Last year, I participated in a blogger outreach program called A Day Made Better which is a program by Office Max to erase teacher funded classrooms. Detroit Mommies collected donations from friends and local businesses General Motors, Nannies4Hire.com, Panera and Sound Music Instruction and took them to Jason Dosch in the Pontiac school district because …
MICHIGAN’S LARGEST PUMPKIN-LAUNCHING CONTEST
Oakland County Parks and Recreation invites teams and individuals to compete in Michigan’s largest pumpkin launching contest, the Lake Orion Pumpkin Launch, Saturday, Oct. 16 from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. at Orion Oaks County Park. “This is a unique educational opportunity that promotes physics, science and engineering,” Mike Toth, event coordinator and founder of …
Haunted House in Rochester
The Rochester Municipal Park will be hosting their 40th annual haunted house called the Tunnel of Terror every Friday and Saturday in October. Where? The parking lot off Pine Street near City Hall and the police station west of Main Street, north of University Drive. in Rochester, MI. When? Every Friday and Saturday in October …
Stonewall Pumpkin Festival at Rochester Hills Museum
The Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm will host its annual Stonewall Pumpkin Festival on Saturday, October 9 from 10-4 p.m. Guests are invited to carve a pumpkin and then to place it on the stone walls surrounding the Museum property. After the evening lighting, guests can take their pumpkin home. The Museum is …
Hidden Forest Trail Run and Walk
Oakland County Parks and Recreation and the Riverbend Striders host the Hidden Forest Trail Run and Walk at Independence Oaks County Park on Sunday, Oct. 10. Races include a 2.5-mile run and walk, 5.5-mile run and 8.5-mile run. “The race course cuts through hardwood forests on wood chip trails, making it a great place to …
Dinosaur Hill’s Annual Halloween Hoot
On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings, October 22, 23 and 24, Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve in Rochester, will present its ever-popular Halloween Hoot. For the 29th year, families will enjoy a crisp fall evening walking through a forest lit with luminaries and populated with many familiar (and some not-so-familiar) characters from favorite children’s stories, films, …