Bass Pro Shops Holds Honoring Our Heroes Labor Day Event

Springfield, Missouri (PRWEB) August 26, 2011

Labor Day Weekend typically signals the last hurrah of summer as families finish vacations and kids get ready to head back to school. It?s also a great time to recognize the everyday heroes around us, the achievements of those in the workplace and our military personnel. That?s why Bass Pro Shops retail locations** across the U.S. will host the Honoring Our Heroes Event during Labor Day weekend September 3rd ?4th and again September 10th ?11th.

Bass Pro Shops retail locations will offer free family activities from 1-5pm each of those days and free crafts from 2-4pm (while supplies last) Labor Day weekend, September 3rd and 4th and again Saturday and Sunday, September 10th and 11th and it?s all free!

You can also help show your appreciation for our troops, most of whom won?t be able to get home for the holiday, by bringing in new or gently used DVDs, video games or books. All donated items will be sent to our troops through the AMVETS organization. The first 50 people at each store to donate, beginning at 10am each day, will receive a Sportsman?s Racing Team poster.

Kids can challenge mom or dad to a radio remote control car race Saturdays and Sundays or take part in any of the other free activities such as the bean bag toss or tire roll. If you complete all three activities you will receive a free stars and stripes band (while supplies last.) (Check out http://www.basspro.com/laborday for complete Honoring Our Heroes Event weekend activities for your local store)

Other fun activities offered from 2-4pm each Saturday and Sunday of the event include a patriotic bug or sun visor craft (while supplies last). Plus you won?t want to miss the Dutch oven apple pie cooking demonstrations and FREE samples Saturdays, September 3rd and 10th.

Families can also register to win one of two exciting prizes being given away. One winner will be selected nationally to win the Grand Prize of a trip to Charlotte, NC and meet NASCAR? driver of the #1 Bass Pro Shops car Jamie McMurray. The Grand Prize Package includes two tickets to the May 2012 Sprint Cup All-Star race in Charlotte, three-night hotel accommodations, special meet-n-greet with Jamie McMurray, a Bass Pro Shops? themed go-cart, one pair of Oakley? sunglasses, a tour of Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing and a $ 300 Bass Pro Shops gift card to spend at the Charlotte store. You may enter to win at the store or online at http://www.basspro.com/winatrip.

There will also be prize drawings each day September 3-4 and 10-11 at 2:30pm, 3:30pm and 4:30pm for great prizes like a patriotic flag chair, Oakley? PIT BULL? sunglasses, Bass Pro Shops? oversized sleeping bags, Bass Pro Shops? Dome tent or a Brinkmann? 3-burner grill.

Be sure to check out the special paint scheme on the #1 Bass Pro Shops race car honoring the 10th anniversary of September 11th at the Richmond race on September 10, 2011.

This Labor Day, help show your appreciation for all the everyday heroes plus our troops and squeeze the last drop out of summer fun without putting any pressure on your budget, by bringing the family to Bass Pro Shops Honoring Our Heroes Event.

**Bass Pro Shops retail locations in Miami, FL and Branson, MO will not have the event but will honor sale prices. Event details for our Canadian locations can be found by clicking here.

About Bass Pro Shops Group:

Bass Pro Shops -56 retail stores in 26 states and Canada visited by over 110 million people annually, international catalog and internet retailing, American Rod & Gun wholesale division selling to over 7,000 independently owned retail stores worldwide, Outdoor World Incentives also selling Bass Pro Shops gift cards through over 132,000 retail outlets across America and a restaurant division with 26 locations. For more information regarding Bass Pro Shops store locations, products or special events, please visit http://www.basspro.com. To request a free catalog call 1-800-BASS PRO.

Tracker Marine Group ? Manufactures and sells Tracker, Nitro, SunTracker, Tahoe and Mako boats through Bass Pro Shops retail stores and over 400 dealers worldwide. Visit http://www.trackerboats.com

Resort Group ? Big Cedar Lodge and other resort properties including restaurants and golf course. Visit http://www.bigcedar.com for more information.

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The Magic Returns - Santa?s Wonderland Event Kicks Off With Santa?s Arrival November 5th At Bass Pro Shops

Springfield, Missouri (PRWEB) October 26, 2011

Popular outdoor retailer, Bass Pro Shops presents their fourth annual ?Santa?s Wonderland?A Classic Christmas??an event that has already become a family Christmas tradition. This year, the magic returns with Santa?s arrival, Saturday, November 5th at 5pm. Families can enjoy the wonder of Christmas inside every Bass Pro Shops store with ?Santa?s Wonderland??an over 3,500-square foot Christmas village chocked full of fun games, activities and crafts for the whole family ?from November 5th through December 24th. (Event occurs in 56 stores--World Wide Sportsman in Islamorada, FL is not included. Santa?s Wonderland special Preview Night and event will be Sunday, December 4th for Bass Pro Shops store in Harlingen, TX)

"It reminds you of the old times, like in the movies; everyone is interacting and having a good time...it gets you in the spirit!" says Barry Martin of Springfield, Missouri after visiting the Santa?s Wonderland event last year at the Bass Pro Shops in Springfield.

