Anchorage Festival of Flowers

The annual Anchorage Festival of Flowers comes to downtown Anchorage on Friday, June 1st, 2012. Town Square Park plays host to this annual Anchorage event that offers seminars about caring for flowers, sales, an auction, live music and more. The Anchorage Festival of Flowers isn’t just about flowers, though. There will be face painting, stilt walkers, an art fair and much more fun for the entire family to enjoy. You can even plant a marigold. The festival acts as an annual fundraiser for the Anchorage Endowment Fund. All proceeds from the sale and auction will benefit the fund.

Admission to the Anchorage Festival of Flowers is absolutely free. Bring the family to Town Square Park on Friday, June 1st for some educational fun with flowers. See why they call Anchorage the City of Flowers!

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Pauline Hofseth, your Anchorage real estate specialist

Originally posted on my Anchorage real estate blog here: http://activerain.com/blogsview/3260282/anchorage-festival-of-flowers.

Lemonade Day in Anchorage

This Sunday, May 6, 2012, is Lemonade Day in Anchorage.  What is Lemonade Day, you ask?  It’s a fun way to instill an entrepreneurial spirit into kids via their first business…a lemonade stand.  Each child that participates in Lemonade Day in Anchorage will receive a backpack containing a workbook that shows them how to create a budget, set a profit-making goal, serve customers, pay back investors and generally give back to the community.  Kids who participate will keep any money they earn from the lemonade they sell throughout the day but will also be encouraged to save part of their money and spend some to help the local economy.

To participate, all you need to do is visit the Anchorage Lemonade Day website, register and print your confirmation page.  When you bring your confirmation page to the Fairview Recreation Center (121 E 10th Ave), the Spenard Recreation Center (2020 W 48th Ave), the UA Center for Economic Development (4500 Diplomacy Dr #202) or Catholic Social Services (3710 E 20th Ave), you will be able to pick up your backpack that will help your child get organized for their day.  Make sure to add your lemonade stand to the list of others on the Anchorage Lemonade Day site so they can help you get traffic to your stand.

Help your child develop a sense of empowerment as well as prepare them to become a productive member of society by letting them participate in Lemonade Day in Anchorage.  If you’re interested in volunteering, please click here.  Whether it’s stuffing backpacks, being a “Lemonhead” or simply spreading the word, all help is appreciated!

Pauline Hofseth, your Anchorage real estate specialist

Originally posted on my Anchorage real estate blog here: http://activerain.com/blogsview/3214111/lemonade-day-in-anchorage.