Congratulations to our 2008 Family Favorite Winners.

Family Friendly Dining

Kids’ Menu
1. Sal & Mookie’s
2. Chik-fil-A
3. Applebee’s

Burger
1. Back Yard Burgers
2. McDonald’s
3. Wendy’s 

Pizza Place
1. Sal & Mookie’s
2. Soulshine Pizza Factory
3. Pizza Hut 

Family Restaurant
1. Sal & Mookie’s
2. Chili’s
3. Applebee’s 

Ice Cream Shop
1. Bop’s
2. Bruster’s
3. Marble Slab Creamery 

Your Kids’ Favorite Type of Food
1. Chicken
2. Pizza
3. Hamburgers/Mac ‘N Cheese

Family Fun

Family Festival/Event:
1. Wellsfest
2. Kidfest
3. Balloon Glow/ State Fair 

Summer Day Camp
1. Twin Lakes
2. YMCA
3. Church Camp 

Summer Overnight Camp
1. Twin Lakes
2. Camp Windhover
3. Lake Forest Ranch 

Shopping Center/Mall
1. Northpark Mall
2. Dogwood Festival Market 

Recreational Center
1. YMCA
2. GattiTown 

Playground or Park
1. Winners Circle Park
2. Liberty Park
3. Friendship/Strawberry Park 

Museum for Kids
1. Miss. Museum of Natural Science
2. Miss. Agricultural and Forestry Museum

Birthday Parties

Birthday Cake Shop
1. Cakes & Candles
2. Candy’s Confections
3. Obbies Cakes & Chocolates 

Party Entertainment
1. Magician Dorian Lachance
2. Moon jump/Space jump

Birthday Party Facility
1. Pump It Up
2. Any park
3. At home

Family Pets

Veterinarian
1. North State Animal and Bird Hospital
2. Briarwood Veterinary Clinic
3. Crossgates Animal Clinic 

Kennel
1. North State Animal & Bird Hospital
2. The Dog Wash
3. Briarwood Animal Clinic Kennel 

Pet Store
1. Petsmart
2. Diva Dog
3. Briarwood Pet Shop 

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Grooming facility
1. The Dog Wash
2. Petsmart

Busy Families

Source for games/toys
1. Game Stop
2. Wal-Mart
3. Target 

Kids’ Consignment Store
1. Leap Frog
2. Merry Go Round
3. Kids Kloset 

Family Vehicle
1. Honda Odyssey
2. Suburban 

Source for Kids’ Books
1. Lemuria
2. Barnes & Noble
3. Online 

Kids’ Retail Clothing Shop
1. The Children’s Place
2. Sweet Dreams
3. Gap Kids 

Kids’ Shoe Store
1. Stride Rite
2. Shoe Carnival
3. Wal-Mart 

Source for Baby/Children’s Furniture
1. Play Pen
2. Babies R Us
3. Miskelly Furniture 

Sports Program
1. YMCA
2. Paul LaCoste Sports
3. Broadmoor Baptist Church 

Swim School
1. Maley Swim School
2. YMCA
3. Lu Lee 

Dance School
1. Mississippi Metropolitan Dance Academy
2. Ballet Magnificat! 

Music Teacher/School
1. Jacqueline Thornell
2. Several Individual School Teachers were nominated 

Baby-Toddler Music Program
1. MusicTime with Jacqueline Thornell 

Martial Arts School
1. Jason Griffin Taekwondo 

Tutoring Service
1. Huntington Learning Center
2. Playbook Tutoring
3. Sylvan Learning Center 

Source for Local Family Information
1. Parents & Kids 

Web Site for Local Parenting Information
1. www.parents-kids.com

Source for Event Listings for Family Fun
1. www.parents-kids.com 

Fitness Facility
1. Fitness Lady
2. Courthouse
3. YMCA 

House Cleaning Service
1. At Your Service
2. The Maids
3. Merry Maids 

Car Wash
1. Red Arrow
2. Venture 

Florist
1. Green Oak
2. Greenbrook Florist
3. Mostly Martha’s 

Sporting Good Store
1. Academy Sports
2. Bass Pro Shop 

Place to get a kid’s haircut
1. Maurice’s in Maywood Mart
2. Sports Clips

Health Care

Children’s Clinic
1. Children’s Medical Group
2. The Children’s Clinic
3. Rankin Children’s Group 

Dentist
1. Dr. Henry Cook
2. Southern Smiles Pediatric Dentistry 

Orthodontist
1. Dr. Noel Reed
2. Dr. Eugene Brown
3. Dr. Louis Guy 

Dermatologist
1. Dr. William Burrow
2. Dr. Sethelle Flowers 

Vision Care
1. Jackson Eye Associates
2. Tharp Family Eye Care 

Hospital for labor and delivery
1. River Oaks
2. St. Dominic’s
3. Baptist Hospital 

Hospital overall
1. Baptist Hospital
2. St. Dominic’s
3. River Oaks

Services

Banking Service
1. Trustmark National Bank
2. BankPlus
3. Community Bank 

Retail Store Chain
1. Belk
2. Target
3. Wal-Mart 

Locally Owned Retail Shop
1. Leap Frog
2. The Pine Cone 

Grocery Store
1. Kroger
2. Brookshire’s
3. Wal-Mart 

Fast Food
1. Chick-fil-A
2. Wendy’s
3. McDonald’s

Realtor ™
1. Nix-Tann Real Estate 

Dine-In Restaurant
1. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro
2. O’Charley’s
3. Char 

Car Dealership
1. Patty Peck Honda
2. Boyte-Usry Honda
3. Gray Daniels Auto Family 

Salon/Spa
1. Trio
2. Barnett Day Spa

For Mom & Dad

Date place
1. The Movies 

Restaurant (no kids)
1. Nick’s
2. Bravo!
3. Amerigo 

Hobby
1. Scrapbooking
2. Reading
3. Walking

Destination Fun

In-state travel destination
1. Geyser Falls
2. Grand Paradise Water Park
3. Gulf Coast 

Out-of-state travel destination
1. Gulf Coast (Florida and Alabama)
2. Disney World/Orlando 

Favorite place to visit Santa
1. Northpark Mall 

Favorite thing to do that’s free
1. Go to the Park
2. Visit the Library/Story hour
3. Fishing
4. Walking
5. Biking