Today is the last day of National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week. This is a special week that recognizes the hard work animal shelters provide to their communities. Animal shelters provide care to millions of displaced animals across the United States. Yet only 10-20% of owned dogs and cats are adopted from shelters (ASPCA). Additionally, most animal shelters are non-profits which means they depend on donations and grants to stay open while their employees work long hours for minimal pay and benefits.
This is an endemic problem as the services shelters provide are critical to civil orderliness. Shelters not only house stray animals but also find new homes for homeless pets, rescue strays, rehabilitate injured and abused animals, reunite lost pets with their original families, and more! Animal shelters provide necessary animal control and deserve more than to be underfunded and understaffed. Consider adopting from or supporting a local animal shelter today! 
- Partners for Pets, Marianna
- Tallahassee Animal Services, Tallahassee
- Wakulla Animal Services, Crawfordville
- Alaqua Animal Refuge, Freeport
Today was the first day of the Foo Foo Festival’s Bubble Alley. Bubble Alley is a free public art exhibit that will be on display from November 3-14. The display features thousands of reusable vinyl bubbles suspended above Intendencia Street. Bubble Alley is brought to the public by the Friends of Downtown Pensacola. The exhibit will be walkable from the downtown shops, bars, galleries, and restaurants. Learn more by visiting the 
The 8th annual Freeport Bayfest is coming soon! On November 6th from 10am-6pm, the family-friendly festival will be taking place at Hammock Trl E in Freeport. Admission to the event is FREE but as there will be a number of vendors, festival-goers should come prepared with cash and card. Bayfest will also feature live entertainment, a cooking contest, jeep show, children’s art contest, pony rides, mullet toss, corn hole, and more! The event will begin at 10am with a Ribbon Cutting by Miss Freeport Queens. The cook-off will begin at 11am. The mullet toss will take place at 3pm. 
Today is National American Beer Day! Celebrate by visiting a local brewery. This is an annual event designed to help celebrate domestic lagers and ales brewed across the United States. 
This Sunday, October 30th, First Baptist Church Quincy is hosting their Fall Festival. Come out from 3pm to 5pm CDT to enjoy a family fun day outside at the barn for food, games, and more! The Festival will take place outdoors in a barn so please be sure to dress for the weather. 
McKenzie Park is hosting a Family Movie Night this Friday, October 28th. The Halloween classic, Hocus Pocus, will start playing at 7pm. Viewers are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets, snacks, and drinks (alcohol not allowed). There will be snacks available for purchase and the proceeds will go to support the local Girl Scout troop. Donations will also be accepted. Please note that the event itself is FREE. 
Milk and Honey Soft Serve & Coffee Shop will be hosting a Hocus Pocus Trivia Night. The questions will cover both the classic 90s Hocus Pocus as well as Hocus Pocus 2 (now streaming on Disney+). The trivia night will take place on Tuesday, October 25 at 7 pm!