Fredericksburg Parent

6 Fredericksburg Parent and Family • September 2023 Entrepreneur of the Year PROUD FOUNDING MEMBER ADVERTISING PHONE 540-429-3572 EMAIL leighanne@fredericksburgparent.net CALENDAR & SOCIAL MEDIA EMAIL webmaster@fredericksburgparent.net EDITORIAL PHONE 540-429-3572 EMAIL chris@fredericksburgparent.net SNAIL MAIL P.O. Box 7884, F'burg, VA 22404 www.fredericksburgparent.net LIKE facebook.com/FredericksburgParent SIGN UP FredParent.net PIN pinterest.com/fredparent FOLLOW @fredparentmagazine parent fredericksburg & family WRITTEN BY LEIGH ANNE VAN DOREN publisher's note publisher's note Leigh Anne Van Doren, Frederickburg Parent and Family publisher Welcome to Welcome to September! September! PUBLISHER Leigh Anne Van Doren leighanne@fredericksburgparent.net Tabitha & Jamie Nelle's mom EDITOR & WEBMASTER Chris Jones chris@fredericksburgparent.net Quincy, Hayden & Olive's dad MEDIA & ADVERTISING DIRECTOR megan@fredericksburgparent.net Megan Walsh: Mia, Noelle & Adelaide's mom DESIGN & PRODUCTION Cheryl Carter: Alex, Kate & Jackie's mom CALENDAR & COOL THINGS TO DO ELETTER caroline@fredericksburgparent.net Caroline Murray: Nate and Brendan's mom EDUCATION & INFANT ELETTERS Debra Caffrey: Aidan's mom SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR jessica@fredericksburgparent.net Jessica Trask: Cye, Asher and Ragan's mom SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR Mira Dover MARKETING & EVENT INTERN Ragan Trask We've had a great summer. One of the benefits of working for Fredericksburg Parent is that there is almost unlimited flexibility in the summer to spend time with our families. For my staff, there have been trips to France, trips to Florida, summer camps, family reunions, swim team, axe throwing and just time hanging out with siblings. But when the kids go back to school, I can't pretend that I don't love having my staff back, just like I'm sure parents love having their fall routines back. In this issue, we tackle a few perennial fall issues: What the heck are we going to pack in all those school lunches? (pg. 15) What's the status of our public schools? (pg. 18) What sup- plies, besides teachers, are still needed in schools and where can we donate? (pg. 15 in the purple box) We also look at fall family fun. The annual downtown Scarecrow Fest (pg. 3), which we've sponsored for eight years now, is adding a Kazoo Band to our Treats on the Streets costume stroll on Saturday, October 28 at 9:30 am. If playing in a kazoo band sounds like a blast, show up for our first kazoo band rehearsal on Friday, October 6 at 6 p.m. at the downtown first Friday Scarecrow Fest event in the parking lot of the Visitor's Center on Caroline Street. Or you can show up the day of the parade and join in right then. Kazoos and Kazoo band leader will be provided by Fredericksburg Parent. We also are adding a Thriller flash mob at our annual Halloween movie night featuring "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" and "Hocus Pocus" at Riverfront Park, and a costumed kayak paddle down the Rappahannock River. Beloved contributor Emily Freehling put together articles on how to enjoy a day at the iconic, locally-owned Sneads Farm on page 12, and a deep dive on eight ways to kick- start your families wellness in our Ask the Expert piece from Hopestarter on page 16. As always, we have additional great content coming online. Growing Up on Historic Ground columnist Alexis McNeil will be writing on the new Gladys West (of Hidden Figures fame) exhibit opening at the Fredericksburg Area Museum this month. West and her husband worked at Dahlgren for many years and admission is free at FAM in September. On a final note, in addition to donating the lunch boxes from our cover shoot to the Fredericksburg City Schools, we will also be giving away two school bus lunchboxes on our Win Wednesday Facebook posts. Be sure to enter! Many thanks to the Shook family and Sprelly for the lunchbox photo shoot. Check out the "behind the scenes" Instagram reel Mr. Shook made of the cover shoot shenanigans. The publishers reserve the right to reject any advertisement, editorial or listing that does not meet the publication's stan- dards. No part of this magazine may be reproduced with out permission. Listing and advertising rates are available upon request. Every effort has been made to assure the accuracy of the information contained herein, however, the publisher cannot guarantee such accuracy. Listings and adver- tisements are subject to typographical errors, ommissions and/or change without notice. For terms and conditions please visit our website at www.fredericksburgparent.net © Copyright 2023 Nurture, Inc. All rights reserved.

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