be purchased for $4, space is limited.

Candy will be available at each vendor station and a prize will be given to most creative pumpkin.

Food available for purchase @ this farmers’ market @ 14 Brassler Blvd Savannah, GA 31419

Questions? Email bloomandgrowmarket@gmail.com

Kindermusik with 88 Keys Piano’s monthly musical playdates in Savannah are THIS week!

Join Kindermusik Savannah in the studio Sat. Oct. 17 2020 for movement, instruments, songs, music, stories and more!

There is one more space left for the 10AM class, and Kindermusik has now opened up an 11AM class.

This playdate is open to ages newborn to 7 years old and their caregivers.

The playdate will celebrate fall sights and sounds through the magic of music. Each child will receive the class, an instrument, and 10 Kindermusik songs to take home.

Enroll today because spaces are limited: kindermusikwith88keys.com. Text 912-432-5885 for more info.

Kindermusik…A Good Beginning Never Ends.

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Advanced Academics in Pooler

Advanced Academics in Pooler is offering a 50% discount on the five-days a week Early Learning Program for ages 4 and 5. Twelve spaces are available at these discounted rates. Choose from English or Bilingual/Spanish. Learn more here.

Advanced Academics in Pooler microschool offers full-day sessions for homeschoolers and early learners on a small campus in Pooler, as well as enrichment classes. Enrichment classes are open to the public.

Advanced Academics can customize education for each child.

Advanced Academics
email: adv.aca.mail@gmail.com
912-348-2017
405 Hwy 80, Suite 104
Pooler, GA 31322

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Attention parents of STEM enthusiasts in elementary and middle school in Savannah and the Lowcountry.

Despite the social distancing challenges we are all facing this year, the Savannah Coastal Empire Section of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is still hosting their annual Girls Engineer It Day!

This year the VIRTUAL event will be on Nov. 7 2020 and will consist of several tracks Elementary School and Middle School aged students can choose from.

Less that 40 percent of STEM college graduates are female. The goal of Girls’ Engineer It Day is to engage elementary and middle school students and show how much fun and interesting STEM-related topics can be.

Participants will learn from fun, hands-on engineering activities taught by local STEM professionals.

Girls’ Engineer It Day in Savannah
Nov. 7, 2020; 10AM for elementary tracks; Noon for middle school tracks
Virtually
Cost: $5 registration, material kits will be shipped prior to event at no additional cost (must register by Oct. 24 2020 to have kit shipped)

Register and find more information here or contact at sceswe@gmail.com or 912-376-9220.

You’re invited to Tricks, Treats and Trains, a socially distanced trick-or-treating experience at Georgia State Railroad Museum in Savannah on Halloween day, Sat. Oct. 31 2020, 10AM-noon.

Costumed staff and volunteers handing out treats will be positioned throughout the outdoor museum for participants to trick-or-treat.

Ongoing demonstrations of Georgia State Railroad Museum’s operational turntable will allow guests to see the site in action.

Savannah Children’s Museum will also be open and offering Halloween-themed activities throughout the day and is an additional fee.

Georgia State Railroad Museum is a large, open-air historic site with plenty of space for safe social distancing. Costumed staff and volunteers handing out treats will be positioned throughout the outdoor museum for participants to trick-or-treat. Ongoing demonstrations of Georgia State Railroad Museum’s operational turntable will allow guests to see the site in action.

The cost to attend Tricks, Treats, and Trains is $5 per person for all participants, ages 18 months and older. A discounted combination ticket including admission to Savannah Children’s Museum and Tricks, Treats, and Trains is $10 per person.

Pre-registration is required online here .

Registration will close at midnight the day before the event.

Admission is free to Coastal Heritage Society members. Become a member online here. 

For the safety of all staff and guests, there will be social distancing protocols and enhanced sanitizing procedures. All participants are required to wear a face covering for the safety of others.

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Youth Art Classes for Fall & Winter 2020 @  Telfair Museums’ Jepson Center in Savannah

Telfair Museums announces a brand new schedule of in person and virtual classes for Winter 2020, completely redesigned to insure social distancing and health and safety protocols, while providing engaging, fun, educational experiences for everyone.

