FPA Training Oct. 17th
7 P.M. Royal Baptist
Church
Topic: CASA
Oct. 19th
AtlantaTrashers -Vs–
Washington Capitols @
the Philips Arena 7 pm
Oct. 20, 21,and 22nd
Ossahatchee Indian
Festival and Pow-Wow
Disney’s Princesses on Ice
Oct. 25th –29th @ the
Phillips Arena. Vouchers
are available for
discounts on tickets $5
weekday/ $10 weekends.
Vouchers will be available
at this months training
meeting.
As always check the
calander at
www.vsaartsg,org
call or E-mail Danna to
put in the request for your
event. 770-328-6904
Pumpkin Carving 101
The poinsettia flyers are included in this
mailing. Please write your name at the
bottom of your flyer if you are making
copies so we can keep up with who sold
the most. We will be counting the number
of orders not the number of plants. 1st
place is $50 and second place is $25.
Foster parents as well as children are
encouraged to participate! Good-Luck to
everyone!
This years Christmas party will be
December 16th at the Coweta County Fair
grounds. Invitations will be going out
November 1st and MUST have an RSVP
to be included in all the activities. We plan
on having a professional photographer
there, details will be mailed with the
invitations. We look forward to seeing
everyone there so please plan on
celebrating with us!
Toys “R” Us is sponsoring an exclusive
private shopping event for foster and
adoptive families and their case workers, on
November 12th @ 7:30 pm. The stores
Will be closed to the general public.
Please RSVP via e-mail to
fosteradoptivefamiliesspecial@yahoo.
com There will be prizes, refreshments
and special activities for the kids.
friends, neighbors and best of all, you're
trick-or-treaters!
Carving a pumpkin into a Jack-O'-Lantern
freehand is the traditional way of doing it, is
very easy and only takes a few basic tools.
A large spoon or ice-cream scoop, a thin
bladed knife and some newspaper will get
you started. With a long, thin bladed knife,
cut out the top of the pumpkin around the
stem of the pumpkin. The hole should be
large enough to allow you to scoop out the
guts (seeds and stringy membrane) by hand
and with a large spoon. Generally, the size
of the hole should be about two-thirds the
diameter of the pumpkin. While you can cut
a round circle out, you'll find that cutting a
five or six sided opening will work the best.
As you cut out the top hole, angle the knife
so that the lid and hole will be somewhat
cone shaped. This will help prevent the lid
from falling into the hole. Now you can use
a large spoon to scrap the inside walls of
the pumpkin clean.
Make sure that you have scrapped the
bottom of the pumpkin flat, so that the
candle will sit level in the pumpkin. We
prefer the traditional use of candles to
illuminate our Jack-O'-Lanterns. A Votive
candle, placed in a clear glass candle
holder is safer and will actually last longer.
Also, plain white candles give off the most
light and will illuminate the inside of your
Jack-O'-Lantern the best.
How do you mend a broken
Jack-o-lantern?
With a pumpkin patch!
