The Bluebird Patch

This post was inspired from our last college tour to University of Tennessee at Knoxville.  Go Vols!  Spring season is upon us and if you have a college-bound high school student like me, you know what that means. It's time to book the first campus tour of the year.  Your bags are packed, your  campus tour has been scheduled months in advance, you mapped out your route, and all the pit stops along the way. The only thing missing is to download all the must-have-apps to make sure your road trip doesn't end up in disaster.  There are five categories of apps I like to keep on my on my phone, especially when I go on road trips. 

Haunted houses, escape games with live zombies, haunted forests and more!  Autumn has always been my favorite season and with Halloween just around the corner, it adds lots of excitement into it. As we transition into the holiday season, we realize how much fun it can be to do things working up to these events. Halloween isn’t all about the free candy, it is about the experience you get from it as well. I think what I like the most about Halloween is the opportunity to have a fun night out with friends, have a good scare and laugh so hard until it hurts. I love going to Pumpkin Patches and I'm a total chicken when it comes to haunted houses, but this is the year, I decided to embrace my fears and go for it. So I made a list of the best and spookiest haunted h ouses, escape games, and cabins you can try this Halloween. I already have my eye on one that I can't wait to do this weekend! Name of attraction: Netherworld Haunted House What to expect : Nethe...

Frankenstein and Friends Empower Young Teens to Take a Stand against Bullying ATLANTA : The nationally-acclaimed seasonal attraction, NETHERWORLD Haunted House, has partnered for the fourth year with the “Don’t Be A Monster” anti-bullying campaign. The campaign begins at Atlanta area schools inviting students to enjoy engaging presentations from monsters and staff members of NETHERWORLD, while they discuss how to take a stand against bullying.

Bert’s Big Adventure, a nonprofit organization that provides a magical, all-expenses-paid, five-day journey to Walt Disney World® for children with chronic and terminal illnesses and their families, is now accepting applications and nominations for children to join the magic on their 2017 trip!  In order to qualify, children must be between the ages of 5 and 12, be diagnosed with a chronic or terminal illness, and have never been to Walt Disney World®.

 ALL The Hits Q100’s Morning Radio Show Community Gives Thanks to US Troops  ATLANTA — Give a ‘Big Thank You’ to our troops this holiday season with the help of The Bert Show. ALL The Hits Q100’s morning radio show is kicking off their “Big Thank You” campaign this fall, giving thanks to all the men and women that serve our country.  The annual effort aims to provide every active service member deployed outside the United States with a handwritten Thank You letter on Thanksgiving Day. “This is an ambitious goal, but that’s why we need the entire Atlanta community to help,” says Bert Weiss, host of The Bert Show.  “We know how important it is to make sure the sacrifices made by the men and women in our military and their families are recognized which is why we want every single person deployed outside the United States to receive a handwritten thank you letter from home to open at mail call on Thanksgiving.” 

Video shows the impact of how adults talk with children The Atlanta Speech School, one of the nation’s most comprehensive centers for language and literacy, is calling for a change in the ecosystems of schools to encourage brain development and literacy. As part of this call to action, it has launched a compelling new video titled “Every opportunity,” which demonstrates how changes in adult behavior, both inside and outside of the classroom, can enhance a child's approach and her ability to learn. “Everyone a child meets throughout the day can make a difference – all the difference,” said Comer Yates, Executive Director of the Atlanta Speech School. “Every time a child is ignored, or yelled at or silenced, a teacher takes away what is possible. As the video exemplifies, each of these moments can be missed opportunities to empower a child and develop their vocabulary.”