Apple Season / Family Activities with Fruit Ridge Markets
2023-09-01 - 2023-11-16
our Local First Member, Fruit Ridge Markets, wanted to help out our community by pointing us in the direction of where to pick up local produce????
????Fruit Ridge Members raising or selling locally grown apples:
Apple Valley Fun Farm & Abandoned Acres Farm
Blok Orchards
Country Basket
Ed Dunneback E Girls Farm
Fruit Ridge Hayrides
Fryear’s Farm Market
Grange Ave. Market & U-pick Orchard
Hill’s Bros. Orchard and Cider Mill
Nelson’s Farm Market
Peach Ridge Farms
Rasch Cherry & Apple Market
Robinette’s Apple Haus & Winery
Rockford Farmers Market
The Market at SECOM
Snappy Apple Farm Market
Wells Orchards
Fruit Ridge Markets Members for Agricultural Tourism & the activities are highlighted below:
????Activities included: Corn Mazes, Hayrides, pumpkin patches, cider, doughnuts, & haunted corn mazes (NOTE: Apple Valley Fun Farm and Abandoned Acres Farm have haunted Mazes
on Saturdays evenings in October).

Apple Valley Fun Farm & Abandon Acres Farm
Country Basket
Fruit Ridge Hayrides
Rasch Cherry & Apple Market
Robinette’s Apple Haus & Winery
Wells Orchards
????Go to your nearest Apple Orchard this weekend and pick some juicy apples! They are in season from September – Mid November!
Visit Fruit Ridge Farms website here: https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://www.fruitridgemarket.com/farm-markets/?fbclid=IwAR24Mp0iY8fUy0z2uBdyPhf7EvI_6yqyV1v_eouqmeKfnDnq_fb6pyxCqks&h=AT35sVfBzVj_xpvijBWQzf72Z43SRcDNxwR2TNX9Wn-lJz02buPg0Qzn4pPkfEEZZu4zWL4jbsqG_CL0WYiUy4qZrYrnNbMEO9I8mJdWXYUHyBcrqbHGYU-UKuEufTFCFURz_LQslPNLkUdFJ-WWww

Pumpkin Painting
2023-10-01 11:00 - 2023-10-31 20:00 (America/Detroit)
For the month of October you can paint a pumpkin while enjoying your experience at Hancock. 10 piece paint kit, brush and pumpkin for $5. Look forward to seeing your creativity!

Charity of the Month: Grace's Table
2023-10-10 10:00 - 20:00
Shop in store or curbside on Tuesday October 10th to give back to our Charity of the Month: Grace’s Table as 5% of our sales will be donated directly.

“At Grace’s Table, we know that teen moms are often isolated, alone, and without access to resources. We know they want to secure a bright future for their family. In order to do that, teen moms need trusted mentors, community services, and community. Teens without access to advocacy and resources struggle with loneliness, food insecurity, and a lack of community. We believe teen moms should have all the support they need while navigating the journey of motherhood. We understand that teen moms need critical resources and training for their spiritual, parenting, adolescent transition, career, and education needs. When you give to Grace’s Table, you are helping us continue to provide and scale resources for teen moms who need to survive and thrive in each of these areas. For more than six years, we’ve equipped hundreds of teen mamas with the resources and community they need to thrive.”

You can learn more about them here: https://www.gracestable.com/

In addition, if you want to give back to them anytime in the month of October you can donate your beverage rewards points OR just outright make a donation to their organization while you are in store!

White House Clubhouse with Sean O’Brien
2023-10-10 18:00 - 20:00
We’re super excited to introduce your young readers to this new series! A hidden tunnel in the White House that leads to an underground clubhouse full of antique curiosities, with doors heading in all directions—and a mysterious invitation to join the ranks of White House kids? It’s an adventure every kid will want to go on.
This event is free to attend. However it helps us in planning to receive your RSVP. Please register here so we know you plan to join us: https://sb-clubhouse.eventbrite.com
About the Book:
From a former White House speechwriter: a middle grade series following two First Daughters who team up with historical presidential children to save the nation.
Marissa and Clara’s mom is the newly elected president of the United States, and they haven’t experienced much freedom lately. While exploring the White House they discover a hidden tunnel that leads to an underground clubhouse full of antique curiosities, doors heading in all directions—and a mysterious invitation to join the ranks of White House kids. So they sign the pledge.
Suddenly, the lights go out, and Marissa and Clara find themselves at the White House in 1903. There they meet Quentin, Ethel, Archie, and Alice, the irrepressible children of President Theodore Roosevelt. To get back home, Marissa and Clara must team up with the Roosevelt kids “to help the president” and “to make a difference.”
White House Clubhouse is a thrilling and hilarious adventure that takes readers on an action-packed, cross-country railroad trip, back to the dawn of the twentieth century and the larger-than-life president at the country’s helm.
About the Author:
Sean O’Brien is a former White House speechwriter who now teaches at Georgetown University. He served as director of speechwriting to Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden, and special assistant to President Barack Obama. He lives in Washington, DC.

Red, Wine & Blue Voter Information Night
2023-10-10 18:00 - 20:00
Even though Banned Books Week is technically just the first week in October, we’re not going to let that stop us from celebrating banned books and discussing this issue. Even though it may not seem like a big election year, we have really important things on our ballots! Depending on where you live, that’s city councils, school millages and a major library millage.
Election season has started and it’s time to rally our friends, family and neighbors to vote in these important local elections! Come for snacks and some fun conversations as we learn to use the RWB Rally tool to help us win! We’ll celebrate banned book week with some fun banned book prizes. BONUS: We will have an extra half hour after our meet up to shop for all kinds of books (banned and not!) and gifts at the Books and Mortar.

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King Trivia at City Built!
2023-10-10 18:30 - 20:30
Join us for game nights in the taproom!
6:30 – 8:30pm
On Tuesdays we will play SURVEY SLAM! Get your team together and battle for prizes.
• $30 gift card for 1st Place
• $20 gift card for 2nd Place
• $10 gift card for second to last place
Local food trucks will be on-site for snack and dinner options.
