Spend Halloween afternoon at Meadowood Mall

We, at Windy Pinwheel, received word from our friends at Meadowood Mall about an event just for kids tomorrow on Nevada Day, err… Halloween. We hope you can make it out and have a great time.

What: Meadowood Mall Halloween Event
Halloween is here and Meadowood Mall is inviting all little ghouls, goblins and boo’tiful princesses to come to the Kidgits Halloween event. Costumes are encouraged!

When: October 31st from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Where: Meadowood Mall (children’s play area)
5000 Meadowood Mall Cir.
Reno, NV 89502

Be sure to spread the word. For those who attend, Meadowood Mall would love to hear about your experience, so they are encouraging folks to share by tagging https://www.facebook.com/MeadowoodMall or @MeadowoodMall on Twitter and Instagram.

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At Windy Pinwheel, we can’t be everywhere at once and be all things to everyone. That being said, we would like to invite you, family of readers to share in the community of parents found in Northern Nevada and the Sierras to submit your guest post article to Windy Pinwheel.

You are more than welcome to submit your guest post article that is a review of a local experience or even submit images for inclusion in an image gallery (hint, hint, this is for you local photographers who take family-friendly photos).

We are seeking article submissions that are family-friendly that explore the areas of Reno, Sparks, Lake Tahoe, Carson City, Fernley, Fallon, Nevada and beyond that can benefit families in their regular outings or experiences.

Why should we stop there?

You can submit a craft project idea, free printable for kids, a family recipe, or even just an idea to spark conversation.

If it’s family-friendly and suitable for all audiences, please submit it for consideration.

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The Summit’s Pink Pumpkin Festival & Sidewalk Sale

Farmers Market, sales and activities support breast cancer awareness

Our friends over at The Summit shared some great information with us here at Windy Pinwheel about a great fall event happening this Saturday to support the effort to find a cure for breast cancer. As October is nationally known as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, this is a great cause to get behind. Please come out and support this event this weekend and be sure to spread the word to everyone you know.

The Summit and Renown Children’s Hospital invite families to come out for a day full of autumn harvest fun on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014 from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM in the center plaza. The Pink Pumpkin Festival and Sidewalk Sale will support breast cancer awareness and will benefit the Renown Health Breast Cancer Patient Assistance Fund. The event is free and open to the public. Donations for breast cancer patient assistance are encouraged.

Event activities that day will include a sidewalk sale, live entertainment, fall farmers market vendors, pink Porcelain Doll pumpkins for sale, face painting, activities for children, health information booths, contests and recyclable bag/gift card giveaways.

Participants can enjoy food and drinks from various vendors at the market, which will feature fresh, local fall produce including grapes, apples, corn, potatoes, garlic, onions, squash, eggs, local honey and more. Also, all guests can enter to win prizes from The Summit, Renown Health and the farmers market.

The pink pumpkin patch, sponsored by Moana Nursery, will feature decorative gourds and pumpkins, including the popular Porcelain Doll pumpkins. Moana Nursery has partnered with The Pink Pumpkin Patch Foundation, an organization created in 2012, to aid in the fight against breast cancer. A percentage of proceeds from every pink pumpkin sold this year will go towards organizations involved in breast cancer research.

In conjunction with the event, The Summit will also host its first-ever, center-wide Sidewalk Sale. From 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., shoppers will enjoy the one-day, one-time only sale where exclusive retailers will display racks with sale items in front of their stores. The sidewalk sale will also feature stores including but not limited to Ann Taylor, Claire’s, GAP, Old Navy, Orvis and Talbots.

“This event and sidewalk sale are designed to kick-off breast cancer awareness month in Reno,” said Dan Davis, marketing manager at The Summit. “Many stores and restaurants will provide special pink products and offers, as well as showcase sale items from the Summer. My hope is those interested in spreading awareness will find that perfect ‘pink’ item to wear or display throughout the entire month.”

Benefitting from much of the event activities, the Renown Health Breast Cancer Patient Assistance Fund helps to ease the financial and emotional burden on uninsured and under-insured breast cancer patients throughout northern Nevada.

“Our patient assistance funds benefit those in our area who are battling cancer while struggling with financial hardships,” Joel Muller, vice president of the Renown Health Foundation, said. “These dollars help to cover desperately needed prescription, care and travel expenses for our patients. Renown Health is grateful to The Summit for its help and to be a part of this event once again this year.”

October is “Go Pink” month at The Summit.

