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"Kidologie" Offers Prizes at the Mall Sunday

The second annual event is kicks off tax-free shopping week for back-to-school.

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Hit the Westfield Trumbull Mall for Back-to-School shopping Sunday and you could win some time off.

The "Kidologie Goes Back to School" event on Aug. 18, kicking off tax-free shopping week, is offering prizes including a four-day all-inclusive family getaway to Woodloch Pines Resort, free goody bags, entertainment and gift cards.

The event runs at 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., in the Lord & Taylor Court, and includes live entertainment and demonstrations throughout the day as well as exhibitors offering information about family-friendly businesses. 

“We are extremely pleased with how this year’s event is coming together,” said Lisa Agresta, Partner of Connectologie LLC, the creators of Kidologie and other fun events in Connecticut.  “Some of the exhibitors that families will have the opportunity to meet include Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo, The Maritime Aquarium with their Touch Tank, The Discovery Museum and Planetarium, Woodloch Resorts, our official show photographer -- Portrait Simple, Macaroni Kid, Bounce U, Pediatric Healthcare Associates, Foster & Adoptive Mission, Bright Ideas, Brain Balance, Wells Fargo, Fairfield’s Steve DeMasco's Shaolin Studios, Sundae Spa, Waddell & Reed Financial Advisors, National Vision, TIAA-CREF Tuition Financing Inc., Music for Little Hands, Barefoot Books just to name a few.”

To win prizes, enter the raffle at the Kidologie Welcome Desk, where there will be free tickets to The Discovery Museum and Planetarium, a free photography session and 6 free photo sheets from Portrait Simple, a gift basket from Wells Fargo, an Atlas Book from Barefoot Books accompanied with an itunes card and many others, Agresta said. 

The Grand Prize Giveaway of the Pocono Mountains vacation will be announced at 4 p.m. Aug. 18. For more information on Woodloch visit their website at www.woodloch.com.

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