Community Thanksgiving Service in Pendleton SC

Fox Carolina Town Take Over Nov 11 from 7 to 9 a.m. on the square in Pendleton SC

This will be a great time to promote your business, your organization, and/or your cause.  You can carry a sign, hand out flyers, or just come join the fun in Pendleton!

Press Release from Fox Carolina:

It's free food, publicity, entertainment and fun!

Fox Carolina's morning show is taking over Pendleton on Thursday, November 11th and we need you to help spread the word. Our two hour live broadcast will highlight all the reasons why Pendleton is such a great place to live, work and play.

Morning anchors, Cody Alcorn and Margaret Burnquist, will promote upcoming events, highlight local bands and restaurants, feature cooking demonstrations and conduct live interviews throughout the morning.

Join us for the positive community wide pep rally and show us your pride and bring signs if you want to stand out. We will spend a good amount of time referencing our enthusiastic and spirited live audience. Please come out and enjoy the music, food and giveaways from 7am-9am. This is Pendleton's time to shine, hope to see you there!

Pendleton SC Happenings for Halloween, November and December

Please keep checking the Pendleton Happenings Squidoo Lens for up to date information on these and other events:Pendleton Happenings

Happy 25th Anniversary to Granny Zuercher's Bakery

There is also a Squidoo page dedicated just to the Christmas events Christmas in Pendleton SC


Denver Downs Corn Maze -  The fall family festival will be open every Saturday and Sunday ( and some Fridays) from Sept. 25 until Oct. 31, and includes activities for all ages including hay rides, farm football, a hay barn with giant hay bale climbing.
The annual Corn Maze & Giant Pumpkin Patch is held at Denver Downs Farm, a Century Farm on Hwy. 76 one mile north of Interstate 85 in Anderson.  Admission to the annual Corn Maze & Giant Pumpkin Patch is $10 per person. Children 24 months and under may enter at no charge. The festival is open Saturdays and Sundays from Sept. 25 until Oct. 31, and the last three Fridays in October. Hours are: Saturdays 10 a.m. until 10 p.m.; Sundays 1 p.m. until 6 p.m.; and 5 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Oct. 15, Oct. 22 and Oct. 29.
http://www.denverdownsfarm.com
Wednesday, October 27 · 5:30pm - 7:30pm Fall Festival at First Baptist Church of Pendleton - Free Hot Dog Supper and festival activities such as: hay rides, horse rides, games, cake walk, costume contest, crafts cookie decorating, Go Fish, bingo....FUN!

Oct 30 - Barrett's Place Playground's 5th Birthday/Maintenance Day Celebration. Wear your work gloves and meet at 8:30 am to work on the playground and trail. Call Ed for more information at 646-6291 or Kim Beck at 287-7634
Barrett's Place Playground

Oct 31 Trunk or Treat at Pendleton United Methodist Church parking lot from 4 to 6
Trunk or Treating

Oct 31 - Screen on the Green at First Baptist - October 31 beginning at 6:30 First Baptist Church will have a movie screen on the front lawn of the church showing cartoons. Come for a few minutes or a couple of hours.

Nov 5 and 6 Holiday Open House in the Village - Extended Friday hours for participating merchants - Stroll the streets and wander from shop to shop for great gift ideas, light refreshments, and holiday specials.  Then relax at one of our local eateries for dinner.

Nov 11 - Fox Carolina Town Take Over - 7 a.m to 9 a.m. on the Village Green.  Come be a part of this fun event and let's make Pendleton Shine!
 
Nov 11 - Ministers Cook Off - 5 to 7 pm at Daniel High School to benefit Safe Harbor

Nov 13 Split Creek Farm Arts & Crafts in the Barn Yard from 10 to 5 Support your local farmers and artists.
Come spend the day visiting the farm animals and let us help with your holiday shopping.
Local artists and craft people will have booths set up in our barn yard. Split Creek Farm products will be available for sampling and purchasing. Bring your addresses and gift cards and let us handle your holiday shopping and shipping. Friends Food With A Flair will be selling lunch and snacks.
Admission: Adults - $4.00
Children 12 and under - 2.00
Children under age 2 – no charge
Parking is in a pasture, with a short walk to the barn.
For your pet’s safety, please leave them at home.






