From SCNow.com:



Florence School District 3 will hold a yard sale Saturday with proceeds to benefit the Florence Three Educational Foundation.

The yard sale is from 6 a.m. to noon at Main Street Elementary School gymnasium in Lake City.
Items available include clothes, furniture, household accessories and more.

Those interested in donating items should call Yvonne Scott at (843) 374-8652 ext. 1110.

From their website:

"Welcome to the first annual Pee Dee Blues Bash in Florence, South Carolina! Brought to you by the Florence Downtown Development Corp., the Blues Bash is a FREE music festival, celebrating the best of a great American art form, the Blues. We are proud to bring together a talent line-up of some of the most exciting national, regional, and local blues artists on the circuit today, performing on a variety of indoor and outdoor stages, day and night."

Click here for more info!

Today (October 24) is the Fall Frenzy at Lynches River County Park! Taken from their website:

Festival activities will take place from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM. Walks are scheduled for 11:00 AM, 1:00 PM, and 3:00 PM. Other activities include: hayrides, petting zoo, canoe rides, basket weaving demonstrations, and much more. For more information, call the Environmental Discovery Center at (843) 389-0550.

FlorenceFamilyFun also has a great blog about upcoming church fall festivals and mazes in the area. Check them out!

FREE CLINIC AT LOWE’S:

Here’s the next Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinic…these are FREE to attend! Your child can build a Frankenstring Magic Trick at Lowe’s on Saturday, October 24th from 10:00-11:00 AM! This looks like loads of fun! Register online before you go to make sure you get your spot! Also…if you arrive early enough your child will get a FREE work apron, a FREE set of goggles and MORE!

Click here.

Taken from Florence Family Fun (who you should totally check out):

"Are you a racing fan? Got kids that like racing? On September 26 and 27, 2009, the Darlington Historic Racing Festival is returning for its second year. There will be question and answer sessions with NASCAR legends, race car showcases featuring stock cars, Indy roadsters and a variety of other cars, exhibition laps, a display and vendor area, autograph sessions, and more. Tickets are free for kids 12 and under. Adults pay $15 per day or $25 for a two-day pass. You can buy tickets online at http://www.darlingtonraceway.com/"

Also, SCNow.com has a great list of all the events for this weekend. Check them out here.

This could be the best summer yet.

This summer, your kid could make a movie, create a photo slideshow, write and record a song, put on a show for everyone, and have a blast doing it all. At Apple Camp, kids learn how to do cool stuff on a Mac and discover their hidden talents along the way. Apple Camp occurs at every Apple Retail Store, and each free workshop lasts three hours. Sign up your kid today and get ready for an adventure.

Our closest participator is in Charleston, on King Street. Click here for more details.

Fine print:

Permission slip

All workshops are recommended for kids ages 8-12. Campers must bring along a signed Camp Permission Statement (PDF) and copy of their registration confirmation to attend.

Parent and/or guardian

All campers under the age of 13 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian for the duration of the Camp Workshop.

Additional equipment

Your Apple Store will supply computers, a digital camera, and a digital camcorder. Sample footage, photos, and music will also be available to campers. But if you have your own Apple notebook running Mac OS X, a digital camera, or digital camcorder, feel free to bring them, along with any required cables. Your kid can bring his or her favorite photos, movies, and music to use in Apple Camp, too.

Please visit our Youth website for a listing of our year-round youth and student programs.

*EDIT* I cannot find a location for South Carolina, but maybe they will update with new locations soon.

AVEENO® CONTINUOUS PROTECTION® Sun Care is a powerful weapon against skin cancer. Early detection is another crucial step for healthy skin. Starting this May, you can get a Free skin cancer screening by a local board-certified dermatologist courtesy of the Road to Healthy Skin Tour. Our customized tour bus will be making stops at over 80 locations across the country through September 2009. Look for it in your area!"

Free Skin Cancer Screening Event Schedule - Date Listing

Join us for our Strawberry Festival, Saturday, May 16, 2009!

Some of our festival activities include:

Field Tours Museum Tours Face Painting

Family Fun Ice Cream Games

Recipe & Art Contests Local Entertainment Horse & Wagon Rides

(This article was taken from Florence Family Fun, and can be found here. Please visit their blog as they are very informative and helpful, and always have the best events listed!)

Every year for several years now, Cornerstone Baptist Church has hosted Kidz Fest. This year’s takes place on Sunday, May 16 from 10 AM to 2 PM. I am always impressed and amazed at what an incredibly fun event they put on for kids and families in the area.

