Shelby Fest Was a Blast!
Shelby Fest '06 was a huge success. Thank you to everyone who helped us out, financially or with their labor. What made me the happiest was to see the TFA people working together with the citizens of Shelby, black and white alike, to make an event for all of Shelby to enjoy. And Shelby enjoyed it! Over 500 people turned out. The activities were mobbed (more than 2000 game tickets were sold!), the music was fabulous, the food was prepared and delivered and delicious, and we earned enough money to fully cover the two field trips for the fourth grade.
Here are some pictures.
Rev. Pitts and Mr. Frailich help set up the banner with the schedule of events.
Some booths, such as this bouncy castle, were run by TFA volunteers.
Others, like this bracelet making stand, were run by community volunteers.
And a few were run almost entirely by students.
The volunteer fire department lived up to its name by volunteering to fire up their grills and cook the food.
And Shelby Women United united to serve that food.
The kids had a great time bouncing in the bouncy castle.
We went through 10 dozen donuts at the donut-on-a-string stand.
Even the littlest Shelbyites loved to play the football toss game.
And everyone enjoyed the races that Save the Children ran, which included a crazy clothes race, a three-legged race, an egg-and-spoon race (shown here) and more.
Even Mayor Grimm showed up for a brief speech.
Everyone pitched in to clean up, also. Fourth graders collected bags of litter in exchange for a free hotdog, and clean-up and take-down was completed in about an hour.
All in all, lots of work, but a great time.
Here are some pictures.
Rev. Pitts and Mr. Frailich help set up the banner with the schedule of events.
Some booths, such as this bouncy castle, were run by TFA volunteers.
Others, like this bracelet making stand, were run by community volunteers.
And a few were run almost entirely by students.
The volunteer fire department lived up to its name by volunteering to fire up their grills and cook the food.
And Shelby Women United united to serve that food.
The kids had a great time bouncing in the bouncy castle.
We went through 10 dozen donuts at the donut-on-a-string stand.
Even the littlest Shelbyites loved to play the football toss game.
And everyone enjoyed the races that Save the Children ran, which included a crazy clothes race, a three-legged race, an egg-and-spoon race (shown here) and more.
Even Mayor Grimm showed up for a brief speech.Everyone pitched in to clean up, also. Fourth graders collected bags of litter in exchange for a free hotdog, and clean-up and take-down was completed in about an hour.
All in all, lots of work, but a great time.
posted by Jessica at 5:13 PM
3 Comments:
Awesome! (were the only white people from Teach for America, or were there already some white people in the community?)
That's great! I'm sure you must be relieved it's over. Break time, or another project right away? It's not like you're that busy...
Some of the white people are from the town. It was definetely a interracial event -- the white folks and the black folks came.
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