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Saturday March 14, 2009 10AM - 3PM             Indiana Mall, Indiana PA  

This Year's Theme: 
Once Upon a Time:


Stories, Tales and Rhymes

All activities are FREE  Many table activities will be based on, and incorporate, books form the 100 Best Books for Young Children list!

100 Best Books
for Young Children

Go to on-line list: Click HERE

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Download Spreadsheet (Excel)  HERE 
 

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Come and join the fun at the 6th annual Family Fun Fest!
This year the theme is “Once Upon a time: Stories, Tales, and Rhymes”

Don’t miss the “ALL DAY” Fun, starting at 10AM:

  • Indiana County Kiwanis Club: Write your own story! (Empty store close to Trend Setters)
  • Physical Fitness and Games: Chicka Chicka  &  the Hungry Caterpillar  (Old B. Moss store)
  • Food Court - (in JC Penney Corridor) Low Prices Benefit Local Non-Profit Groups 
  • Live Animals- Indiana County 4-H Petting Zoo (by Sears)
  • Parent | Child Look-Alike Contest- Free to enter (Center Mall)
  • Baby Feeding Station (JC Penney Corridor)
  • 55+ Tables of Free Activities for Kids
  •  Information for Parents 
  • Free Raffle Entry for Great Prizes! Sign up for FREE chances to win prizes throughout the day at the Children's Advisory Commission/Community Engagement tent at the Center Mall Area


Parent|Child Look-Alike Contest

Center Mall Area

 

11am-12pm: Registration and pre-judging. 

12 Noon- Introduction of Contestants Top 10 finalists announced.

12:15 Final judging. Top 6 winners announced.

  • Limited to the first 25 pairs
  • Children 8 years old or younger
  • 2007-2008 top place winners (1st, 2nd, 3rd) not eligible this year
  • FREE entry

 

For more information call  724-463-8200 ext. 17 or 18  
Email: kabakercac@yahoo.com or icdhsinfo@comcast.net

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Entertainment & Activities at the Center Mall Area
10:00 
 Welcome: Prince Charming (Derek Lambert as Prince Charming)
10:15 Happy Hands Sign Language Group Performance
10:00 – 11:30 Cinderella at Evergreen B&GC table for pictures (Gabrielle English as Cinderella)
10:30-11:00 Indiana County KinderKids Performance
11:00 - 11:15 Story Time with Nancy Skultety,  Nancy will read her book:  From Here to There
11:00 – 11:45 Registration and pre-judging for the Parent Child Look- Alike Contest
11:15 Happy Hands Sign Language Group Performance
11:30 First raffle drawing
12:00 Parent Child Look- Alike Contest
1:00 –2:00 Book Distribution Free Books for Young Children!
One book per family, approximately 300 books available

(Made possible by a donation from the Indiana Kiwanis Club)

Books given away by: Cinderella, Senator Don White, Representative Dave Reed, Representative Jeff Pyle, Commissioner Rod Ruddock, Commissioner Dave Frick, Commissioner Patty Evanko, and Judge Carol Hanna

2:15 -2:45

Old McDonald Had A Farm: A Northern Livestock  4-H group performance

2:45
Last raffle drawing
Schedule subject to last minute changes
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EXHIBITORS
accessAbilities, Inc.
Adagio Health/WIC
Alice Paul House
Almost Home Day Care
Altoona Curve
American Red Cross
ARIN IU#28-Prevention Program
ARIN/Homeless Initiative and Parent Child Home Program
Big Hearts Little Hands
Brown Family Chiropractic
Brownie Troop #836
Burrell Township Library
Calvary Baptist Academy
CCIS of Indiana County
Child Evangelism Fellowship
Children's Advisory Commission of Indiana County/CEG
Community Guidance Center
Evergreen Boys & Girls Club
Evergreen Garden Club
Girl Scouts Western Pennsylvania
Grand Beginnings Children's Center
Graystone Church/Children's Ministry
Great Expectations Child Care and Early Learning Center
H&R Block
Hopeful Hearts (Grief Support Center)
Indiana County 100 Best Communities for Young People
Indiana County Children and Youth Services
Indiana County Dairy Promotion Committee

