RiverLink is hosting the 6th Annual Earth Day Kid’s Festival! This event will feature an exciting variety of environmentally focused activities for kids in grades K-12. Some of these activities include arts and crafts, musical performances, hands on learning, educational materials, interactive booths, and more! Earth Day Kids Festival encourages collaboration between environmental organizations in order to inspire younger generations to be stewards of our planet. This event is hosted in conjunction with WNC for the Planet, a collective of local environmental organizations that provides access to service, educational, and recreational opportunities in recognition of Earth Month in April. We hope you can join us to inspire younger generations to make positive change in our local and global environment!

The first big plant sale of the season in Asheville, featuring lots of local and regional family farms and nurseries, offering vegetable starts, flowers, herbs, ornamental and fruit trees, perennials, berries and more! Friday, April 24 & Saturday, April 25, 2020, 9am-5pm both days at the WNC Farmers Market.

The first big plant sale of the season in Asheville, featuring lots of local and regional family farms and nurseries, offering vegetable starts, flowers, herbs, ornamental and fruit trees, perennials, berries and more! Friday, April 24 & Saturday, April 25, 2020, 9am-5pm both days at the WNC Farmers Market.

To participate, simply:

1. Drive up to Well Played at 58 Wall St.
2. Pop your trunk
3. Our gloved & masked attendant will provide contactless game delivery!

There is no cost to participate. All you have to do is visit us!

“We want to keep this simple, safe, and fun. So show up to Well Played next Wednesday, and I’ll meet you out front with a board game to help get you through quarantine,” said Kevan Frazier, co-owner of Well Played. “While we can’t shift our operations to produce hand sanitizer, masks or other critical medical supplies, that doesn’t mean we can’t do our part to help. We hope everyone enjoys these games and finds time to play and connect with their loved ones.”

FAQ’s
Is there a cost?
Nope, it’s free! Just show up while supplies last!

What kind of games are they?
The good, the bad, the ugly, and the downright weird. They’re all lightly used, but very playable!

What game will you get?
No one knows! That’s why it’s a mystery!

Can you donate lightly used games?
Sure thing, feel free to drop them off during this time period! If there’s enough interest, we’ll get them sanitized and host another giveaway! If not, we’ll make sure they find a good home.

You’re not going out of business are you?
No! We’re just in the business of having a bunch of games 😂 We have extra games that are either starting to show their age or can’t fit in our library, and we wanted to pay it forward at a time when people would appreciate it!

Join Irene Wortham Center’s 20th annual golf tournament fundraiser! As a non-profit, this annual event helps us continue serving the Buncombe County community. For 57 years and counting, we have been helping children and adults with developmental and/or socioeconomic challenges live more independent, happy, healthy, and full lives. Funds raised at this event will kick-start the building project for a new Early Learning Center. The current center, which is one of two organizations in Buncombe County helping pre-K children with developmental disabilities, enrolls 100 children and has a wait list of more than 400! We need YOUR support to expand our program and offer services to more children and families in need.
Please consider registering as a player, a sponsor, or making a donation toward the cause. The day will be full of golf, great food, cold beer, and lots of prizes and giveaways! Visit the event website to learn more and register!

Old Time tea party with cucumber sandwiches and other traditional ladies party foods.

Cooperative Gardens Commission – WNC FREE SEED LIBRARY EVENT

Coop Gardens WNC is working as a volunteer based collective to increase community food gardens, facilitate resource-sharing, help first-time gardeners succeed, build a more resilient community, and support existing food sovereignty projects and networks, especially in communities that were already struggling before the COVID-19 pandemic.

• TAKE:
o The seed packets you need/want <10 packets per person
o + 10 extra:
o if you plan to participate in MANNA FoodBank‘s plant a row
o Are planting for a community garden with Bountiful Cities or any others
o Are associated with any non-profit or grass-roots effort aiding the community
o Share your food garden goods with those in need within your community

• DONATE: (only what/if you can!)
o Gardening Tools and/or related items
o Seeds you do not need or want

***RULES***
1. GLOVES are REQUIRED
2. MASKS are REQUIRED
3. SOCIAL DISTANCING >6 ft is REQUIRED
4. The seeds will be divided and organized by type and clearly labeled please only touch what you plan to take

We also welcome any other organizations or folks wanting to utilize the outdoor or indoor space for similar efforts to contact me at [email protected]. Please reach out with any questions!

