Festival Guide 2014

Atlanta Parent’s

family block party Saturday, Oct. 11 / 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Mercer University Atlanta Campus

festival guide 2014

What’s Inside Map ........................................ 3 Not-to-Miss ............................. 7 Business Partners .................. 9 Beneficiaries ......................... 10 Exhibitors .............................. 12 Scavenger Hunt ................... 15 Performance Schedule and Activities Guide ............. 16

Little Red Barn Petting Farm

Mercer University Atlanta Campus Two Men and a Truck

Atlanta Hawks

Metro Atlanta Beekeeping Assoc.

Test Your Strength Chalk Train

Home Depot

ENTRANCE

DeKalb County Police

RESTROOMS

Exhibitors

STUDENT CENTER

Cub Scouts Snake Inflatable

Zoo Atlanta

Toddler Striker

Baby Changing Area

Storytelling

Baby Prize Wheel

Rescue Heroes Toddler Inflatable

Toddler Toys/ Bouncers

LeafFilter North

Wheel of Fortune

Face Painting

Duck Pond

Gwinnett Physicians Group

Mini Putt-Putt

Touch-A-Truck

Toddler Moonwalk

Everdry Waterproofing Power Home Remodeling

SnowKings Snow Slides

FOOD

Snellville Face Painting

Honest Tea

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Page Turners Make Great Learners

Double Decker Bus

Thomas the Train Mommy Wheel

Cirque du Soleil

Dragon Obstacle

Vein Clinics of America

Kidazzl Face Painting

Fire Truck

Pollo Tropical

Adv Jeep Bounce

SilverLeaf Resorts

AJC

Friendly Frights

Fountain of Youth MD RESTROOMS

Bungee Run

Witch Game

Bubble Walk Pony Hop Races

Georgia Center for Child Advocacy Extreme Slide

Mask Making

Caricatures by Fitzroy

Parrot Productions

First Aid / Lost Kids

Mercer Nursing

ENTRANCE

College Football Hall of Fame

Will Call & Volunteer Check-In

THEOLOGY BLDG.

Center for Puppetry Arts

Sam’s Path Ponies = Tickets Available Here

Obstacle Course Atlanta Braves

Pumpkin Buckets

Whole Foods Buckhead

BUSINESS & EDUCATION

Spoon Races

Alligator Inflatable Pirate Ship

FOOD

Marvel Universe Live!

Champion Windows

Sam’s Path Camel Rides

FOOD

Big Thinkers Science Musical Petting Zoo Exploration Dream Exhibitors Friends

Teddy Bear Hospital

Book Walk

Exhibitors

Trick or Treat Street

Basketball Hoops

Crown Making

Face painting

Pick a Spider

RESTROOMS

Pumpkin Toss

Atlanta Parent Tent

Pumpkin Treasures Giant Slide

Paint a Pumpkin

Bubble Fun

RESTROOMS

Activities and exhibitors subject to change the day of the event.

Need help or have a question? Look for staff wearing green Atlanta Parent T-shirts!

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Main Stage

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Atlanta Parent’s Family Block Party 2014

Be Cool!

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11 10 am - 4 pm Mercer University • Atlanta Campus 3001 Mercer University Drive, Atlanta

www.familyblockparty.com

More than 50 activities for the whole family!

Get Creative!

● Enjoy a snowy day in fall! Slide down two snow tubing slides from SnowKings. Don’t worry – parents can slide too! ● Marvel and LEGOLAND Discovery Center Atlanta team up for a Marvel-themed interactive LEGO area. Plus, visit their hero and villain photo booth. ● A variety of animals to pet, ride and hold thanks to Sam’s Path, Parrot Productions and Little Red Barn. ● Don’t miss interactive activities from Whole Foods Market, Home Depot, Zoo Atlanta, Center for Puppetry Arts and more!

Go Wild!

ADMISSION: $5 per person children 1 & younger FREE Paid admission includes three activity tickets Cash only the day of the festival Proceeds will benefit:

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FitzRoy James Caricaturist/Cartoonist

Cell (678) 851-5656 www.fitzroyjames.com fitzriy514@yahoo.com Caricatures drawn from photographs in color or black and white will provide that personal gift. For conventions, parties, family/class reunion, picnics, festivals, benefits or any special events consider caricatures.

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Be sure to catch the Cirque du Soleil performers, Falcons’ Cheerleaders, Chick-fil-A Cow and Homer from the Braves around the festival.

New this year – Snow Slides!

Everyone can enjoy winter a little early this year thanks to SnowKings. Two slides will grace Mercer’s campus, perfect for kids and those young at heart.

