PARSIPPANY — To make the Easter celebration even more special this spring, Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill + Bar at 1057 Route 46, Troy Hills Shopping Center announced that families can enjoy a kids eat free special on Sunday, April 1.

Families who dine-in at Applebee’s on Easter Sunday will receive up to two free kids’ meals with each adult entrée purchase. Children ages twelve and under can choose any entrée on the Applebee’s Kids’ Menu, accompanied by their choice of a side dish, and juice, milk or chocolate milk. With 26 menu items and more than 650 combinations of entrées, sides and beverages, the Applebee’s Kids’ Menu offers more Kids LiveWell – approved meals than any other national casual dining restaurant.

Established in 1985, Doherty Enterprises, Inc. is recognized as the 68th largest privately-held business in the New York Metro area by Crain’s Business and the 11th  largest franchisee in the United States as ranked in the Restaurant Finance Monitor, operating seven restaurant concepts including: Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar, Panera Bread, Chevys Fresh Mex, Quaker Steak & Lube, Noodles & Company, and two of its own concepts, The Shannon Rose Irish Pub and Spuntino Wine Bar & Italian Tapas. In 2017, Nation’s Restaurant News ranked Doherty Enterprises as the 78th largest Foodservice revenue company in the United States. To date, Doherty Enterprises owns and operates over 150 restaurants in northern, southern and central New Jersey, on Long Island, as well as locations throughout Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island and sections of Florida and Georgia. The Doherty vision is to be the “Best Food Service Company in the Communities We Serve” and its mission is to “Wow Every Guest Every Time, Wow Our People, Wow Our Communities and Wow Our Suppliers.”

Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill + Bar offers a lively casual dining experience combining simple, craveable American fare, classic drinks and local drafts. All Applebee’s restaurants are owned and operated by entrepreneurs dedicated to serving their communities and offering quality food and drinks with genuine, neighborly service. Applebee’s is one of the world’s largest casual dining brands; as of December31, 2017, there are nearly 1,970 Applebee’s franchise restaurants in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam and 14 other countries. Applebee’s is franchised by subsidiaries of Dine Brands Global Inc. [NYSE: DIN], which is one of the world’s largest full-service restaurant companies.

PARSIPPANY —  Over 1,800 Easter eggs were hidden on the property of St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church. Children of all ages had fun finding the eggs.  Eggs were filled with surprises for children of all ages.

After the children found over 1800 Easter Eggs,  Tina Levorse and Kiersten Koch passed out treats at the end of the Easter Egg Hunt at St. Andrew Lutheran Church.

The very successful event was coordinated by Tina and Mark Levorse, and donations for the eggs came from all the parishioners.  

PARSIPPANY — ShopRite announced that it is expanding its Free Fruit For Kids program to 54 additional stores, bringing the grand total of stores now offering the program to over 125 locations in the supermarket’s six-state trading area, which includes New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware and Maryland.

Parsippany ShopRite, 808 Route 46, is participating in this program.

The popular program, which first launched as a pilot in December 2016, is one of several initiatives offered by ShopRite that is designed to encourage a lifetime of healthy eating habits for children.

“We believe it’s never too early to begin teaching kids about the importance of good nutrition,” says Natalie Menza-Crowe, MS, RD, director of health and wellness at ShopRite. “We’re grateful to have the opportunity to provide free fruit to kids as a way to encourage better-for-you snacking. Plus, by offering free classes, store tours, and other programs for kids, we’re able to help children learn lifelong lessons about healthy eating and basic cooking skills.”

As part of the Free Fruit For Kids program, kids 12 and under receive a free banana, clementine or other seasonal fruit while shopping with a parent or guardian.

Select ShopRite locations also offer additional free or low-cost kid-friendly programs for children such as its“Student Shopper Program,” which consists of tours run by the supermarket’s in-store Registered Dietitian; “Hands on Healthy Kids,” a free, ongoing six-part workshop that teaches children about nutrition and healthy eating through interactive in-store programming; Cooking and Culinary Workshop Classes*, which offers age-appropriate monthly cooking classes and culinary workshops taught in collaboration with professional chefs and ShopRite Registered Dietitians. (*Nominal fee may apply.)

ShopRite is the registered trademark of Wakefern Food Corp., a retailer-owned cooperative based in Keasbey, and the largest supermarket cooperative in the United States. With more than 270 ShopRite supermarkets located throughout New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware and Maryland, ShopRite serves more than six million customers each week. Through its ShopRite Partners In Caring program, ShopRite is dedicated to fighting hunger in the communities it serves. Since the program began in 1999, ShopRite Partners In Caring has donated $43 million to food banks that support more than 2,100 worthy charities. As a title sponsor of the ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer, ShopRite has donated $30 million to local organizations, hospitals and community groups. For more information, please visit www.shoprite.com.

PARSIPPANY — Not sure what to do with the kids during those last two weeks of August?  The Friends of the Parsippany Library have partnered with Mad Science and Dawn Lau Dance Company to offer Parsippany students the opportunity to participate in half-day science and arts camps, with $20.00 of each registration going back to the Friends of the Parsippany Library.  The Friends will donate all proceeds to the library for the purchase of additional children’s programming and materials.

Camp will be offered at both the Main Library and Lake Hiawatha locations and be open to Parsippany residents entering first through fifth grade.

At the Mad Science’s Slimy Potions Camp for students entering grades one and two, students will create chemical reactions, learn to make bath fizzers, create acid/base volcanoes and more.   For students entering grades third through fifth, Mad Science is offering Invention-ation Camp, where campers will create catapults and forts, construct working light sticks, and assemble a set of circuits with batteries and light bulbs- all using basic materials, simple machines, and tips from famous inventors.

At Dawn Lau Dance Company’s camp, children will experience three art disciplines daily. For one hour they will explore the world of art, creating their own masterpieces.  During the second hour they will explore different genres of dance, to be followed by theatre consisting of improvisation.

For more information and links to registration for both camps, visit the Parsippany Library’s website by clicking here, or the Upcoming Events section of the Friends of the Parsippany Library website by clicking here.