Nov 13 Riverside Middle School Fall Festival and Crafts -
11 to 2 at Riverside Middle School -

Nov 13 Ashtabula - 19th Century Mourning Traditions  Tour -  Docents dressed in the various stages of mourning will guide visitors through the first floor of the house. Subjects covered during the tour include mourning etiquette, invitations and visitation, draping the house, the stages and dress of mourning, the wake, funeral food, post mortem photography, and consolation literature. 
 With limited space available, reservations are recommended. Call 864-646-7249.






Nov 18 - Great American Smoke Out

Nov 26 Pendleton Tree Lighting Ceremony 6 pm

Dec 3, 4, 10 and 11 - Ashtabula - A War Time Christmas 1860 - 
Historical Reenactment - 646-7249 for more information

December 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 2010 Clemson Little Theatre presents a comedy - Farndale Avenue Christmas Carol directed by Jane Street

Dec 12 Pendleton Christmas Parade 3 pm- Call 646-9073 for Entry Form

You're Invited To The 5th Birthday Celebration of Barrett's Place Playground

BARRETT’S PLACE PLAYGROUND’S 5^TH BIRTHDAY/MAINTENANCE DAY

OCTOBER 30, 2010

It’s been five years since the Pendleton area came together to build Barrett’s Place Playground in memory of Barrett Beck and others in the community.   The unique playground was built in just 5 days by over 1500 volunteers with the $180,000 that was raised in 6 months.  In 2005, Pendleton Pride In Motion organized this amazing community effort and each year volunteers return to the playground to reflect on its purpose, celebrate its existence and do all the needed maintenance work. 

October 30^th will be the 5^th Birthday of Barrett’s Place Playground and this birthday party will not resemble your traditional birthday celebrations.  There will be balloons, cake and a fun time, but that is about all that would make you think this is a birthday party.  Participants will come with their work gloves on and ready to spend the morning hauling and spreading new mulch, installing new pickets and pavers, adding new sand to the sandbox, sealing the wood and much, much more.  Ed Kirkley, one of the organizers of the event, says, “There is a job for everyone and lots to be done”.

The 5^th Barrett’s Place Birthday/Maintenance Day is organized by Friends of the Park, a group of dedicated citizens interested in making Veterans Park the best it can be.  Friends of the Park invites everyone to join them on October 30 at 8:30 a.m. for a morning of chores and celebration at both Barrett’s Place Playground and Trotter’s Trail at Veterans Park. 

The 2010 Volunteers of the Year for Friends of the Park will be announced during the morning of the Birthday Celebration.  Two volunteers will be recognized for their contributions to Veterans Park with a plaque and a personalized picket will be placed at the playground in their honor.

Personalized Pickets and Pavers are still available.  Contact Kim (287-7634) to place your order.

This year we will be planting 25 dogwood trees around Trotter’s Trail and will need help getting these in the ground.

For more information call Kim Beck 287-7634 or Ed Kirkley 646-6291.  Also, check out our website to read more about Barrett’s Place http://www.squidoo.com/barretts-place-playground

October 2010 Happenings in Pendleton SC

Pendleton Happenings

Please check http://www.squidoo.com/pendleton-happenings for more information on these and other happenings.  Yours visits to this lens and my others help to earn money for Friends of the Park for the Step Up To The Plate fundraising campaign for the ball fields and a Veterans Memorial.  Squidoo has donated over $1,300 so far for this great cause.

