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Tis the season for Fall Festivals. It is a time where families can enjoy being outdoors amongst a backdrop of oranges, browns, pumpkins, and face painting. Sometimes hay bales are involved.

This week’s featured festival is the Ronald McDonald House Autumn Children’s Festival. It will be held on Saturday, October 6th and Sunday October 7th at the Tennessee Riverpark. There is no admission fee and parking is free as well. Games and activities cost anywhere from 50 cents to $3.00. Festival goers can enjoy jumping in giant inflatables, going on pony rides, making arts and crafts, seeing fun magic shows, playing carnival games, enjoying the petting zoo, eating free Mayfield ice cream plus some health, wellness and educational activities.

All proceeds from the fun benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Greater Chattanooga.

Chattanooga’s local Ronald McDonald House® was founded in 1990. The house serves as a “home-away-from-home” each year for 600-700 families of critically injured and seriously ill children receiving treatment at nearby hospitals in Chattanooga. The cornerstone programs are the 26-bedroom Ronald McDonald House, Ronald McDonald Family Room located inside T.C. Thompson Children’s Hospital and the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile, a mobile dental clinic providing free dental care to children ages 5 – 21, those without dental insurance or enrolled in TennCare. Ronald McDonald House Charities also offers 40 $1,000 scholarships to area high schools’ seniors. For more information, please contact Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Chattanooga at 423.778.4300, or visit their website at www.rmhchattanooga.com.

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