Win Awesome Prizes at our three Spin Wheels.

Wheel of Fortune Baby Prize Wheel Mommy Prize Wheel 1 ticket per spin

Fountain of Youth MD will be on-site doing free allergy testing for children and adults. Make sure to bring your insurance card to see if you qualify.

The Main Stage will be filled with tons of great acts, from a science show

by Big Thinkers to Talent Showdown winners and a parrot show by Parrot Productions.

Make sure to check out the limbo contest from Pollo Tropical and make a button out of recyclables from Honest Tea! And don’t miss these cool activities from the 2014 Family Block Party beneficiaries:

Stop by The Georgia Center for Child Advocacy to take aim at a carnival style game and make a Hope Bracelet. Page Turners Make Great Learners will be at the Storytelling Stage with fun and interactive storytellers, illustrators and authors.

Fun prizes donated by:

Atlanta Braves Bobcat of Atlanta Delta Air Lines Dr. Smith’s Diaper Rash Ointment GoGo Squeeze Honest Tea LifeSouth MAM Baby Products Nalgene Pirate’s Booty Pollo Tropical Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Steak ‘n Shake SunTrust Bank SweetWorks Snyders of Hanover The Children’s Museum The Varsity Totino’s Whole Foods Market Buckhead Atlanta Parent’s Family Block Party 2014

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Get a sample of the great offerings these businesses provide at Family Block Party: Whole Foods Market: Whole Foods Market provides the highest quality natural and organic products available to their customers and also educates their customers about natural and organic foods, health, nutrition and the environment. Be sure to stop by Whole Foods Market Buckheads’ booth and check out their healthy whole food kids’ activity.

WholeFoodsMarket.com College Football Hall of Fame: This 94,256 square foot space complete with 50,000 square feet of exhibit space and a 45-yard indoor football field is Atlanta’s newest attraction.

Redefining what a Hall of Fame can be, the College Football Hall of Fame and Chick-fil-A Fan Experience is engaging and interactive from the moment you set foot in the building.

This is a complete immersion into all things college football. Stop by and get a taste of what the museum is all about at their booth. CFBHall.com

Home Depot: Home Depot is bringing their hands-on workshop to Family Block Party.

Free workshops are available at all locations, the first Saturday of each month for future do-it-yourselfers. Kids will learn tool safety while building a craft. Kids that participate in in-store workshops get to make a craft, receive a certificate of achievement, a kid-size orange apron and a commemorative pin. Hands-on workshops are designed for children ages 5-12.

HomeDepot.com Two Men and a Truck: Get behind the wheel and explore inside one of our big trucks!

At Two Men and a Truck, customer service is the number one priority, and they follow the “Grandma Rule” – to treat everyone the way you would want your Grandma to be treated. What began as an after-school business for two high school boys has become an internationally-known moving company noted for its customer relations. Make sure you stop by and check it out! TwoMenandaTruck.com Fun-Fare: Fun-Fare offers a large selection of entertaining activities for every party and celebration. With many options to choose from, your event won’t be complete without one of their inflatable bounces, obstacle courses, giant slides or carnival games! Come jump, bounce and play in their tiny Tots Express, race your friends in the Bungee Run or Dragon Obstable Course or slide down the Extreme slide. Fun-Fare.com Mercer University: Ready to go back to school? Mercer is the place to go for continuing your education. A recognized degree and professors who care about your success. A reasonable schedule that’s made for you, with eight-week sessions, weekend, evening and online classes, and five admissions points every year. That’s higher education designed for working adults! WorkingAdults.Mercer.edu

Save the date!

Atlanta Parent’s Family Block Party SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2015

See you next year!

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very year, we invite organizations focused on helping families to become beneficiaries for Family Block Party. This year, we selected two outstanding organizations: Page Turners Make Great Learners and The Georgia Center for Child Advocacy. Both provide valuable services to children and their families.

If your organization would like to be a beneficiary for Family Block Party in 2015, please email Jordan at Jlisvosky@atlantaparent.com.

Applications will be available Nov. 7, 2014.

PAGE TURNERS MAKE GREAT LEARNERS

Page Turner’s mission is to expand children’s

knowledge and understanding of the world, themselves and their unique possibilities through a love of reading.

