More than 200,000 lights transform the zoo into a winter wonderland from 5:30 to 8:30 PM in late November through December. Contact: Mary Leverette, Riverbanks Zoo, PO Box 1060, Coulmbia, SC 29202. Phone: (803) 779-8717
Tree lighting, Pet Pageant, Beauty pageant, Parade of Lights, and more.
Ride With Santa
SC Railroad Museum, Winnsboro, 9:45-3:30 pm. A 50 minute ride with Santa on an old time train. 796-8540
Christmas Traditions at the Cayce Historical Museum
6:30-9 pm. 2 evening holiday open house with live entertainment, vintage decorations, etc. Free 739-5385
Vista Lights
Congaree Vista Area. A candlelight tour of historic district shops, galleries and restaurants while enjoying performing arts and visual art exhibits. Free 738-1499
Festival of Trees
SC State Museum, benefiting Children's Hospital of Palmetto Health. Preview black tie gala, Gala Fri 8 pm. includes food, band and auction. $$ 434-2823 Sat 10 am-5 pm, Sun 12 noon-4 pm, (bidding stops at 3 pm) A silent auction featuring more than 200 decorated holiday trees and wreaths. Special activities for children including photos with the "Real Santa" and a Mascot Parade. Free 434-7275
Breakfast With Santa
Columbiana Center, 9 am. Children have the opportunity to have picture made with Santa. Free with donation of 1 canned good for local food bank. 781-1000 x19.
Help Us Keep Columbia4Kids up to date! Please email us with corrections or add missing events to the Event Calendar. We make every effort to keep the information on this site up to date and accurate, but you should always call to confirm information found on Columbia4kids.com.
Please DO NOT contact us for reservations, park permissions, or more detailed information than is listed here- contact the business, park, or event directly. We cannot respond to requests for more information other than to direct you to the information already posted. You are welcome to post requests for more information on the forum.
The Salvation Army sponsors many programs to help out the less fortunate during the holiday season such as the Toy Shop, Sharing Trees, Christmas Bear Dressing, Christmas Stocking Program,
and the Kettles Program. Visit their site by clicking the link above for more information on how you can help.
Palmetto Health's Cancer Center can use your help to bring a little holiday joy to cancer patients during the holiday season.
Through the Holiday Helpings and Hope project, volunteers and donors join to provide 200 food baskets for Thanksgiving and adopt over 100 families cared for by our Cancer Center. Adults and children with cancer and their families directly benefit from this program.
For information, call Holiday Helpings and Hope at 434-4752
The Giving Tree is a Christmas project sponsored by the James R. Clark Memorial Sickle Cell Foundation and Palmetto Health which serves children (and their siblings) who are affected by sickle cell. To participate, donate a new, unwrapped toy (appropriate for birth through 16 years of age) by December 4, 2002.
For more details on how you or your church, school or civic group can be involved, please call Regina Brown at (803) 434-3107.
Celebrate the Season at Friarsgate Park
Bring your single serving snack items, and baby supplies to Friarsgate Park between Dec 1-15. Your donations will be delivered to the Children's Garden Day Care Center which serves homeless children. For more information, call 732-3220
Help the Carolina Children's Home in providing gifts for the children at the home. For informaion, call Amanda O'Cain at (803) 782-1421 Ext 216.
Harvest Hope Food Drive- December 4
Share with those less fortunate by donating food at First Baptist Church (1306 Hampton St.) from 6:30-8:00PM or at the Palmetto GBA (Farrow Rd) from 7:30AM-6:30PM.
Help Us Keep Columbia4Kids up to date! Please email us with corrections or add missing events to the Event Calendar. We make every effort to keep the information on this site up to date and accurate, but you should always call to confirm information found on Columbia4kids.com.
Please DO NOT contact us for reservations, park permissions, or more detailed information than is listed here- contact the business, park, or event directly. We cannot respond to requests for more information other than to direct you to the information already posted. You are welcome to post requests for more information on the forum.