Through Oct 31 Denver Downs Corn Maze Opens

Through Oct 6 PEEPS Book Fair at Pendleton United Methodist Church

http://www.squidoo.com/pendleton-peeps

Oct 6 - Pendleton Garden Club - at Masonic Courtyard with Karl Pokorny, Tree South owner, doing the program. It will be on the proper pruning of shrubs. 6:00 pm

See what the Garden Club did at their last meeting -

http://www.squidoo.com/turkey-pheasant-dried-magnolia-wreath

Oct 7 - Last Farmers Market 4 to 6 pm on the Village Green

http://www.squidoo.com/pendleton-farmers-mkt

Oct 8 - Woodburn Benefit Gala - featuring a cocktail hour from 6:30 to 7:30 followed by dancing, live music and entertainment, and catered dinner.  All proceeds generated benefit the preservation's endowment fund.  Tickets $40 per person, or our discounted rate of $70 per couple. Call 646-7249 for more information.

Oct 9 - Fall Harvest Festival on the Village Green from 10 to 5

Read all about this event on http://www.squidoo.com/fall-festival

Oct 9 - Kid's Play Day at Ashtabula - For $3 children will be able to learn, and explore the grounds of Ashtabula. Starting at 11:30, and ending at 1:00, there will be a special tour designed specifically for children for an additional $2. Parents are welcome to tag along during the day! Children will learn about the toys of the 1800s. For questions, please email Ellen Harrison at: ashtabula.woodburntours@nctv.com

Oct 12 - Coupon Workshop with Brandi Runion at Pendleton United Methodist Church 6:30
Cost to attend is $10 which includes door prizes, materials, and games.
Learn how to buy $370 of groceries for just $40!

Oct 18 - Friends of the Park meets at 6:30 at Pendleton United Methodist Church

http://www.squidoo.com/fotp

Clemson Little Theatre - Trial of the Big Bad Wolf directed Sarah Edison
October 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31, 2010 CAYT production

Oct 23 - Sutherland Reunion at Oolenoy Community Center in Pickens - Call Annette Sutherland Garland for more information: 423-332-2425

Oct 30 - Barrett's Place Playground's 5th Birthday/Maintenance Day Celebration.  Wear your work gloves and meet at 8:30 am to work on the playground and trail.  Call Ed for more information at 646-6291.

http://www.squidoo.com/barretts-place-playground

Purchase a Dogwood Tree for Trotter's Trail for $25 donation.  Call Davie Kirkley at 646-6291 for information.

http://www.squidoo.com/trotters-trail

Oct 31 Trunk or Treat at Pendleton United Methodist Church parking lot from 4 to 6

http://www.squidoo.com/trunkortreating

Nov 13 Split Creek Farm Arts & Crafts in the Barn Yard from 10 to 5

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A little personal news - We have a new puppy and he has his own lens at http://www.squidoo.com/meet-bruno

Town Wide Clean Up Sept 25 in Pendleton SC

Pendleton Pride In Motion

FALL 2010 in Pendleton South Carolina

Upcoming Events in Pendleton SC

Please check Pendleton Happenings on Squidoo for Event Flyers and more information on these and other happenings.  Thank you.

Aug 29 - Pendleton United Methodist Church Prayer & Praise 6:00 with Wayfarers Quartet

Aug 30 - Rec Night at Subway in Pendleton 4 - 10 pm  10 % of proceeds go to Veterans Park's Step Up To The Plate fundraising campaign for new ball fields and a Veterans Memorial.

Aug 31 - Come celebrate the 1 year anniversary of Vaqueros Mexican Reataurant in Pendleton, South Carolina on Queen Street on the Square August 31st. The Mariachi Band     ESPUELAS DE AMERICA  will be playing from 7:00 to 10:00 PM. Come enjoy wonderful food and entertainment.

 

September 1 - Pendleton Garden Club - 6:00 PM   105 Shannon Drive,  Barbara Seals hostess

Karen Link speaker.  Please call if you would like to attend. 646-6160   New members welcome.

