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52 UCW OCTOBER 5 - 11, 2022 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM e Fayetteville Chapter of Wood- menLife will continue its community fellowship events in October and November. e events include some- thing for everyone. Saturday Night Family Life is open every other weekend, from 5 to 9 p.m. Come enjoy live music and local ven- dors selling food and crafts. ere will also be bounce houses, a water play area and movies. Most know WoodmenLife as an insurance broker, but the company itself encourages involvement within the areas that it serves. "Woodmen of the World was initially started to care for those who worked in forestry and also to take care of their families if the need arose," said Amanda Crew, who helps organize the Family Life events. WoodmenLife continues to pro- mote a commitment to care across all of its communities with various vol- unteer or socialization opportunities. For the Fayetteville chapter, this means offering aid to those in need and constantly striving to improve the future of our local neighbors. In today's world of hustle and bus- tle, the local WoodmenLife chapter recognized a need for an event that would gather its neighbors to social- ize in a relaxed and safe atmosphere. e site is located on nearly three acres with plenty of room for children to play while parents and friends relax. e event also offers local vendors a place to showcase their culinary expertise or artisan wares. Admission to Saturday Night Fam- ily Life is free to the public. Invited vendors appreciate your patronage of their arts. WoodmenLife has already had a busy start to the fall season as it makes way for a new Family Life Community Orchard. e orchard is being built by volunteers in the spot that used to house the swimming pool, a feature that was removed two years ago. Volunteerism is a tenet of Wood- menLife and the group welcomes any and all who would love to lend a hand to this project. "We had to close the pool during the pandemic and then it was too costly to re-open, so we are designing and building a community orchard in its place," Crew said. e Crew family already owns an orchard in the area, so leading this project at WoodmenLife was a natural fit for Amanda and her husband. Saturday Night Family Life at Wood- men is located at 414 E. Mountain Drive in Fayetteville, and runs from 5 to 9 p.m. on Oct. 8 and 22, and on Nov. 5. If your fall calendar is already booked, check back in the spring as Saturday Night Family Life returns with each new season. For more in- formation, call 910-364-6168. Saturday Night Family Life is a great opportunity to support local businesses while enjoying time with friends and neighbors. (Photos by Amanda Crew) Saturday Night Family Life events offer family friendly community fellowship by JYL BARLOW 227 Hay Street Downtown Fayetteville, NC 28301 Mon - Thurs 7:30 a.m. - 10 p.m. Fri & Sat 7:30 a.m. - Midnight Sunday 9 a.m. - 10 p.m. 910-223-7833 www.rudeawakening.net Eƒ„…† …‡ˆ ‰…ŠŠ‹‹ …ƒ ŒŽ‹ '… …ˆ 'ƒ …‡ˆ ‰…‡ˆŒ†"ˆ" TŽ"ƒ• †…‡ Š…ˆ –…Œ'ƒ' ‡— B‹—Œ C…ŠŠ‹‹ H…‡—‹ O F F A Y E T T E V I L L E Saturday Hours • Main Off ice only Rainbow Pediatrics of Fayetteville 1327 Robeson Street Fayetteville, NC (910) 486-5437 Rainbow Pediatrics of Hope Mills 4469 S. Main Street Hope Mills, NC (910) 426-5430 Rainbow Pediatrics of Raeford 142 Paraclete Drive, Suite 102 Raeford, NC (910) 904-0404 Fayetteville | Hope Mills | Raeford www.RainbowPeds.net in Voting us Best Pediatric Off ice 7 Years in a Row! THANK YOU for your trust Rainbow Pediatrics of Fayetteville 341 S. McPherson Church Rd. Fayetteville, NC 910 920-4428 EVENT JYL BARLOW, Staff Writer. COMMENTS? Editor@upandcomin- gweekly.com. 910-484-6200