Great Hill UMC in Seymour to host Basket Bonanza

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SEYMOUR - Join us Oct. 12 at Great Hill United Methodist Church for the 2024 Basket Bonanza. 

For a $15 admission price patrons will receive 25 free basket tickets, a door prize ticket, and a grand prize ticket.

Over 75 special theme baskets and door prizes will be handed out. Basket themes include movie, travel, spa, handyman, entertaining, sports, kids, baby, pets, hobbies, cooking, seasonal, and many others. 

This year’s Grand Prize Basket will include a wide variety of gift cards with an estimated $850 value.

This year’s event will have daytime preview hours from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., as well as an evening hour from 5-6 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. The church is at 225 Great Hill Road.

During the preview, tickets are placed in the cup corresponding with any of the baskets; the baskets are given away starting at 6 p.m.

The drawing will be live streamed in front of an in-person audience and results posted to the church website and on Facebook.

Basket pickup times will be Saturday from 7:30- 8:30 p.m. and Sunday 12-2 p.m.

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Holy Rosary Parish in Ansonia to host Food for the Soul luncheon

Holy Rosary Church is at 10 Father Salemi Drive, Ansonia.

Tiny Food Explorers to learn to cook at Seymour Public Library

 

SEYMOUR - Join Tiny Food Explorers at 11 a.m. Oct. 22 at Seymour Public Library for an hour of food fun and exploration! 

Bring your tiniest chefs, picky eaters and great eaters and create a delicious snack together.

Food Explorers classes provide a no-pressure environment for our littlest eaters to explore food and new flavors. Recipes are nut free but may contain dairy, eggs and gluten.

Best for children ages 3-6. Registration is required and limited.

For more information or to register, please call the library at 203-888-3903. The Library is at 46 Church St.

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Teen Game Time slated in October at Derby Public Library

DERBY - Derby Public Library invites young adults ages 12 to 17 to YA Wednesdays' Teen Game Time from 6-7:30 p.m. Oct. 9 and 23. 

Nintendo Wii and tabletop games will be available. 

Light refreshments will be provided. 

For more information stop by the Library at 313 Elizabeth St., call 203-736-1482 or visit www.derbypubliclibrary.org .

This is a press release from Tony DeLos, young adult librarian.