Flint RiverQuarium & Thronateeska Heritage Center Present Tricks & Treats

Press release from the issuing company

Monday, October 18th, 2010

Bring your little ghosts and goblins downtown for lots of spooky fun Friday, October 29, from 5-8 pm as the Flint RiverQuarium and Thronateeska Heritage Center team up to present Trick and Treats. You’ll get twice the fun at just one price because an armband purchase at either location grants you entrance to all of the festivities, as well as a candy path of treat tables along the riverfront trail. Admission for all ages is $6 with costume or $8 without costume.

Planned activities include crafts, games, costume contests, punch & cookies, freeze dancing led by the YMCA, movies in the planetarium and a spooky dive show in the RiverQuarium’s blue hole.

Sponsors for the event include Tara Foods, the Junior League, Albany Lincoln Mercury, Fleming Insurance, Albany Technical Institute’s culinary arts department and Tommy & Dana Clark.

Partners are assisting with the candy tables and include Albany 311, Wilder’s World, Regions Bank, Safety Max, the Albany Convention & Visitors Bureau, the Albany Police Department, the Albany Fire Department, Advent Business Interiors, Walgreens, Harveys, H&R Block, Mark’s Melon Patch, Ray Abbott, and Albany Water, Gas & Light

The Flint RiverQuarium is southwest Georgia’s premier aquarium, featuring more than 1,000 animals that call the Flint River watershed home.  The Flint RiverQuarium is located at 101 Pine Avenue in downtown Albany, Georgia. Regular operating hours are Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday 1 p.m.-5 p.m.

Thronateeska Heritage Center inspires wonder and stimulates exploration of science and South Georgia's history by providing a dynamic learning experience through an interactive science center, museum and state-of-the-art high definition planetarium. Thronateeska is located at 100 West Roosevelt Avenue in downtown Albany. Regular operating hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday-Saturday.