Frugal Lancaster

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Stauffer’s FREE Fall Festival this weekend (10/6-10/7)

This Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 3pm, stop by Stauffer’s of Kissel Hill for a FREE Fall Festival including:

FREE Straw Maze
FREE Bean Bag Toss
FREE Play in our Corn Box
FREE Ring Toss
FREE Pumpkin Bowling
FREE Pumpkin Tic-Tac-Toe
FREE Pumpkin Hopscotch
FREE Face Painting
FREE Sidewalk Chalk Art
FREE Make-It, Take-It Pasta Necklace
FREE Ball Toss
FREE Photo Opp Bring Your Camera!
FREE Pumpkin Painting

You can build a Scarecrow for a small fee and 10% of sales will benefit Children’s Miracle Network.

See events by location:
Mechanicsburg, Hummelstown, East York, Dover, Linglestown, Rohrerstown, and Lititz



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