In the Discover Fun! Pavilions on the Long Island Sound at Rye Playland, event attendees will enjoy a special musical performance by Bobby DooWah, caricatures by nationally renowned Downtowntoons, interactive activities by FasTracKids and Whole Food Market, complimentary barbecue lunch, raffles and goody bags, face painting, balloon artists, appearances by the Playland Dragon and more!

We invite parents, grandparents, and children of all ages from across Westchester and the tri-state area to join us on Sunday, September 17, 2006. Exclusive Unlimited Access to KiddyLand from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, Lunch and Entertainment from 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM, Unlimited Access to Remainder of the Park from 12:00 PM until the park closes.

Rye Playland, Rye, New York, Tickets: $100/adult; $50/child; Free for ages two and under. Special advance ticket packages available for purchase.

The Westchester Children's Museum, which will be built in the beautiful historic site on the boardwalk at Rye Playland, will be a vibrant new learning center that will nurture curiosity, enhance knowledge, and ignite imagination in children as they explore the history, arts, environment, and cultural diversity of their local and global communities. All the proceeds from Discover Fun! will create and sustain this important educational and cultural resource for current and future generations in Westchester and the surrounding area.

Join us for the first annual Mount Kisco Day Care Center Family Festival, Sunday, September 17, 2006, from 11am to 3pm. Mount Kisco Day Care Center, 95 Radio Circle, Mt. Kisco, (914)241-2145. FEATURING A PERFORMANCE BY THE DIRTY SOCK FUNTIME BAND!

In celebration of community spirit and to raise money for their scholarship program, the Mount Kisco Day Care Center will be hosting its first annual Family Festival on Sunday, September 17.

Headlining the Festival at noon is the innovative and popular kids' rock group-- THE DIRTY SOCK FUNTIME BAND. This fun and original band has been featured on the Noggin network and "Jack's Big Music Show" to rave reviews from adults and children alike. They were voted Best Kids' Band in 2006 by Time Out NY Kids.

Tickets are $10 per person in advance (available at Mount Kisco Day Care Center by phone or email) or $15 per person at the door.

The outdoor, rain-or-shine event will also include:

• Local cultural performers
• Raffles with merchandise donated by local merchants
• Family friendly foods from neighborhood restaurants
• Face painting, and much more

Feed me Fresh is a fantastic event, filled with music, fabulous food, and great people. The event benefits the Mount Kisco Day Care Center, an incredible facility providing day care services to a wide range of ethnically, financially, and even geographically diverse children. Families from all over Northern Westchester choose this day care for the amazing programs it provides, from a literacy adventures program which brings families to different sites in the community in an effort to encourage literacy and a love of reading, to their intergenerational program which allows seniors and children to interact, to their edible education program which promotes healthy eating through farming practices, cooking skills, and family engagement. These fundraising events help the center to reach children no matter their ability to pay and helps to provide EACH child attending with an excellent education and a leg up as they enter school in later years.

On Saturday, September 30, 2006, the Mount Kisco Day Care Center is hosting their second annual Feed Me Fresh event at Daisy Hill Farm in Bedford Corners. Last year the event brought over 250 people together in a gorgeous field under a tent to celebrate the services that the Day Care Center provides and raised almost $80,000-- this year we want to pack that tent again and raise even more funds and awareness for the Center so that all children can have the ability to reap the benefits of their services.

I know the cause alone is worthwhile, but to tempt you further, I will tell you that the event is held in the most beautiful setting and includes tastings from the county's most interesting, inventive, and talented chefs, with their ingredients gathered from the best local farms and farmers available. The chef list reads like a Best of Westchester invite with: Stephen Briganti from 121 Restaurant, Mark Feldman from Mrs. Green's, Myong Feiner from Myong's Private Label Gourmet, Rafael Palomino of Pacifico and Sonora, Simeon Manber from Connie's Bakery and General Store, Kevin Bertrand of Crabtree’s Kittle House, & Deberah Sutter of The Flying Pig, all cooking, providing tastings, and talking to guests about their menus and incorporating local foods into their cooking.

Tastings will also be provided of various cheeses, produce, desserts, chocolates, milks, toffee, and more-- you will leave stuffed and happy and maybe a even a little more knowledgeable about various local resources and goodies for use in your own culinary creations!

Parents at Mount Kisco Elementary School are rolling the dice and hoping that the upcoming "Denim & Dice" Las Vegas Night will be a big winner for the school's new playground effort. Slated for Saturday, September 30th, this community-wide adult fundraising event at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Mount Kisco features a variety of gaming tables run by professional casino dealers and a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament. All members of the community are invited to support the playground project by attending the event or donating goods for its silent auction.

Denim & Dice tickets, which include hot and cold hors d'oeuvres, an open bar and $20 in game chips, are $75 per person. Proceeds will benefit Mount Kisco Elementary School's new playground, to be located behind the school's cafeteria. A "community build" is targeted for later this fall, with parent and community members pitching in to significantly defray construction costs of the colorful, vinyl–coated steel and plastic composite play structure.

"This is an amazing group of parents and community members," said Denim & Dice event chair Ann DiChiara. "When it comes to our school and our children, they don't hesitate to do what it takes."

A Community Working Together:

Over the past several years, the parent playground committee on which DiChiara sits has raised thousands of dollars for the previous and upcoming playgrounds-- monies which supplement larger funding from the Bedford Central School District. Noted DiChiara, "The district recognizes the need to provide our school's five hundred children with well-designed and dynamic playgrounds, particularly since our outdoor space is so limited."

The playground construction, slated for late October or early November of this year, will require four shifts of fifty volunteers each to complete. The school's playground committee is asking parents, staff, community members and merchants to take an active role and they are responding. Additional needs include post hole diggers, cement, two by fours, duct tape and food for the hungry volunteers. "The more we can do ourselves or get donated," said parent-teacher organization co-chair Suzanne Grant, "the more of our budget we can devote to enhancing the playground equipment."

Event Details:
Denim & Dice Las Vegas Night
Saturday, September 30, 2006
7:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Knights of Columbus Hall, 1582 Turner Drive, Mount Kisco