 

Sept 2 - Farmers Mkt - 4 to 6

 

Sept 8 - BACK TO SCHOOL BASH at Faith Fellowship Church 

Sept 9 - Farmers Mkt - 4 to 6

 

September 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 2010 musical
- Clemson Little Theatre at the Pendleton Playhouse - Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming directed by Lawrence Webb

Sept 13 - Pendleton Area Senior Adult Celebration - First Baptist Church of Pendleton

Worship Celebration at 10:30 a.m. Preacher: Neil Cochran, retired pastor and hospital chaplain, is a well known speaker and humorist. Music: Dr. John White, vocals and trumpet, is a Pendleton native.

Lunch at Noon: Catered by Chic-fil-A. $6.00 by advance reservation only. Checks should be made payable to First Baptist Church and received by Friday, Sept. 3

            Entertainment at 1:00 p.m. Featuring Barbara Smith, ventriloquist from Anderson. She appears in the famous Senior Follies!

 Sept 16 - Farmers Mkt 4 to 6

Sept 18 - Day Trip to Warm Springs Ga $75 - Timeless Tours & Travel - 646-8864 We will be heading down to Warm Springs, where we will have lunch at the Bulloch House with a little time to browse their antique shop. Our next stop will be the Little White House, the vacation spot of FDR and his refuge after his bout with polio. From there we will have a private tour of the Rehab Center, a facility still open today for the treatment of patients with spinal injuries and the like, and with a museum fascinating in its information about the polio epidemic of the 1940's. We will then visit the pools where Roosevelt had his therapy in the healing waters of Warm Springs, then head for home, watching a movie enroute that was filmed in the places we have just seen. A quick dinner on the way home at the world-famous Varsity in Atlanta (on your own)!Email Jean Vegod at Timeless Tours and Travel for more information:
timelesstours@bellsouth.net

 

Sept 20 - Friends of the Park 6:30 Pendleton United Methodist Church in the social hall.  Please join us as we strive to make our Veterans Park the best it can be.  Will you Step Up To The Plate for Veterans Park?  Please mail your tax deductible donation to:

Friends of the Park

PO Box 408

Pendleton SC 29670

 

Sept 23 - Farmers Market 4 to 6

Sept 25 - Town Wide Clean Up 8:30 a.m Meet on the Village Green.  For more information contact Ed Kirkley at 646-6291

Sept 25 - Grits on the Green 10 am Tickets $10 sponsored by Leadership Pendleton Class of 2010 - Bring your lawn chair or blanket for this wonderful Community Brunch on the Village Green.  Tickets available at the Pendleton District Commission Visitors Center (Guard House), Avenue of Oaks (Exchange St) and Town of Pendleton.  There will also be a Silent Auction and Door Prizes.  Proceeds will be used to refurbish the Buddy Durham Parking Lot.

 

Sept 30 - Farmers Mkt 4 to 6

Oct 8 - Woodburn Historic Plantation Benefit Gala - Cocktail hour from 6:30 to 7:30 followed by dancing, live music, and catered dinner.  Proceeds to benefit Preservation's Endowment Fund.  Call Pendleton Historic Foundation  646-7249 (Christa Skeen) christa.skeen@pendletonhistoricfoundation.com

 

Oct 9 - Fall Harvest Festival on the Village Green with crafters, entertainment, great food, and old fashioned games for children.  10 to 5 pm.   The day will begin with the Ride for Raptors.  At 12:30 pm the Bubba Bake Off Auction will begin with Auctioneer Danny Ford.  Check our website for more information http://www.squidoo.com/fall-festival

 

Oct 23 - SULLIVAN REUNION Oolenoy Community Center in Pickens SC  Contact Annette Sutherland Garland for info. 423-332-2425

 

Oct 30 - 5th Birthday/Maintenance Day Celebration at Barrett's Place Playground beginning at 8:30 pm.  Call Ed Kirkley for more information 646-6291

Would you be interested in purchasing a Dogwood for Trotter's Trail $25.  Let me know if you are interested and I will email you the form.  Thank you.

