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Grab & Go Kids Planner: Tree Lighting, Tellabration, Pancakes

Family and children's events in and around Bethel this week.

1. 
Where/When: 
Bethel High School, Thursday-Saturday, 7 p.m.
Why Go:
The Bethel On Stage Players present Blithe Spirit is adapted from a play by Noel Coward. Charles and his second wife Ruth, are haunted by the ghost of his first wife, Elvira. Medium Madame Arcati tries to help things out by contacting the ghost.

Pricing: $7

2. 
Where/When: 
, 83 Stony Hill Rd, Bethel, Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Why Go: The Annual Food Drive benefits the Bethel & Newtown Food Banks, followed by a Holiday Tree Lighting and festivities. The food drive is from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Non-perishables will be collected by Stony Hill and Hawleyville Volunteer Fire Fighters in the Big Y parking lot. The Tree Lighting & Festivities are from 5:30-6:30 p.m. and will featyre Santa & Mrs. Claus, music by The Pears, a sing along, the Stony Hill Rockettes and refreshements.
Pricing: Free 

3. 
Where/When: 
, 21 Memorial Dr, Danbury, Saturday, 10 a.m.
Why Go: 
Talk to a nutritionist and find out how to eat & live healthy; children can come and explore a firetruck and ambulance. Other events include the Great Schools College Bound (on-site computer registration), Zumba, YaYa the Clown, face painting, YMCA S.C.R.A.M. (kids can run and move), music and movement with Holly Gundolfi, free blood pressure and bone density screenings, flu shots for $38 charge and Amber Alert Child ID.
Pricing: Free 

4. 
Where/When: 
, 189 Greenwood Ave, Bethel, Saturday, 7 p.m.
Why Go: 
Bethel is once again joining communities around the world by hosting Tellabration!, a storytelling event for adults and families. Some of the local tellers include Ned Barron, Martha Bishop, Jane Gangi and Jenny Tesar. All programs sponsored by the Bethel Public Library are open to the public and meet accessibility requirements for the disabled. For more information or to register, please contact the Library website at www.bethellibrary.org or call us at 203-794-8756, ext.4. 
Pricing: Free

5. 
Where/When: 
, 7 Elizabeth St, Bethel, Sunday, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Why Go: 
Take the family to breakfast and support a great cause.
Pricing: $6 per person, $25 per family

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Richard E. Merritt May 22, 2013 at 01:47 pm
Dan is one of the hardest State Reps. to come along in many years. He is active in the community andRead More unselfish in meeting with youngsters.
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