Your March schedule of events: The Mall Bowling Center hosts unlimited bowling during March Madness, from noon to 6pm March 1. The cost, $12, includes shoe rental. For more information, call 706-682-7781. The Java Café is serving up grande vanilla bean frappucinos half price every Friday in March. Enjoy Throwback Thursday every Thursday in March at the Mall Bowling Center. We’re rolling prices back to $2 per game and $2 shoe rental. For more information, call 706-682-7781. Young readers between the ages of 7 and 12 will enjoy the American Girls Book Club at Sayers Library. This free club meets the first Wednesday of every month at 6:30pm. The next meeting is March 5. Books are available at Sayers. For more information, call 706-626-2550. Save a buck at the reclamation sale the first Friday of every month, from 8am-noon, at Building 9057 on Ivey Road on Kelley Hill. That’s March 7! These are cash only sales, with a $300 limit per customer. This is a great way to acquire ‘like-new’ uniforms. ACUs will be sold to active duty only. The first hour is reserved for staff sergeants and below and their family members. This is not an MWR event, but posted as a courtesy. For more information, call 706-545-1972/1104. Hike the Pine Mountain Trail March 8-9 with your friends from Outdoor Recreation. We provide the transportation. The cost is $35 per person. Participants must be at least 15 years old, and those younger than 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. To register, call 706-545-7978. Get your team together and send the coach to the Commander’s Cup Soccer meeting at 1pm March 11 at Doughboy Stadium. For more information, call 706-984-1994. SKIES Unlimited offers a babysitting and CPR class for participants 11 to 17 years old March 14 at SKIES headquarters on the Youth Services Campus, Building 1056. The cost is $30. Space is limited. Call 706-545-0522. Train now for the annual Chesty Puller Half Marathon Trail Run March 15. This event is not for the faint hearted; the trail is routed deep into the woods near Kelley Hill. Register at Active. Open to the public. Fort Benning’s Mall Bowling Center will host a 9 Pin, No Tap Tournament at 4pm March 15. The cost is $50 for a team of two. Win cash payouts and prizes. This is open to the public. For more information, call 706-682-7781. CYSS offers a Saturday Getaway from 9am to 2pm March 15. Reserve a spot for your child at Parent Central, Building 104 on Marchant Avenue. The cost is $20 per child. Children in kindergarten through fifth grades attend the School Age Center, and the younger ones attend the Main Post Child Development Center. Spouses of deployed Soldiers may use their AFC card. Join us for the popular and free Kings Pond Family Campout March 15-16. Enjoy fishing, kayaking and more. Bring your own camping equipment or reserve it at Outdoor Recreation. This event starts at noon March 15. To reserve your spot, call Outdoor Rec at 706-545-7978. Tickets & Travel in the Commissary Mall will host the annual Leisure Travel Expo from 10am-2pm March 18. Here’s a great place to learn about vacation and recreation opportunities locally and across the Southeast. It’s free, as always, and you might win a fabulous prize. For more information, call 706-626-7644. Register your children, ages 10-18, for an imAlone workshop, where they will learn the skills they need to stay home alone confidently and safely. These free workshops are offered from 9am-1pm 5-6:30pm March 18. Register at Parent Central. For more information, call 706-545-2079. Financial Readiness offers a free budgeting class from 6-7pm March 19. Space is limited. To register, call 706-545-4043. We will host a Pretty Primitives Mother and Daughter Glamping event at Kings Pond from 1:30pm March 22 to noon March 23. Enjoy traditional camping activities, like kayaking, campfire treats and archery, and a few less traditional, like manicures, scavenger hunts, crafts and more. Saturday dinner and Sunday breakfast is included. The cost is $16 per person. Participants must be at least 5-years-old. Space is limited. Participants may use their own equipment or rent tents and camping gear for a discounted price at Outdoor Recreation. To register, call 706-545-7978. Putt up or shut up! Test your golf game in the Fort Benning Golf Scramble March 27 at the Fort Benning Golf Course. Register your team of four today by calling 706-687-1940. Entry fee is $30 in advance and $35 the day of the event. Starts at noon. Fort Benning’s Middle School & Teen program will host Fort Benning’s Got Talent from 6:30-9:30pm March 28 at MS&T headquarters, Building 2649. It’s a free event featuring our own musicians, vocalists, poets, dancers and more. Teen 13 to 18 years old interested in participating in this event should submit a demo tape to MS&T by March 14 or call 229-205-5873 or 706-545-3070. Army Community Service will host Georgia on My Mind from 10:30-11:30am March 28 at ACS, Building 7 on Baltzell Avenue. You’ll come away from this free event with great travel tips, local insider dining “secrets,” information about fun and affordable day trips, and more. Bring a friend and join the fun. For more information, call 706-545-6971. Youll find much more at benningmwr.
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