 

DOGWOODS FOR TROTTER'S TRAIL AT VETERANS PARK IN PENDLETON SC

You can now purchase a Dogwood Tree for Trotter's Trail at Veterans Park.  Please help beautify this beautiful Nature Walking Trail by purchasing a Dogwood today.

Trotter's Trail Website

Woodburn Tour of New Discovery Aug 7

A recent discovery at Woodburn Historical House is shedding new light on how the former plantation's farm was operated. While working on clearing portions of the museum home's historical trail, the foundation and wall of the horse barn and the blacksmith's barn were discovered. For $3 per person, the building's remains will be available for public viewing. Guests wishing to see the house after the walking tour is complete may do so for an additional $4 per person. The 1/2 mile round trip is considered "easy" walking down, and "moderate" hiking up, so sturdy walking shoes or hiking boots are recommended. Those wishing to tour Woodburn Historical House without first taking the tour may do so for the regular rate of $6 per person, beginning at 11 AM. A special tour of Ashtabula will also be scheduled for 2 PM at the regular rate of$6 per person.

Squidoo Is Stepping Up To The Plate For Pendleton SC

Squidoo is having a charity contest this summer called the Summer Sunshine Award Contest for Charity. They will be giving away $99 a day each weekday for 60 days beginning June 7, 2010. Friends of the Park is an approved Squidoo Charity so we have a chance to be a winner more than once. Lensmasters are asked to create a lens after May 1, 2010 and opt to donate 100% of their royalties to an approved charity. That means that Friends of the Park will be receiving 100% of the royalties from every lens that is created on it's behalf.

You can nominate these lenses by submitting the New Nomination Form to be used for this contest Sunshine Award Nomination Form

To date we have 9 lenses donating 100% of their royalties to Pendleton's Friends of the Park and I anticipate this list to grow. If you would like to see our Veterans Park be a winner, then please nominate each of these lenses. You can only nominate a lens once but you may nominate as many lenses as you would like. Please visit these lenses and leave a comment by choosing "visitor" in the comment section.

Or maybe you would like to join Squidoo and create lenses of your own. It is lots of fun and I will be glad to help you get started.

Here are the lenses in Squidoo's Summer Sunshine Award Contest for Charity designated for Friends of the Park.

Coromandel Peninsula

Barrett's Place Playground

Squidoo's Summer Sunshine Award Nominees


61 In 61

Pendleton Is Ohme's Town


Ice Cream Cookie Sandwich Recipes

Party Music

Lasting Happiness

Said On

Father's Day Gifts - Unique and Sentimental

Flowers Dazzle On Zazzle

When You Pledge Allegiance

Mount Cook and The Tasman Glacier

Please visit and tell the lensmaster how much you appreciate their donating to Friends of the Park. Thank you!

FREEDOM FEST 2011 - JULY 2 AT 6:30

July 2nd is just around the corner and "Friends of the Park" hopes that you have marked your calendar for the 21th Freedom Fest at Veterans Park.

This is our largest Fundraiser and we need lots of volunteers. The proceeds this year will benefit the ball fields at Veterans Park as well as a Veterans Memorial. Friends of the Park, Pendleton Recreation Association and the Town of Pendleton have joined forces for a Fundraising Campaign for the Ball Fields called "STEP UP TO THE PLATE". We hope you volunteer to help in this effort.

For more information please visit our website Freedom Fest Website or call Nancy at 864-934-3461.

See ya on July 2nd at Freedom Fest

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Town Wide Clean Up Saturday March 20 at 8:30 a.m.

Click here to find out what else is happening in Pendleton SC

2010 Spring Jubilee in Pendleton SC

Spring Jubilee in Pendleton SC

Easter Event In Pendleton SC

Easter Event In Pendleton SC

Pendleton SC's historic Village Green has been the site of many an Old Fashioned Easter Egg Hunt and the tradition continues this year on March 28 from 2 to 5 pm. It will begin with an Easter Parade, so get in line on Queen Streetin front of the Anderson Co. School District 4 Office around 1:30 pm. Just show up and get in line. You do not have to register or anything. Come with your car, truck, golf cart or wagon decorated for Easter or if you prefer you can enjoy the nice stroll to the town square. If you don’t want to walk the whole route, just wait by the side of the road and join in when the parade comes by. The parade will follow down Exchange Street on the and turn left onto Main Street where you are free to turn around and head back to the Village Green for the Egg Hunt followed by Games, Snacks, Bake Sale, Face Painting, Crafts and lots of prizes and goodies.

