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Celebrate-Family.com Newsletter
October 16, 2008
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Parents Night Out/Kids Night Out Events 10/17-10/18
This Week on SiliconValleyMom.com
There Ought to Be A Law!
Make Your Pumpkin Scream!
It's Time to Give Away Something
Gap's New Model Casting Call
MP "Write with a Bite" Essay Contest
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Greetings everyone,
 
As always, it's a great week of activities.  Several community members have asked for a calendar of holiday activities.  Please let me know what type of activities you would like to see included, i.e. just free activities, Nutcrackers and other Christmas performances, fairs and festivals.  What would you like??  And what about the newsletter, is there information that you would like to have included?  Or excluded?  Community input (constructive criticism) is always appreciated!  
 
Celebrate Family!

Marian
Parents Night Out/Kids Night Out Events 10/17 - 10/18
  
Friday October 17, 2008
 
6 pm Young Chefs Academy (Sunnyvale) 
6 pm Head over Heels Gymnastics (Emeryville)
7 pm All Star Gymnastics & Cheer (Diamond Springs) 
7 pm Auburn Gymnastics Center (Auburn)
 
Saturday October 18, 2008
 
5:30 pm San Francisco Gynmastics
6:30 pm Bay Island Gymnastics (Oakland) 
 
Do you know of Parents Night Out or Kids Night Out events not yet listed on the calendar?  Please send an email and we will include your event free!  
 
This Week on SiliconValleyMom.com
 
  • 10/18 Family Festival 2008 @ Yerba Buena Gardens (San Francisco)

  • 10/18 Free Crafts - Lakeshore Learning (Spooky Spiderweb)

  • 10/18 Marine Science Institute Seaside Storytime @ Redwood City Lib (Redwood City)

  • 10/19 Shakespeare On Tour's Romeo & Juliet (Burlingame)

  • 10/19 Target Family Day @ Yerba Buena Gardens

  • 10/22 Decorate a Pumpkin @ Palo Alto Lib (Palo Alto)

  • 10/25 Oktoberfest & Pumpkin Patch @ Dunsmuir House $2.50 - $5 (Oakland)

  • 10/25 Zeum - Free Admission for our Happy Birthday Bash (San Francisco)
Visit Celebrate-Family.com/SiliconValleyMom.com for all the details about these and other great activities in the Bay area.
There Ought to Be A Law!
 
These are just a few of the laws that originated from Senator Joe Simitian's "There Ought To Be A Law" program.
  • Wipers On/Lights On - Requires drivers to turn on their headlights when they turn on their windshield wipers.

  • Provides for misdemeanor criminal penalties for parents who knowingly allow minors to consume alcohol in their home when that alcohol consumption results in a car accident.

  • Environmentally Safe Disposal of Prescription Drugs
If there is something that you think "Ought to Be A Law", here is your chance.  This opportunity is open to ALL CALIFORNIANS no matter where you live.  Deadline for submissions is November 10, 2008.

Click here to visit web site for application and more information.
 
Free Pumpkin Stencils

Oriental Trading Party SuppliesMake your pumpkin scream with these links to free stencils.  From ghosts to howling wolves and castles to witches just print and create. Other links on the page to haunted houses, fog and special effects. 

Free Pumpkin Stencils   Happy Halloween!
 San Francisco Music Box Company
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Get Free Shipping + 10% off your $75 purchase at SFMusicbox.com. Enter AF10SF at checkout.

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It's Time to Give Away Something!
Celebrate-Family will hold a monthly drawing for new subscribers. 
 
Who knows what it might be, tickets to the Tech Museum, Buca di Beppo gift cards, software or games. 
 
The winner will be drawn from new subscribers of the previous month. 
 
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Gap's New Model Casting Call
Gap Casting Call 
 
Who hasn't thought their child could be a model?  Here's your chance. For children 2 - 10 years of age.  Deadline to enter is October 22, 2008.
 
Good Luck! 
Menlo Park "Write with a Bite" Essay Contest
Celebrate National Teen Read Week by entering this year's "Write with Bite" essay contest.  Vampires?  Food?  Scary Adventures?  Teens can submit a story in 3 double spaced pages or less by October 18th.  Winning author receives a $50 Visa Gift Card. 

Entrants must be between the ages of  12 & 18.  Please include your name, phone & email, age, and school on your entry.  
 
Click here for more details.