If you’d like to join our Coop Gardens Work Group feel free to sign up here: https://forms.gle/FRfyBHnMuXTQfV3i7?fbclid=IwAR3UeIroiMMaL4QX8O6O1c3BuMX0MEHxiAiEB0bHxNBZ4NXUi0KznhG0JH8

❤️, Vanessa Violet & Coop Gardens Work Group WNC

Cooperative Gardens Commission – WNC FREE SEED LIBRARY EVENT

Coop Gardens WNC is working as a volunteer based collective to increase community food gardens, facilitate resource-sharing, help first-time gardeners succeed, build a more resilient community, and support existing food sovereignty projects and networks, especially in communities that were already struggling before the COVID-19 pandemic.

• TAKE:
o The seed packets you need/want <10 packets per person
o + 10 extra:
o if you plan to participate in MANNA FoodBank‘s plant a row
o Are planting for a community garden with Bountiful Cities or any others
o Are associated with any non-profit or grass-roots effort aiding the community
o Share your food garden goods with those in need within your community

• DONATE: (only what/if you can!)
o Gardening Tools and/or related items
o Seeds you do not need or want

***RULES***
1. GLOVES are REQUIRED
2. MASKS are REQUIRED
3. SOCIAL DISTANCING >6 ft is REQUIRED
4. The seeds will be divided and organized by type and clearly labeled please only touch what you plan to take

We also welcome any other organizations or folks wanting to utilize the outdoor or indoor space for similar efforts to contact me at [email protected]. Please reach out with any questions!

If you’d like to join our Coop Gardens Work Group feel free to sign up here: https://forms.gle/FRfyBHnMuXTQfV3i7?fbclid=IwAR3UeIroiMMaL4QX8O6O1c3BuMX0MEHxiAiEB0bHxNBZ4NXUi0KznhG0JH8

❤️, Vanessa Violet & Coop Gardens Work Group WNC

The Art of Games – VIRTUAL

Jewish Family Services of Western North Carolina (JFS) is delighted to announce its first-ever Truly Trivial Virtual Trivia Night fundraiser. JFS is a nonprofit social service agency open to people of all faiths in Western North Carolina.

This event was created in lieu of the in-person Truly Marvelous fundraising event, which was has been postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

All proceeds from Truly Trivial support JFS programs and services including mental health counseling with sliding-scale fees for those without insurance, guided case management, and the Elder Club Program, which provides socialization for the elderly and respite for caregivers.

Truly Trivial is an online trivia game and fundraiser with a Jewish twist! Play 5 rounds of trivia with themes both Jewish and not, featuring local celebrity question-askers and fun-filled virtual energy from emcee Seth Kellam. Participants are urged to gather a team or play solo to win prizes such as gift cards to Asheville’s finest restaurants.

Welcome to the Jungle –
The talk of the streets and taverns has all been about the so-called death curse: a wasting disease afflicting everyone who’s ever been raised from the dead. Victims grow thinner and weaker each day, slowly but steadily sliding toward the death they once denied.

When they finally succumb, they can’t be raised—and neither can anyone else, regardless of whether they’ve ever received that miracle in the past. Temples and scholars of divine magic are at a loss to explain a curse that has affected the entire region, and possibly the entire world.

Explore the untamed jungles of an isolated island called Chult for answers. A vast wilderness of unclaimed treasures and mysteries awaits!

“Tomb of Annihilation has a potential to be very, very deadly. Expect terrifying encounters where even the jungle itself comes to claim you for its own, some of which, the answer may be to flee instead of fight. Having at least 1 backup character recommended” – DM India

Character options only from official 5e sources. Play test material is not allowed.

This game uses Roll20. Please, make sure you have a working microphone. Once you have purchased a ticket – you will be contacted by your DM and sent an invitation to the Roll20 server for this game.