First of all, it’s free - all of it, including the t-shirt they give you when you arrive! Last year’s activities included more bounce castles, slides, and other inflatables than you can count, carnival games (think ring toss, go fish, etc.) with prizes, pony rides (yes, that’s right, free pony rides), fire truck and fire safety exhibits, skits for the kids to watch, crafts, clowns, hay rides, and I’m sure there’s something I’ve forgotten.

Did I mention that they provide lunch for free too? The lunch menu, assuming it hasn’t changed from years past, is hot dogs with all the fixings, baked beans, chips, and homemade desserts (brownies, pound cake, cookies). Drinks are set up outside the dining tent - lots of different choices and always lots of water, all very cold (in ice, not refrigerators, so they are REALLY cold!)

If you’ve never been, one thing that might surprise you is that all the rides and games shut down for a half hour in the morning and then once again in the afternoon. It’s during this time that the gospel is presented to kids and adults alike, usually in a very entertaining manner. My boys and I are still laughing about last year’s skit which starred the lesser known super heroes Flat Man and Bobbin.

If you plan to attend, Cornerstone Baptist Church is located just inside Darlington County at I-20’s exit 137.

REG Free Family Film Festival Beginning June 2009! When school’s out, kids around the country visit selected Regal theatres for the Free Family Film Festival. It’s a fun-filled nine weeks of movies for kids and parents. Since 1991, Regal has provided this service to the community, and best of all it’s FREE!

Selected G & PG movies start at 10AM each Tuesday and Wednesday during the festival. First-come, first-served seating is limited to theatre capacity. The Free Family Film Festival is safe, lots of fun and a great way for kids to spend a weekday morning in the summer.

Tickets for our 2009 Free Family Film Festival are exclusively available at select theatres’ box office on the day of the show. Swamp Fox Stadium 14 3400 Radio Road Florence ,SC 29501 843-669-5305 06/09/2009-06/11/2009 Everyone's Hero (G) Madagascar 2: Escape To Africa (PG) 06/16/2009-06/18/2009 Mr. Bean's Holiday (G) Kung Fu Panda (PG) 06/23/2009-06/25/2009 Kit Kittredge: American Girl (G) Shrek The Third (PG) 06/30/2009-07/02/2009 The Tale Of Despereaux (G) Alvin And The Chipmunks (PG) 07/07/2009-07/09/2009 Charlotte's Web (G) Surf's Up (PG) 07/14/2009-07/16/2009 Horton Hears A Who (G) Journey To The Center Of The Earth (PG) 07/21/2009-07/23/2009 Space Chimps (G) Star Wars: Clone Wars (PG) 07/28/2009-07/30/2009 Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: Veggie Tale Movie (G) Spiderwick Chronicles (PG) 08/04/2009-08/06/2009 Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (G) Nim's Island (PG)

Anybody want to go to Atlanta, GA for the Atlanta ALIVE! Expo? Come on, it's not that much of a drive! If you do, we've got free tickets AND $3 off of parking.

Here are the details:

Alive! Expo is "The Natural Products & Green Living" consumer event. Every year Alive! Expo brings together local and national companies that specialize in natural and organic products, natural and organic foods, environmental, Green and Eco products for the home, pets, and the whole family, recyclable products, naturopathic & alternative practitioners, chiropractors, vitamins and supplements, as well as health food retailers and community non-profit organizations. At the expo, companies showcase information about their products and services to thousands of individuals interested in leading a green, clean and healthy lifestyle. Alive Expo is a fun and exciting weekend event for the entire family.

Our mission is to inspire and encourage individuals to embrace a life of health, wellness, fitness, environmental and green living through awareness of natural, organic and alternative products and solutions, advanced medicine research, education, nutrition, exercise and lifelong benefits of living a green, clean and healthy lifestyle.

May 16-17, 2009
Saturday: 10:00am - 7:00pm
Sunday: 11:00am - 6:00pm

Georgia World Congress Center
Hall C1
285 Andrew Young International Blvd., NW
Atlanta, Georgia 30313-1591

For tickets, click here and enter the promo code COMCAST. They will email you the ticket.

For the $3 off of parking, click here.

Our nearest location is Charleston, SC. There will be free theater performances for one night only. Click here to be notified when the schedule is up for 2009.

2009 South Carolina BBQ-Shag Festival

Hemingway will host their 21st Annual South Carolina BBQ-Shag Festival from April 23-25, 2009. The festivities include BBQ cookoff, beach music for shagging, kids rides, car show, and fireworks.

For more festival information call Dennis Miles at 843-344-2527 or Brooke Cockfield at 843-344-2884, or Brenda Sessions at 843-621-8023.

(From the Kingstree Lifestyle Blog.)