They envision a world in which all children will grow up to be literate, well-informed, productive and compassionate citizens. Children who cannot read cannot succeed. It is as simple as that. Consider the following fact: Georgia 4th graders rank 35th in reading proficiency among the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Page Turners motivates and encourages students in grades 3-5 to read through a variety of supplemental experiences that support and reinforce schools’ core language arts curriculum. Most of their programs are conducted in Title I schools where the greatest need for services exists. Communication of the importance and pleasure of reading is done through their school-wide Read-a-Thons (led by community role models from a broad spectrum of businesses and professions), book donation drives and our afterschool book clubs, facilitated by skilled classroom teachers. Their goal is not only to provide a positive reading experience, but to draw a clear connection between the skill of reading and the world of the workplace. Corporate and community volunteers widen children’s horizons, expand their understanding of the world and fuel their aspirations – not just through the books they read, but through the personal stories they share.

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Since its founding in 2005, Page Turners has served thousands of metro Atlanta students through its public and school-based Read-a-Thons and afterschool book clubs. They have partnered with numerous local organizations, including the Auburn Avenue Library’s Ashley Bryan’s Children’s Literary Festival, the Alliance Theatre and Mayor Kasim Reed’s 2014 Summer Reading Club and garnered support from a variety of local organizations and businesses including PNC Bank, Lockheed Martin, CBS46, Invesco, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and Chick-fil-A. PageTurnersGreatLearners.org

The Georgia Center for Child Advocacy is a private, nonprofit

organization working to champion the needs of sexually and physically abused children through prevention, intervention, therapy, and collaboration. According to national statistics, 1 in 10 children will be sexually abused before age 18. Even more alarming is the fact that less than 10 percent of these children will ever tell a soul. Without treatment, these problems can lead to far more detrimental behaviors during adolescence and adulthood which become a problem for an entire community. Children who experience child abuse and neglect are 59 percent more likely to be arrested as a juvenile, 28 percent more likely to be arrested as an adult, and 30 percent more likely to commit a violent crime. These facts and statistics point to the importance of early intervention and treatment to minimize both the immediate trauma and

the long-term negative impact on a child victim’s healthy emotional development.

The Georgia Center provides services to child victims of abuse and their non-offending caregivers, at no cost to the family. It is a safe and friendly place where a child can end his silence by talking to a trained professional about the abuse.

Over 700 families are served each year, over 50,000 adults in Georgia received child sexual abuse prevention training, and over 1,500 Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) employees are trained on their interview skills with children.

With community support and awareness, we can help treat and heal victims of abuse and give children hope for the future. To find out more, visit georgiacenterforchildadvocacy.org

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Exhibitors Happy Baby/Happy Family Brands

Aflac Atlanta Ballet

Harmony Foundation

The Atlanta Journal and Constitution

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Photo © Frisch Marionettes

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By Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers of Bar Harbor, ME Photo © Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers

Atlanta Shakespeare Company

Honest Tea

Big Time Tea Company

Kumon North America

Big Thinkers Science Exploration

LeafFilter North Inc. LDB Entertainment

Bright Horizons Family Solutions

LifeCord, LifeSouth

Center for Puppetry Arts

Marvel Universe Live

College Football Hall of Fame

Mothers & Others for Clean Air

Champion Windows

By Frisch Marionettes of Cincinnati, OH

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Unity Learning Academy

The Children’s Museum of Atlanta

Usborne Children’s Books

Cirque du Soleil

Pollo Tropical

Cub Scouts

Power Home Remodeling

Everdry Waterproofing

Riverview Camp for Girls

Fountain of Youth

SilverLeaf Resorts Inc.

The Fundamental Kitchen

Tiny Towne

Georgia Assoc. for Play Therapy, Inc

The T-Shirt Press Two Men and a Truck

Georgia Baptist College of Nursing

Vein Clinics of America Whole Foods Buckhead

Gwinnett Physicians Group OBGYN

Zoo Atlanta

For sponsorship or exhibitor information for Family Block Party 2015 on October 10 please call 678-222-1911.

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1404 Spring Street NW Atlanta, GA 30309 Limited FREE Parking • MARTA Accessible Advance purchase is highly recommended as many shows sell out quickly.

Season supported in part by: Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of the Fulton County Arts Council; the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs; and Georgia Council for the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Crystal Springs Water, Chick-fil-A of Northlake Festival, DeKalb County Fire and Police Department, DeKalb County Sanitation, Fun-Fare, Home Depot, Little Red Barn Mobile Petting Farm, Parrot Productions, Sam’s Path Mobile Petting Zoo, and Two Men and a Truck.

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Scavenger Hunt’s

Need help or have a question?

Great Prizes!

Look for staff wearing green Atlanta Parent T-shirts!

Zoo Atlanta Tickets The Children’s Museum Prize Pack Honest Tea Skateboard

Fernbank Museum of Natural History Tickets Whole Foods Gift Card

All prizes must be picked up at the Atlanta Parent office: 2346 Perimeter Park Drive, Atlanta 30341

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Pumpkin Scavenger Hunt

Test your knowledge of Family Block Party for a chance to win some fabulous prizes!

