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Friday, May 16th is the Principal Financial Group Family Fun Fest at Harry Grove Stadium. This is a free event that starts three hours before game time. That night the game starts at 7PM.
Come early to Harry Grove Stadium for the Principal Financial Group Family Fun Fest. The FREE event opens 3 hours [...]

I volunteered at the Frederick Marathon today. A friend of mine and I were at mile 8 with a very nice group of Boy Scouts (sorry that I forgot their troop number) handing out loads of water to the brave souls who took to the streets for the run.
I took some pictures of our station. [...]

Since we’re on a theme, I found it timely that I received an email asking to promote an event in the area in May: The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. We have all lost loved ones to the terrible, crippling class of diseases collectively called Cancer.
I received this note from an [...]

On Saturday, we lost one of our beloved “pound puppies”. Gracie was an 8-year old Rottweiler/Coonhound mix and her death was completely sudden and unexpected. We suspect it may have been an aneurysm because of how quickly she went. She, along with our other mixed breed, was adopted from the Frederick [...]

Want to swing some clubs at the Maryland National Golf Club for a good cause? Here are the details:
The Villa Maria Continuum, Frederick Chapter is hosting the 14th Annual Charities Challenge golf tournament to benefit the chapter on Monday, May 12, 2008 at the Maryland National Golf Club in Middletown, Maryland. It is a [...]

Lizfrog and I recently did an e-mail question & answer session with the staff behind the Weinberg Center’s Hooray for Hollywood: New Year’s Eve Gala. The Gala benefits the non-profit Weinberg Center for the Arts, Inc. and sounds like a fun time to boot:
Relive the glamour of old Hollywood at mid-Maryland’s most fashionable New [...]

I read an article in the December issue of Frederick Magazine that the Baker Park Band Shell is going to undergo a renovation that will hopefully be complete by the Summer Concert Series in 2008.  So far, over $100,000 have been raised through the members of the Rotary Club of Carroll Creek for the renovations [...]

From the Gazette:
(Sarah) McAleavy, the food bank’s manager, said that the annual Boy Scout food drive usually stocks the shelves until May, but this year’s donations decreased by 25 percent.
Meanwhile, the number of Frederick families that the food bank serves a month has increased from nearly 370 last year to more than 400 this year.
McAleavy [...]

A little charity event and fun this weekend brought to you by FACKA.

~Guy~

I received an e-mail from Patricia H. asking for a little help in trying to find a home for some rabbits. So if you interested here is the info …
Two Gentleman Rabbits seek a home for the holidays.
Most people don’t realize that Frederick County Animal Control is normally a high volume shelter for rabbits. [...]