{"id":2433,"date":"2014-08-29T17:54:13","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T17:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=2433"},"modified":"2014-08-29T17:54:13","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T17:54:13","slug":"bass-pro-shops-labor-day-hometown-festival-offers-free-activities-for-the-whole-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=2433","title":{"rendered":"Bass Pro Shops Labor Day Hometown Festival offers free activities for the whole family"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Holiday event features free games, giveaways, food samples, seminars and big bargains on outdoor gear<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_2435\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2435\" class=\" wp-image-2435 \" alt=\"Kids love playing the Duck Pond Game where they can pick a duck for a chance to win a LED flashing lanyard. Photo: Bass Pro Shops\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BassProPond-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"600\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2435\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kids love playing the Duck Pond Game where they can pick a duck for a chance to win a LED flashing lanyard. Photo: Bass Pro Shops<\/p><\/div>\n<p>SPRINGFIELD, Mo. \u2014 Labor Day Hometown Festival, Bass Pro Shops\u00ae say-goodbye- to-summer party, will be held Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 30 and 31 from noon to 5 p.m. at Bass Pro Shops store across the U.S. and Canada.* Hometown Festival family activities include free games and crafts, giveaways, face painting, food samples, and seminars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can squeeze the last drop out of summer fun this Labor Day without putting any pressure on your budget by bringing the family to Bass Pro Shops free Labor Day Hometown Festival,\u201d said Tammy Sapp, Bass Pro Shops communications director. \u201cIn addition to the free activities, the Labor Day blowout also includes great deals on gear for hunting, fishing, camping, outdoor cooking and more.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2436\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2436\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2436\" alt=\"The first 100 kids to participate in Hometown Festival activities and complete a punch card each day can win a free Bass Pro Shops kids drawstring bag, which features the face of the outdoors\u2019 most famous masked bandit. Photo: Bass Pro Shops\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/raccoonbackpack-300x296.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2436\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The first 100 kids to participate in Hometown Festival activities and complete a punch card each day can win a free Bass Pro Shops kids drawstring bag, which features the face of the outdoors\u2019 most famous masked bandit. Photo: Bass Pro Shops<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Free family fun events held from noon to 5 p.m. on Aug. 30 and 31 include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Metal Detector Treasure Hunt<\/li>\n<li>Casting Buckets for aspiring anglers<\/li>\n<li>Duck Pond Game where kids can pick a duck for a chance to win a LED flashing lanyard (while supplies last).<\/li>\n<li>Coloring an owl backpack clip<\/li>\n<li>Face painting<\/li>\n<li>**Free photo downloads<\/li>\n<li>The first 100 kids to complete a punch card each day can win a free Bass Pro Shops kids drawstring bag.<\/li>\n<li>Other giveaways include:<\/li>\n<li>Gift card giveaway \u2013 Two $25 gift cards will be given away on Aug. 30 and Aug. 31.<\/li>\n<li>Honoring Hometown Heroes \u2013 On Aug. 30 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Bass Pro Shops will be honoring hometown heroes such as veterans, soldiers, military personnel, police, firefighters, paramedics and teachers with hourly drawings a $50 Bass Pro Shops gift card, Maui\u00ae Jim Sunglasses, and a YETI\u00ae cooler. Winners must show valid ID.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No party is complete without food so Bass Pro Shops is pulling out all the stops with the following free food samples and foodie seminars on Aug. 30 and 31:<br \/>\nFree Food Sampling (while supplies last)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 p.m. to 4 p.m. \u2013 Hot dogs<\/li>\n<li>Noon to 5 p.m. \u2013 Tasty Food Samples<\/li>\n<li>4 p.m. to 5 p.m. \u2013 Homemade Ice Cream<\/li>\n<li>Foodie Seminars<\/li>\n<li>1:30 p.m. Stoked to Smoke \u2013 How to Smoke Meat Right<\/li>\n<li>2:30 p.m. Backyard Chef \u2013 Picking the Right Grill<\/li>\n<li>3:30 p.m. Going Dutch \u2013 Dutch Oven Cooking Made Easy<\/li>\n<li>Also, everyone is invited to attend the following muskie fishing seminars on Aug. 30 and 31 at participating stores:<\/li>\n<li>Noon \u2013 The Good, The Bad, and The Muskie<\/li>\n<li>1 p.m. \u2013 Muskie Tactics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, factory experts and pro staff will be available to answer fishing questions at participating store. For more information about local store schedules and events during the Labor Day Hometown Festival, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.basspro.com\/hometown\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.basspro.com\/hometown<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holiday event features free games, giveaways, food samples, seminars and big bargains on outdoor gear SPRINGFIELD, Mo. \u2014 Labor Day Hometown Festival, Bass Pro Shops\u00ae say-goodbye- to-summer party, will be held Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 30 and 31 from noon to 5 p.m. at Bass Pro Shops store across the U.S. and Canada.* Hometown Festival [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2433"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2437,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433\/revisions\/2437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}