Turn this in pa to W ge IN!

Six special pumpkin signs are scattered throughout the festival. Figure out the locations of the pumpkins using these clues. You’ll find an Atlanta Parent publication attached to each Scavenger Hunt Pumpkin. Happy Hunting!

q This is a place you can go, if you want to play in the snow. q Let your imagination set sail, at this place you’ll hear many great tales. q If you’re lost in the woods, don’t cry, don’t pout. Just looks for these boys, they’re all scouts.

q Looking for some college history and fame? Show these folks your best A-game. q Put on your cape, shoes and socks. Turn into your favorite super hero and save your city made out of blocks.

q A Whole new adventure starts here, with these organic healthy foods that are near.

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Winners will be randomly selected on October 17 from correctly completed forms. Turn in forms at any Atlanta Parent tent and collect your Halloween Treat!

You do not need to be present to win. Winners must pick up prizes at the Atlanta Parent office.

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Family Block Party 2014 Performance Schedule: Main Stage 10:30-10:55 a.m.

Atlanta Ballet 11:00-11:30 a.m.

Dance & Arts Showcase 11:35a.m.-12:05 p.m. Kim Anderson 12:10-12:15 p.m.

Nicholas Moody 12:20-12:25 p.m.

Sarah Mootz 12:35-1:15 p.m.

Parrot Productions 1:20-1:25 p.m.

C Minor Band 1:30-2:00 p.m.

Big Thinkers Science Show 2:05-2:10 p.m.

Talent Showdown Winners:

No Komment Marco Estorino 2:25-2:55 p.m.

DJ Willy Wow & Little Beat 3:00-3:05 p.m.

Xehara & ICD 3:10-3:15 p.m.

Phaze 1 3:20-3:50 p.m.

Alma Mexicana **schedule and performers are subject to change

Activities Guide FREE

Atlanta Braves • Atlanta Falcons Cheerleaders • Atlanta Hawks • Big Wheels Area • Bubble Walk Champion Windows • Cirque du Soleil • College Football Hall of Fame • DeKalb County Fire Trucks • DeKalb County Police Dept. • Cub Scouts • Duck Pond • Friendly Frights • Georgia Center for Child Advocacy • Little Red Barn Petting Farm • Marvel Universe Live • Musical Petting Zoo • Page Turners Make Great Learners • Photo Cut Outs Pollo Tropical • Scavenger Hunt • Sidewalk Art • Teddy Bear Hospital • Two Men and a Truck • Zoo Atlanta

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Adventure Jeep Bounce Inflatable • Alligator Inflatable • Baby Prize Wheel • Basketball Shot Inflatable Big Thinkers: Slime Making • Book Walk • Bubble Fun • Bungee Run Inflatable • Center for Puppetry Arts Double Decker Bus Inflatable • Dragon Obstacle Course • Face Painting • Fire Truck Inflatable • Giant Slide • Home Depot Honest Tea Button Making • Inflatable Hoops • Kidazzl Face Painting • Mask Making • Metro Atl. Assoc. Beekeeping Mini Putt Putt • Mommy Prize Wheel • Moonwalk • Obstacle Course • Pick a Spider • Pirate Ship Inflatable • Pumpkin Buckets Pumpkin Toss • Pumpkin Treasures • Snake Mini Obstacle Course • Snellville Face Painting • Spoon Races • Test your Strength Thomas the Train Bounce • Toddler Basketball • Toddler Moonwalk • Toddler Striker • Wheel of Fortune • Whole Foods Buckhead 2 TICKETS

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Crown Making • Airbrush Tattoos Mini Pumpkin Painting • Pony Hop Races • Pose With a Parrot from Parrot Productions • Trick or Treat Street

Caricatures by Fitzroy • Pony Rides: Sam’s Path Mobile Petting Zoo • Camel Rides: Sam’s Path Mobile Petting Zoo • Snow Tubing: SnowKings • Train

STORYTELLING 11:00 a.m. Alliance Theatre 11:30 a.m. SketchWorks 12:00 p.m. Ozzie Areu

12:30 p.m.

1:00 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

Michael Allen Austin Jocelyn Connell Atlanta Shakespeare Company

2:00-3:00 p.m. Therapy Dogs 3:00 p.m. Robert Wilson **schedule and performers are subject to change

See Map on Page 3

Don’t miss the Pumpkin

Scavenger Hunt! Great Prizes!

Turn in completed entries at any Atlanta Parent table for a Treat.