This year the event is sponsored by Friends of the Park and organized by Pendleton High School's Environmental Awareness Club. There will be a charge of 25 cents to one dollar for the games and crafts which will benefit the ball fields at Veterans Park. The Environmental Awareness Club will donate the proceeds from the Bake Sale to the Anderson County Animal Shelter. Also, some scheduled Free Activities such as Tug of War and fun relays will be led by the Clemson Business Experience of Clemson University under the direction of Suerea Wooten. There may even be a few surprises throughout the day so come join the FUN in Pendleton March 28 from 2 until 5. Bring the children with their Easter Baskets and enjoy this fun-filled afternoon. Young Toddlers will hunt for eggs in front of the Farmers Hall and the Elementary aged children will hunt at the back of Farmers Hall. Approximately 2,000 eggs will be hidden on the Village Green with each egg containing a prize.The Environmental Awareness Club President, Adam Cobb, will give the signal to go and the hunt will begin. It is amazing to watch all the eggs swooped up in just minutes, so don’t be late or you will miss all the fun. Out of consideration for all our guests, we are asking that you please leave your pets at home. Friends of the Park hopes that you will come prepared to help support these worthwhile causes and that you enjoy the Easter Event in Pendleton. Please visit our Website at http://www.squidoo.com/pendleton-easter to view pictures and a video from previous years.

Easter Parade and Egg Hunt in Pendleton SC

Pendleton Easter Event

Pendleton SC's Old Fashioned Easter Parade and Easter Egg Hunt

The historic Village Green will once again be the site of Pendleton's traditional Easter Egg Hunt but first we will enjoy the Old Fashioned Easter Parade (Denver Christmas Parade Style).  All you do is show up to line up around 1:30 on Queen Street in front of the Anderson Co. School District 4 Office.  Decorate your bicycle, your car, truck, wagon and just planned to stroll along as the parade travels down Queen Street to Exchange Street on the Square and then turns left on Main before breaking up to return to the Village Green for the Egg Hunt.

In the past over 2,000 plastic colored eggs have been hidden on the Village Green and every single egg is found in less than 10 minutes as children run and begin filling their baskets.  It is a site to see if you have never witnessed this.  I heard someone say that it was like a Giant Magnet lowers toward the green and swoops up all 2,000 eggs at once.

But wait!  The event isn't over with the Egg Hunt.  Oh no, not this year.  There will be more to follow such as carnival type games, face painting, and crafts.  There will be a charge for these activities and the proceeds will go toward the ball fields at Veterans Park.  There will also be other goodies sold to eat and drink.  The profits from the Bake Sale will go to the Anderson County Animal Shelter so you see, these are two great causes that we hope you will support.

There will also be some free activities such as Tug Of War, Egg in the Spoon Relay, and other relays.  All these activities are planned and carried out by the Environmental Awareness Club of Pendleton High School.  The Easter Event is sponsored by Friends of the Park this year but it is these fine young folks from PHS who are doing all the work.  We have been so impressed with them and are excited about this event.

So, bring your children and their Easter Baskets and join us in Pendleton for a fun filled day on Sunday, March 28, 2010 from 2 until 5.  Please leave your pets at home.  It is just not safe and some children and adults are very afraid of animals.  Thank you.

Check out our website to learn more about this great event:
Pendleton Easter Event March 28

Don't forget to return to the square Easter Weekend - April 3 and 4 - for Spring Jubilee.
Spring Jubilee Arts & Crafts Festival in Pendleton SC

Updated Schedule for the Pendleton Lenten Lunches