Family Friendly Information and Fun Near Boone, NC
Pin itThere is a new after-school option on Wednesdays for K-5 students in the High Country! Chetola Resort at Blowing Rock is offering an after-school program with a fitness focus, in a fun atmosphere. Ruthie Lile, Recreation Program Coordinator, and Chetola fitness staff will facilitate organized fitness activities and supervised pool play. The fitness activities [...]
Pin itIt was the summer of 1992, I had just graduated High School, and was a counselor at a YMCA Camp. One of my best friends, Kiki, and I had the most fun that summer! More crazy adventures and laughs of any year, before or after. One night, on a whim, we decided to pop [...]
Pin itI’ve always been comfortable on a stage, as far back as I could remember. I would prefer to be under the lights in front of 1000 people rather than perform for a small group, any day. I grew up dancing, singing and acting, and for the most part, stage fright doesn’t rear it’s ugly [...]
Pin it Welcome! If you typed “www.highcountrymomsquad.com” into your browser, or traveled here through a link, you may be a little surprised. High Country Mom Squad is now “High Country Parent!” Don’t worry, all of the helpful content is still here, and our new format is even easier to navigate. We hope you will [...]
Pin itEnsemble Stage was basically conceived out of necessity and an unfaltering love of the performing arts and the unquenchable desire to share that love with the North Carolina High-Country community. In order to provide the surrounding community with affordable access to quality performing arts, Ensemble Stage was created. September 10th marks the opening of [...]
Pin itAt one time China was one of the most popular international adoption programs. However in the past few years they have added more guidelines to their adoption procedures. These guidelines are not meant to deter families interested in adoption, but more to help guarantee the welfare of their children. As always, this is just [...]
Pin itFor all my gluten-free friends, be sure & check Ingles on-line sales pages or in store for a number of GLUTEN FREE items on sale this week including: Bob’s Red Mill, Glutino, Food Should Taste Good, Kettle Chips, and another 1/2 page of General Mills Items: Chex cereals, fruit rollups, yoplait yogurt and Betty [...]
Pin itI’ve really enjoyed reading the series on adoptions, but with four biological and two stepchildren of my own, adoption is not an option. However, I wanted to share another way that anyone can make a significant change in the life of child- child sponsorship. We’ve all seen the commercials on TV and, if you’re [...]
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