Angela Ferguson, a customer at the store in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma said regarding her visit ?Definitely tell people to come see Santa's Wonderland ?cause there's a lot of stuff for the kids to do, and they love it a lot and it's free!"

Comprised of both animated and live elves, nutcrackers, reindeer and more, the village offers an old-time model train area, remote control trucks, a Red Ryder? laser arcade, a soft gun range and slot car racing. Kids can also play the hottest new video games of the season with The Strike? and The Hunt?. They?ll love the activity tables where they can write a letter to Santa, color and do fun crafts every day of the week--all absolutely free. Also new this year, a fun Santa Bandz bracelet will be offered every weekday to the first 150 kids who visit Santa?s Wonderland Monday through Friday from 5-7pm (a different style will be offered each week). Of course, Santa will be in residence there throughout the season.

Always a family tradition, customers can get a free 4x6 studio-quality photo with Santa from 3pm to 8pm Monday through Friday, Saturday?s 10am to 8pm and Sunday?s noon to 5 pm. Photo and gift packages will also be available. If the line is long, they can just grab a Bass Pass and their appointment with Santa is set.

Every weekday, Monday through Friday, from 5 to 7 pm beginning November 7th through December 23rd, and every weekend, Saturday and Sunday, from noon to 5pm beginning November 6th through December 24th, kids can take part in the time-honored traditions of making crafts and holiday ornaments. They can make fun items like a snowman door hanger or animal sun catcher and construct great ornaments out of fishing bobbers, Popsicle sticks, jingle bells and more?even decorate Christmas cookies December 19th-24th. Again, it?s all free! Visit http://www.basspro.com/santa after Nov. 1 and click on your local store for a complete schedule of Santa?s Wonderland activities and times.

Bass Pro Shops stores will kick off the Christmas season with a special Preview Night Saturday, November 5th from 5 pm to 8 pm. Local children?s groups and choirs will be singing Christmas carols in front of the store and customers will be treated to hot chocolate and cookies. Santa arrives at 5pm in a Tracker? boat pulled by a Toyota Tundra truck.

Kids will be invited to help Santa, through a little magic, light up the outside of the store and a big Christmas tree in the main entrance. Then they can follow Santa into the store for the unveiling of Santa?s Wonderland. Santa will also be giving away $ 25 Bass Pro Shops gift cards to one lucky winner every half hour. Kids can kick off the season by coloring stockings and the first 150 kids to visit Santa?s Wonderland will receive a Santa Bandz bracelet! Kids can also get their free photo with Santa that night from 6-8pm.

Bass Pro Shops also has big plans for Black Friday. The 5th Annual Great Turkey Campout begins at 5pmThanksgiving Day at all Bass Pro Shops store locations (with the exception of Foxborough, MA). Customers are invited to bring their tents and camp out all night on the parking lot so they can be one of the first in line to enter the store the next morning. They can enjoy hot chocolate, coffee and smores from 5 pm ? 8 pm around the fire pits and there will be special drawings for prizes. (NOTE: Las Vegas, NV store location will NOT offer the smores? activity.)

Return to the Christmas feeling you remember as a kid, return to ?Santa?s Wonderland? at Bass Pro Shops and begin your own family tradition you are sure to remember for a lifetime. (For a video/cd or images from last year?s event, please contact Jenna Kendall at 417-873-5059, Katie Mitchell at 417-873-5618 or Larry Whiteley at 417-873-5022.

(MEDIA NOTE: Media may also visit http://www.basspro.com/santamedia for a complete photo package, video and event logo.)

About Bass Pro Shops Group:

Bass Pro Shops -58 retail stores in 26 states and Canada visited by over 110 million people annually. An international catalog and internet retailer, Bass Pro Shops also includes the American Rod & Gun wholesale division selling to over 7,000 independently owned retail stores worldwide, Outdoor World Incentives also selling Bass Pro Shops gift cards through over 132,000 retail outlets across America and a restaurant division with 28 locations. For more information regarding Bass Pro Shops store locations, products or special events, please visit http://www.basspro.com. To request a free catalog call 1-800-BASS PRO.

Tracker Marine Group ? Manufactures and sells Tracker, Nitro, SunTracker, Tahoe and Mako boats through Bass Pro Shops retail stores and over 400 dealers worldwide. Visit http://www.trackerboats.com

Resort Group ? Big Cedar Lodge and other resort properties including restaurants and golf course. Visit http://www.bigcedar.com for more information.

