2727 Jackson Street, 10a.m. – 5p.m. Sponsored by First United Methodist Church of Alexandria. Families can select their perfect pumpkins while enjoying the ambiance that a patch allows for photo opportunities. All pumpkin sales help support local Alexandria Missions. Cost: Free. Call Church Office: 443-5696.
5515 South MacArthur Drive. This campaign helps adopt a family program for the homeless women and children we serve. You can make a difference during the holiday season! Call Crystal Guillory: 487-2061.
5912 James Street, 3p.m. – 5:30p.m. Mon.-Fri. Sponsored by YWCA of Alexandria-Pineville. Cost: Registration $45, Membership fee, $10 Weekly fee, $50. Call LeeAnn Borrel: 442-3397.
Kent Plantation House,
9a.m. – 1:30p.m. Sponsored by Kent House Plantation. This event is open to any school or home school group with reservation free of charge. Learn about the life of our earliest settlers and how they made tools, grew food, and more. Teachers call the office soon as spaces fill fast.
Cost: Free with reservation.
Call Kent Plantation House: 487-5998.
Coughlin Saunders.
2:30p.m. for sweets, treats, and fashion show. Sponsored by Cabrini Cancer Center. Join us for a special fashion show featuring survivors as models. Proceeds benefit the Patient Assistance Fund at CHRISTUS Cabrini Cancer Center. Become part of this celebration!
Cost: $20 per person.
Call: 448-6917.
LSUA,
8a.m -5p.m. Sponsored by Regions Bank, Central Louisiana Community Foundation, United Way of Central Louisiana, and LSUA. The Regions Alexandria Bowl is designed to showcase the talents of our students, encourage them to maximize their talents, and focus our community on the importance of academic excellence. One of Louisiana’s leading quiz bowl tournaments, the Regions Alexandria Bowl annually kicks off the high school quiz bowl season. Register your team online at Ticket-Central.org.
Cost: Admission is free; team registration is $50 per team.
Alexandria Zoo,
6:30p.m. – 10p.m. Sponsored by City of Alexandria and Friends of the Alexandria Zoo. Enjoy a wild evening at this outdoor music fest and fundraiser celebrating the Alexandria Zoo and remembering zoo director Les Whitt and his love for music. Live music, silent auction, food, and updates on the Zoo are featured. Must be 21 or older.
Cost: TBA
Call Lee Ann Whitt or Angele Ehlers: 441-6833 or 441-6832.
T.R.E.E. House Children’s Museum.
9a.m. -3p.m. Come and join us for the opening of our traveling Roll, Drop, Bounce Traveling Exhibit, which will allow visitors to roll, drop, and bounce to investigate kinetic experience! This kinetic and hands-on experience appeals to ball-tossing, wheel spinning kids of all ages. This exhibit is open from September 22 until December 31.
Cost: $4 per child, children ages 2 and under get in free.
Call Marissa Sonnier: 619-9394.
Master Rousseau’s Taekwondo, and 10a.m. – 11:30a.m.
Sponsored by Rousseau’s Taekwondo.
Cost: Free.
Call Master Rousseau: 443-8066.
Area businesses and Rapides Parish Schools,
8a.m. – 5p.m. Sponsored by Christus Cabrini Foundation. “Miracle Jeans Day” gives companies, organizations, schools, and individuals an opportunity to come together in a casual way to support Children’s Miracle Network at Cabrini Hospital just by wearing jeans to work or school. It is a fun way to involve employees and students to help raise funds for their local children’s hospital.
Cost: $5 donation.
Call: 448-6580.