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Winning at Winter Break

The kids are out of school for 2 weeks and you just spent a small fortune on the holidays. How will you survive? Don't worry Redding community our top 5 FREE family oriented activities will have you winning at winter break! 

  1. Make cookies or other holiday treats and deliver them to your neighbors or your local fire station or loved ones

    Although you may not want to keep too many treats in the house, there may be others would love the kindness of home-baked goodies. Consider those who may not have family nearby or have to work over the holidays. 

  2. Have a family slumber party under the tree
    Young children love ‘camping’ indoors, so grab pillows and blankets and spend the night sleeping underneath it. 

  3. Holiday books from the library
    Save money and have fun taking the family to the library to pick out a pile of holiday books that can be read over and over again before being returned to the library. Make a note of favorite books and buy them when they’re discounted after the holidays. 

    1.  Redding Library

      1100 Parkview Ave

      (530) 245-7250

      Open until 8:00 PM

    2. Anderson Branch Library

      3200 W Center St

      (530) 365-7685

    3. Cottonwood Community Library

      3427 Main St

      (530) 347-4818

  4. Have a fancy dress code for dinner one night
    If you’ve already bought the clothes for other holiday events, you may as well have fun getting to where the fancy grab again. Let your kids choose the meal, light a couple of candles, turn down the lights and enjoy the giggles of a special night. 

  5. Play in the snow!
    Mt. Lassen and Mt. Shasta are covered with snow this year, make the most of it! Snowmen, snow angels, snowball fights and snow forts offer hours of fun for all ages.

 Mount Shasta Ski Park is a ski resort located in northern California, just east of Interstate 5 along SR 89 between the city of Mount Shasta and the town of McCloud

4500 Ski Park Hwy, McCloud, CA 96057

 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

 (530) 926-8610

For a full list of FREE winter break activities check out our friend Tony Robbins

Enterprise Elementary School District is the 2015 Back2School Backpack Drive Winner!

Each year Loan Simple strives to create a better future for our community by supporting the education of our local youth. We hold an annual Back 2 School Backpack Drive to collect the most important tool needed to face the school year with confidence. This year with the support of our Redding Community, we collected 110 packs. Each donation enters a school district of the donors choice into a drawing to receive the supplies. This year Enterprise Elementary School District was drawn as the winning recipient! We learned through a thank you letter that the backpacks made it all the way to Parsons Junior High. We are grateful to everyone to who donated and made this possible.  The generosity of our neighbors is what makes Redding such a wonderful place to call home. 

You can visit the Enterprise Elementary School District to read the entire article.

More photos can be seen in the event gallery