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Indiana County Department of Human Services
Indiana County 4H Travel All Club
Indiana County Head Start
Indiana County Sheriff's Dept
Indiana Free Library
Indiana Garden Club
Indi Kids (Indiana Child Care and Development Centers)
Indiana Kiwanis Club
Indiana Regional Medical Center
IUP African American Cultural Center
League of Women Voters of Indiana County
LifeSteps
Moms Club of Indiana County
NHS Human Services
NW Regional Key
PA Department of Health
Penn State Cooperative Extension/Indiana County 4H
Ponderosa Steakhouse
Raffle Table
Contest Registration Table
SAFE KIDS
Seeds of Faith Christian Academy
The Arc of Indiana County
The Open Door
The Salvation Army
Trinity United Methodist Church
Yellow Creek State Park
* Food Court  

Brownie Troop #836 - Selling: Girl Scout Cookies

Indi-Kids (Indiana Child Care and Development Centers) - Selling: Gingerbread-man Cookies

Indiana County 4H Travel All Club - Selling: Sandwiches and Snacks

Indiana Kiwanis Club - Selling: Alex's Lemonade

Indiana Regional Medical Center - Selling: Trail Mix

Moms Club of Indiana County- Selling:  Sandwiches and Snacks

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Donors      Donations of cash and items for the raffles, book give- aways, and parent Child Look -Alike Contest prizes
THANK YOU to all of our donors!

Altoona Curve
America's Promise/100 Best Communities
Anonymous
Auntie Anne's Pretzels
Bath and Body Works
Benamati's Creekside Convenience
Big League Hair Cuts
Bo Rics
Bonni Dunlap
Bonnie & Don Davis
Clark Metal Products
Denise Remy
Diamond Drug
Don Huey Building and Remodeling
First Commonwealth Bank
Indiana County Child Day Care Program, Inc./ Mind in the Making
Indiana County Commissioners
Indiana County 4-H Program

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Indiana Reading Council
Kathy & Gene Baker
Kitchen Collection
Kiwanis Club of Indiana
Lias Tire Inc.
Little Caesars
Maurice's
Pittsburgh Sports Connection
Ponderosa Steak House
Regis Salons
Sears Hair Studio
Star Bucks
The Grapevine Restaurant
Trendsetters
Valley Dairy
Volunteer Center of Indiana County

 

The Family Fun Fest Planning Team Members

We would like to dedicate the continued efforts of this committee in memory of Paula Elkin, a retired teacher/guidance counselor, whom we lost during the planning of Family Fun Fest. 

She was a strong advocate for the children of Indiana County.   She will be missed. 

Co-Chair: MAUREEN POUNDS: Indiana County Department of Human Services 
724-463-8200 x 17  icdhsinfo@comcast.net
Co-Chair: KATHY ABBEY-BAKER: The Children’s Advisory Commission of Indiana County
724-463-8200 x 18 kabakercac@yahoo.com
BONNI DAVIS: Penns Manor Elementary School
CARMEN EVENSON: Evergreen Boys and Girls Club
MEGHAN GARDNER: Evergreen Boys and Girls Club
MARTI HIGGINS: Indiana Country Child Day Care, Inc.
PEPITA JIMENEZ-JACOBS: League of Women Voters
STEPHANIE MCADOO: Indiana Country Child Day Care, Inc.
DEBBIE KOTELNICKI: Alice Paul House
KATHY MONKO: ARIN IU 28 Prevention Coordinator
DENEEN PETERS: ARIN IU 28, Parent Child Home Program
CORRINE PUTT: Department of Health
DENISE REMY: Indiana County Department of Human Services 
LINDA RUDY: Indiana County Head Start
CAROL SCHURMAN: Indiana County 4-H
JOYCE SCIBECK: Indiana Kiwanis Club
ANDREA SHEESLEY: ARIN IU 28, Homeless Initiative
ELANA SHIVELY: Northwest Regional Key
BARB TELTHORSTER: The Arc of Indiana County

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