Telfair’s new in person classes will be limited to 8-10 participants and meet mostly outdoors, weather permitting. All supplies will be provided, with 2 exceptions, Savannah plein air sketching group is bring your own supplies and the virtual video class requires a computer and internet access.

All winter youth classes and adult classes are on Telfair’s website, with full descriptions.

Register online here. 

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Virtual Video Game Camp via Zoom
For ages 12-14 years
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 4–5:30PM, Oct. 27–Nov. 19 2020
Students work remotely through Zoom group meetings and pre-recorded lessons with teachers and other students to build their own video games. Students will explore, play, and learn computer programming from scratch using game-making programs. Telfair will display all games in an online gallery.

Register online here. 

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Digital Photography Camp
For ages 12–16
Mondays, Oct. 26– Nov. 23 2020, 4-6PM
This class approaches photography as professionals do, studying the Elements of Art. Keeping a social distance, the camp will meet outside as much as possible to explore the environment in Telfair Square and other nearby locations. Students will use DSLR digital cameras and learn about exposure, and a few historical methods involving film. Photography is fun and accessible to everyone.

Register online here. 

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Youth Art Club! Painting and Drawing
For ages 12–16 years
Wednesdays, 4–6pm, Oct. 28–Nov. 25 2020
This afternoon class is designed to help upper-elementary and middle school students improve their drawing and painting skills, build a portfolio, and begin the process of developing good art-making habits. Students will focus on measurement, proportion, perspective, use of value, and color to create volume and space. Lessons and projects will work onsite and outdoor locations near the museum.

Register online here. 

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Youth Art Club! Painting and Drawing Class
For ages 9-12 years
Thursdays, 4–6PM, Oct. 29–Dec. 3 2020 (no class Nov. 26)
This afternoon class is designed to help upper-elementary and middle school students improve their drawing and painting skills, build a portfolio, and begin the process of developing good art-making habits. Students will focus on measurement, proportion, perspective, use of value, and color to create volume and space.
Lessons and projects will work onsite and outdoor locations near the museum.

Register online here. 

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GoPro Giveaway By Two Sisters Travel

2020 has been a year filled with unimaginable challenges for so many.

As we approach 2021, Two Sisters Travel wants to inspire hope for the future and the fun memories that lie just ahead. They’re looking ahead with excitement about the opportunities to explore again and make positive memories.

So Two Sisters Travel is giving away a GoPro Hero7 Black Camera! Perfect for capturing all of those long awaited memories.

Entering this Dream Today, Capture the Memories Tomorrow Giveaway is easy. Simply complete a 1-minute survey, and that’s it.

Because Two Sisters Travel really wants YOU to win, they’re giving you more opportunities to be entered into the drawing.

FORWARD the enter giveaway link found here to friends, family, co-workers, & colleagues (older than 21 years old)

REQUEST these contacts list your name in the “Referred by” line in the survey.

EVERY TIME your name is listed, you get an additional entry. There is no limit on the entries you can earn.

Don’t forget to POST the link on your social media channels too. That’s an easy way to SHARE & TAG your friends to enter.

Contest ends at midnight Oct. 20, 2020. Winner will be announced LIVE on Two Sisters Travel Facebook page Oct. 22, 2020.

Tara McCoy
843.284.3241
tara@twosisterstravelco.com

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Low Country Counseling in Savannah

Emotions carry so much power.

The ability to regulate emotions in a way that feels manageable helps with daily coping and tasks, relationship stability, and a sense of positive well-being.

Mental health conditions, prolonged substance use, past or present trauma or abuse, and chronic stress interfere with emotion regulation. When this happens, the capacity to experience emotions can be diminished which leads to feeling “flat” or even depression. Or, our emotions could become intense or erratic.

If this sounds familiar, talk to a professional to help you understand what’s happening and how to cope.

Learn more here. 

If you or a loved one is in need of support, Low Country Counseling offers specialized therapy for individuals, moms, couples, families, children, and teens. Schedule an appointment. Help is available. You are not alone.

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