Go Pink at your favorite stores and restaurants in October! Join The Summit and Renown Health Breast Cancer Patient Assistance Fund in a month-long celebration of hope, strength and survival. Plus, for every Facebook “Like” for The Summit during the month of October, The Summit will donate $1 to the Renown Health Breast Cancer Patient Assistance Fund, up to a total of $1,000 and each “Like” must be a new “Like” to be counted.

Garden of Hope in the Pink Plaza throughout the month of October

Write a message of hope, love and healing to honor someone you know touched by breast cancer. Then tie your note to the branches of the plants and trees in the Garden of Hope located in the Plaza between Vans and Tilly’s. Visit the garden throughout October for reflection or encouragement. Sponsored by Moana Nursery.

For more information regarding events happening at The Summit, please visit TheSummitonline.com/Reno

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Kidgits Club “Dino Days” at Meadowood Mall on Saturday, July 19, 2014 at 11:00AM.

This Saturday, July 19, 2014 at 11:00AM until 12:00PM Meadowood Mall will host an event through Simon Mall’s Kidgit Club®. The event is called, “Dino Days”.

There will be many prehistoric activities:

• crafts
• Coloring
• Games
• A dino photo opportunity
• Pin the head on the dinosaur
• Decorate your own car sun visor
• Reassemble your own set of Dino bones
• Loads of Dinosaur coloring and activity sheets
• And a prize “Summer Fun Package” giveaway drawing that includes:
  • 4 sand pails
  • 4 sand shovels
  • 2 sand castle molds
  • And 2 sand sifters

Additionally, your kids can spin the wheel to select their choice of Dino Mask!

Come on out and enjoy the fun!

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“Giving is more than just money. See the impact of all that you give” using everydayhero

This is a cross-post from my personal blog at WillHull.com and I consider this very pertinent to just about any audience who is philanthropically-minded. As parents, we encourage the principle of giving back with our kids in our own family and I assume the same lessons are shared with your kids in your family. As such, this is a great way to make your effort to support a cause personal and intimate for you and your family. Take this opportunity to learn about everydayhero below.

everydayhero acts as a headquarters for you to manage (and share) your “do-gooding”. Every effort. Every hour spent volunteering. Every person you recruit to join you in your effort to support your cause is tracked using everydayhero.

You may note that I wrote about FirstGiving a while ago that enables the individual to set up and execute their own personal fundraising event. It is true that FirstGiving enables personalized fundraising. It is true that FirstGiving and other existing online crowd-funding platforms like it that target the consumer-market have helped make online giving more accessible to individual fundraisers; however, everydayhero transcends these platforms by providing a holistic experience that not only enables fundraising, but also tracks and presents all that activity that goes into supporting those causes, offering a superior experience for the cause supporter, like you.

So, how does it work?

Giving Footprint

You, the supporter, initiate supporting your cause (note not just a charity in mind) by signing up at everydayhero. Then, you set up goals, email friends/family about your everydayhero activity, raise money for organizations that have a similar mission to the cause you support, volunteer in support of your cause; get fit, walk, run, host a neighborhood barbecue fundraiser, seek to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, go skydiving… the sky is the limit and the choice is yours. You’ll find that integrating everydayhero into your support of a cause “boosts [your] energy, drive and commitment to make a difference in the world!”

What percentage of funding reaches the organizations in support of your cause?

There is a small 5% service fee on donations, plus a 2.9% and $0.30 per transaction processing fee is charged whenever a transaction takes place. That leaves over 90% reaching organizations in support of your cause.

How is this different from supporting a walk/run/event hosted by a charity?

The difference is that it is personal. It is your choice what you do to support your cause of choice. You don’t need permission from a charity to host an event in support of your cause. You don’t need to adhere to brand standards of a given charity. You do what you want to do to raise money for your cause of choice? You have the best of intentions in mind, right? So why let those things stop you in support of your cause. Maybe you’re not a runner or not into physical activity to participate in an event such as a 5K, half or full marathon? Maybe you’re not into a Saturday event once/year? Maybe you want to exploit your personal skills and talents to deliver the most good possible to achieve the goals of your cause? Whether those skills be video games, playing tag, hosting a bake sale, or even running a blog like this one. With everydayhero, you can do what you want to do to raise awareness/funds/support to support your cause. And that is not all…

So who’s with me?

everydayhero connects you with others serving your cause of choice all around the world. In fact, everydayhero was originally established in places like Australia and New Zealand, to the United Kingdom and Singapore, and due to its success, it was recently introduced in the United States by Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), providers of software to nonprofits and NGOs to help achieve charitable missions and fund causes around the world.

So, are you committed?

Make a difference. Serve a cause. Use everydayhero as your tool to make it happen.