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Louisiana Boardwalk Christmas Tree Lighting Event, Thursday, Nov. 17

Shreveport-Bossier, LA (PRWEB) November 10, 2011

The Louisiana Boardwalk in Bossier City will host a tree lighting event at 6 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 17. The 40-foot, beautifully adorned Christmas tree will be lit with the help of Bossier City Mayor Lorenz Walker and Shreveport Mayor Cedric Glover. There will be live holiday music performances, including a bell choir, and Santa Claus on his sleigh will be available for photos with children and families. The first 500 children in attendance will receive a free, light-up holiday necklace. Admission is free.

Throughout the 2011 Christmas season, the Louisiana Boardwalk will be feature live music performances. Plus, families will have a great time shopping, dining and exploring the riverfront lifestyle complex that features a movie theatre, carousel, trolley, Bass Pro Shops, and Courtyard by Marriott Hotel.

This kick-off event is just one of many holiday happenings in Shreveport-Bossier - two of the eight cities along the Holiday Trail of Lights. There will be events from November 17 to New Year?s in the sister cities. Some holiday favorites include: Christmas in Roseland (Nov. 25-Dec. 18, weekends); Christmas on Caddo Fireworks (Dec. 3); and Benton Christmas on the Square (Dec. 10).

For more information on holiday events taking place in the Shreveport-Bossier region and throughout northern Louisiana, visit http://www.holidaytrailoflights.com.

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Luxottica Selects San Diego-Based Lajollacooks4u for Corporate Team Building Event

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) August 23, 2011

Lajollacooks4u, a gourmet cooking and dining experience, was recently selected by Luxottica Group (OSA and ILORI), for its annual corporate team building event. Luxottica owns LensCrafters, SGH, Oakley and Ray-Ban.

Eleven executives from the Italian-based global retailer and manufacturer of sun and prescription eyewear spent over four hours preparing and cooking a five-course meal. The group was broken down into two teams with each team responsible for several recipes. Customized cooking aprons were ordered to present to the team before the class commenced.

Robert McCoy, Vice President and General Manager, Luxury Brands at Luxottica Retail, said the experience at Lajollacooks4u proved to be an ideal environment for corporate team building. ?In many respects the entire evening was an interesting parallel to business planning and successful execution. ?Each of us had to measure, evaluate, communicate and deliver for the successful outcome of each recipe,? said McCoy. ?What made this experience most enjoyable was the atmosphere in the kitchen; it was one of enjoyment and camaraderie,? McCoy said.

Jodi Abel, founder and owner of LaJollacooks4u, said that a pleasant and engaging four-hour cooking and dining experience is one that will resonate with all participants for a long time. ?Let?s not forget that you?re working closely with one another to create an outcome that you can be proud of and one you want to duplicate when you leave,? Abel said.

Kathy Martin, Manager of Operation's Services, Luxury Brands summed it up by saying that as far as corporate team building is concerned, Lajollacooks4u proved to be the ideal choice. ?The evening exceeded our expectations; Jodi is very warm and welcoming and gave us great cooking tips, educated us and was very patient as we all attempted our various culinary skills.?

Once Luxottica Group completed its portion of the class, team members were seated at an elegant dining table and feasted on its own five-course meal, paired with wine. The group selected the beef tenderloin and crusted salmon. The rest of the meal included Roman Style Pizza with Roasted Tomatoes, Arugula and Truffle oil, Avocado and Mango Salad in a Citrus Vinaigrette paired with Luna Pinot Grigio. Orzo with Fresh Lemon Juice and Feta Cheese accompanied the beef tenderloin and salmon paired with Trader Joe?s Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon and Italian Chocolate Melting Cakes for dessert!

Luxottica Group SpA produces and distributes sun and prescription eyewear of high-end, technical and stylistic quality. House brands include Ray-Ban, one of the world?s best-known sun brands, Oakley, Vogue, Persol, Oliver Peoples, Arnette and REVO, and the licensed brands include Bvlgari, Burberry, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Donna Karan, Polo Ralph Lauren, Paul Smith, Prada, Stella McCartney, Tiffany, Tory Burch, Versace and, starting from 2012, Coach.

Lajollacoks4u, founded in 2008, provides an ideal activity for corporate team building, couples and any foodie looking for a unique cooking and culinary experience in an magnificent setting overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Based in La Jolla, a suburb o f San Diego, CA, Lajollacooks4u has enjoyed record growth since its inception and has been ranked the number one attraction in La Jolla on the popular travel review site, Trip Advisor. For more information, contact Jodi Abel at jodi(at)lajollacooks4u(dot)com or phone 1-858-752-4980

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