The 7th Annual Family Fun Fest!             10 AM - 3 PM
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Saturday, March 20, 2010, at the Indiana Mall, 2334 Oakland Ave.,
Indiana PA

NEW! Win a chance to have a caricature drawn of your child at the Fun Fest! Click here  to find out how.
 

NEW!!! Listen to committee members talk about Fun Fest. HERE
From WCCS 1160 "A Closer Look"

Join the excitement when the 7th Annual Family Fun Fest celebrates Spring! On March 20, 2010, Indiana County Community Engagement and the Children’s Advisory Commission of Indiana County will once again sponsor this popular event for young children and their families. From 10 AM until 3PM, Indiana Mall will be the place where a kid can explore and learn through play and fun. Activities and entertainment being planned include: *Live Animals * Dancing* Live Music* Look-Alike Contest *Kiwanis Story Time * Jump Rope Team Demonstration* Puppet Shows*

(Shhhh… don’t tell the kids… these activities are educational!) Human services agencies, children’s organizations, businesses, and civic groups will provide arts, crafts, games, stories, dancing, hands-on activities, and more. Plus parents will have the opportunity to collect valuable information on services for children and families in Indiana County.

A Familiar Face: Mr. Derek Lambert (Prince Charming from the 2009 Fun Fest) returns as the Master of Ceremonies for the Spring F.L.I.N.G!  

To have a table at the Family Fun Fest:
Call Maureen at 724-463-8200 x 17
email: icdhsinfo@comcast.net

To volunteer to help on the day of the event:
Call Stephanie at 724-349-1821
email: smcadoo@indikids.org

To donate (monetary or items for give-aways):
Call Kathy at 724-463-8200 x 18
email: kabakercac@yahoo.com
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Introducing the Holy Trinity High Flyers……..

The High Flyers from Holy Trinity School in Ligonier, Pennsylvania are in their seventh year as a demonstration team for the American Heart Association (AHA) and also have done demonstrations for USA Jump Rope. The team competes annually in the USA Jump Rope National Championships and AAU Junior Olympics and many of the High Flyers have won both regional and national medals and ribbons. Several team members are gold medalists from the most recent AAU Junior Olympics in Des Moines, Iowa. This fall, part of the team will represent USA Jump Rope in the Macy’s Day parade in New York City.

Just as important, the team prioritizes messaging around good nutrition, physical activity and staying tobacco-free. Since the team began, the High Flyers have demonstrated at many schools across southwestern Pennsylvania before thousands of students, sparking interest in the sport of jump rope and spreading messages about healthy lifestyles. In March 2009, the High Flyers traveled to Washington, DC to do a demonstration on Capitol Hill at a press conference with Members of Congress, the NFL, and members of the national media to support the FIT Kids Act, legislation prioritizing physical education in schools. Later that summer, they performed at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s inaugural “Weight of the Nation” Conference in Washington, DC highlighting the nation’s work addressing our obesity epidemic. The High Flyers have showcased their talents at numerous other venues including Idlewild Park, halftime shows for the University of Pittsburgh athletics and Bucknell University, Radio Disney events, the Pittsburgh Convention Center, the Pittsburgh Zoo, Clarion University, the Pittsburgh Children’s Institute, and the Children’s Museum in Pittsburgh.

In 2008, the team was highlighted in a Subway commercial focusing on schools that are creating healthy environments for students. The commercial played in the Pittsburgh media market through much of that year. Later that August, the team was showcased by WTAE-TV (NBC affiliate in Pittsburgh) for its demonstration at the Healthy for Life Expo at the Pittsburgh Convention Center.

There have been over a hundred students involved in the jump rope program at Holy Trinity School since its inception and the team conducts occasional jump rope clinics where many students from the school and community attend. Some schools have started their own jump rope clubs and many physical educators have integrated the skills into their physical education programs after watching the High Flyers perform.

For further information, please contact: Laurie Whitsel, Ph.D. -Coach – High Flyers Laurie.Whitsel@heart.org; (724) 238-0272 or Holy Trinity School - 327 West Vincent Street - Ligonier, PA 15658 (724) 238-6430 http://school.holytrinityligonier.org

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 Caricature contest.
The Community Guidance Center and TRG Customer Solutions are sponsoring caricaturist T.W. Pratt to do  drawing demonstrations at the Fun Fest.  We need to schedule 25 children to be the subjects for the demonstrations.  The first 25 people to send an e-mail to kabakercac@yahoo.com  with the subject line "Win at the Family Fun Fest! " will be contacted, and scheduled for a time slot between 10AM - 3PM.

Please include in the body of your email: Your name, phone number, your child's first name and age.