» Visit everydayhero today! «

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Zorbit’s Math Adventure for Preschool iOS version for free on the App Store and 50% off the Android version on Google Play for a limited time only.

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The iPhone/iPad and now Google Play Android app, Zorbit’s Math Adventure Preschool – Learning. Reimagined. hereafter known as Zorbit’s Math Adventure is a great game for preschool-aged children that we reviewed in early October 2013. This app has Windy Pinwheel’s Stamp of Approval and now you can pick up this educational game for your little one for free on the iOS platform or for 50% off on Google Play for Android devices now through December 2, 2013.

Zorbit’s Math Adventure covers all the skills a preschooler needs to be prepared for first-year school math, including the following:

Counting and Number Awareness

• Counting objects up to 20
• Ordering numbers (ascending)
• Ordering numbers (descending)

Identifying Shapes

• Recognizing circles, squares, and triangles
• Distinguishing between squares and rectangles

Sizing Shapes and Objects

• Long and short
• Tall and short
• Wide and narrow

Subitizing

• The precursor of estimating (for more)

Characterizing Colors

• Red, yellow, blue, orange, green, purple, brown, and black

Comparing Amounts

• Identifying more and less

Recognizing Positions

• Inside and outside
• Left, middle, and right
• Above and below
• Top and bottom

Classifying Objects and Groups

• Same
• Different
• Same and different
• Classify by colour

Separating and Matching

• Recognizing group commonalities and differences
• Pairing similar objects

Website/Contact Information: www.zorbitsmath.com. Be sure to sign up for the Zorbit’s Fan Club and get access to a free activity

Here is a video about Zorbit’s Math Adventure:

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We have something special in store for The Review Wire Holiday #HoHoHo Hop Giveaway

Last year, we celebrated the holiday season by giving away a Blu-Ray copy of The Polar Express. You can pick up a book copy of The Polar Express or a copy on Blu-Ray (or get the 3D Blu-Ray/Blu-Ray combo instead) in our online store area. We’re delighted to announce that we will be giving away another exciting item this year starting this Friday, November 22 at 9:01PM PST. We are participating in The Review Wire’s Holiday #HoHoHo Hop Giveaway. The Hop will run from November 22 through December 6, 2013. As I write this announcement there are over 61 blogs and websites that will be participating, making it convenient to “hop” from one giveaway to the next right from the giveaway post itself. The minimum requirement is offering an item $25 or more.

Now, you might be wondering what this item could be.#What could this item be, you wonder? You’ll have to wait and find out. It could be “a major award” that is “frah-gee-lay”. You never know. Or it could cause you to put on a Christmas pageant at your school and mock the director as you dance with your friends. It could be something to cause the power of the city to dim as you turn on your Christmas decorations or send your cousin to kidnap your boss because he forgot your Christmas bonus this year when you are already committed to putting in a pool in your backyard this year. Maybe it will make you declare that “The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear” or scare some guy on top of your rooftop on Christmas Eve and cause him to slip and you to decide whether or not to put on his appropriately-red suit. Maybe you’ll see three ghosts trying to inspire you to change your life or just an angel who will show you what life would have been like without you in the world. Who knows? You’ll have to stop by again on Friday night to find out.

In the mean time, you can take a look at the other blogs/websites offering to join the giveaway hop starting this Friday below. If you have a site and you would like to join, please sign up right here and join in the fun.

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The Wolf Pack mascot family is growing by one. Wolfie Jr. is getting a little sister. What should we name her?

The University of Nevada, Reno’s own Wolfie Jr. mascot is getting a little sister and she needs a name. This is a really fun opportunity for all the University of Nevada Wolf Pack fans out there to be a part of making a little history. It’s perfect timing as the first football game of the season kicks off today. Nevada opens the season against UCLA (ranked 21 currently). For more information on the football season and any other sports visit the athletic department’s website: http://www.nevadawolfpack.com/

So, what name will you choose? Your options are:

• Ellie (Named for the first location of University of Nevada in Elko)
• Frankie Sue (Named for the first female Student Body President)
• Luna (Named for our Wolf Pack howling at the moon)
• Mackie (Named for the University’s largest and earliest donor)
• Sage (Named for the original Wolf Pack mascot and the state flower)
• Sierra (Named for the Sierra Mountain Range)

Here is the link to vote: http://nevadawolfshop.com/femalemascot.asp

Voting closes midnight on September 21st.

The new name for the female mascot will be revealed at the home football game on September 28th against Air Force.

Tell us in the comments below what name you plan to choose.

Go Wolf Pack!!!!

Battle Born!
#Packpride Vote Now!

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Stop by Meadowood Mall in the next two weeks and make a donation to support local schools and students in Washoe County.

Chelsey Allodi with curator :, a marketing firm representing Meadowood Mall, wrote us recently and shared some great news with us here at Windy Pinwheel. We are always in favor of helping out our local community and found this event at Meadowood Mall worth sharing. We hope you can stop by and join in.

Over the next two weekends Meadowood Mall will be celebrating the property’s grand reopening. Now that the mall has finished major renovations, they are celebrating with an variety of family-friendly events and back-to-school festivities and events.

In honor of the back-to-school season, Meadowood Mall and Bill Pearce Courtesy Honda are teaming up to help local kids in need. Kicking off on Saturday, August 17, shoppers and event attendees are invited to help to fill a Honda Odyssey with school supplies. Those interested in donating supplies are welcome to drop off donations at the vehicle, located in Center Court at Meadowood Mall, between August 17 and August 21.

Pedro Martinez, superintendent of the Washoe County School District, will also be at the event Saturday, August 17 to help kickoff the donation campaign and to accept a $500 check from Meadowood Mall on behalf of the Washoe County School District. The monetary donation along with the donated school supplies will go where they are needed most, to the schools and children in our community. Those who participate will receive swag bags from Meadowood Mall containing a Meadowood Mall bag, notebook and pen set, bottled water, chocolates and in-store coupons.

Here’s a schedule of all the fun that is happening:

• Free eye screenings at Visionworks
• Craft-making activities and games, including decorating notebooks and bookmarks for school
• Live entertainment, featuring Rappin’ Ratz.
• A bounce house, face painters and more!

Event attendees will have the chance to win prizes and giveaways and tackle their back to school shopping lists with exclusive retailer coupons

Want to treat your taste buds? Take a stroll through the beautiful new food court for a Taste of Meadowood. Try the tasty free samples being handed out by our variety of food court vendors, including:

• Sbarro’s
• Ruby Thai
• Le Crepe
• Charlie Grilled Subs
• What the Pho
• And many more!

We’re thrilled to show off our newly transformed Center Court and Food Court with its first ever event since the renovation completed, and we hope you’ll be able to come see it for yourself at one or both of the events! Please write Chelsey Allodi if you have any questions about either event or the school supplies donation campaign at Meadowood Mall.

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A reader of Windy Pinwheel submitted a great event happening the Reno/Sparks, Nevada area Saturday, May 11, 2013, from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM at Victorian Square in Sparks. It sounds like a great event and we hope you can attend the Western Heritage Festival.

The event is sponsored by Sparks Museum & Cultural Center and it’s free to the public. The intent of the event is to draw local and regional residents together to gain an understanding and appreciation of traditional Nevada arts and culture through experiential learning. The main festival events will occur in the Lillard Railroad Park and on the sidewalks of Victorian Avenue between 14th Street and Pyramid Way in historic downtown Sparks, Nevada.

Drawing from a rich heritage of ranching, railroading and mining, the Western Heritage Festival allows visitors to experience the one-of-a-kind diversity of Northern Nevada and the Reno-Tahoe region. During the event, many authentic Cowboys poets will perform such as Walt “Bimbo” Cheney, one of the original Cowboy Poets, hailing from Elko, Nevada. Also, there will be a Fiddler’s Showcase. The line-up of Western musicians, singers and fiddlers brings together some of the region’s most talented, yet often, little-known performers. Native American Pow Wow drummers, the Eagle Wing Dancers and a Folkloric Dance Troupe round out the entertainment for the afternoon.

On-going activities and demonstrations throughout the day, include:

• Saddle Making
• Native American Basket Making
• Quilting
• Spinning
• Tule Duck Making
• Blacksmithing
• Lariat Basket Making
• Leather Stamping
• Children’s Dummy Roping
• Wild Burros
• Artists
• Crafters

Special Exhibits inside the Sparks Museum during the Festival are:

• Timeless Treasures: A Celebration of Native American Culture; and
• Wally’s World: The Loneliest Art Collection in Nevada.

This sounds like such a great event and if you’re like me and into Nevada and Western history, this is the event for you and your family. We hope you can attend.

For more information, visit www.westernheritagefestival.org.

What: Western Heritage Festival.

Who: Sponsored by Sparks Museum & Cultural Center.

When: Saturday, May 11, 2013, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Where: On the sidewalks of Victorian Avenue between 14th Street and Pyramid Way in historic downtown Sparks, Nevada.

Need to know: It’s free to the public. You can’t lose.

Extra Extra: This is a perfect event to let the little cowboy or cowgirl in your life to dress up and play like it’s a real life western.

Website/Contact Information: www.westernheritagefestival.org