Our local Rescue Mission will be feeding approximately
1000 people Thanksgiving dinner
When: Monday,
November 21st
Where: Santa Maria Fairpark
**Read the details below** Then, if your family would like to participate, please follow this link to Sign-up Genius and pick a time slot: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0a4da5ad2aa3f58-rescue3
People from all over Santa
Maria stand in line for hours in order to eat a hot meal and receive
encouragement and prayer from local volunteers. Many of the people in
line will be children, who have come with their parents. Imagine
standing in line for hours for something as simple as
a hot meal! I am organizing a group of families that will come together
to make the wait a little bit more fun for the children. We will be
setting up various stations with activities, crafts, and games outside
in order to give the children something to do
while they wait in line. Last year we had several carnival games, face
painting, coloring, story telling, crafts, balloon animals and more.
People will begin standing in line at 8:30 am and the event will end between 2:00-3:00. We will have several 2 hour shifts
to choose from.
Each
family will need to provide all the necessary items for whatever
activity they wish to present to the kids. Last year I would estimate
that we saw 100 kids in
an hour so if you will be providing an activity for a 2 hour shift, I
would recommend having enough of whatever you are doing for 200 kids. We
will be outside so keep that in mind when thinking of activities.
The Rescue Mission will provide tables if your
activity requires them. Last year the people who brought the carnival
games gave out candy as prizes. The kids loved it!
**Please
remember that the children will vary in age but many will be preschool
age and younger. The children who have not started school will most
likely be Spanish
speaking only. Keep this in mind if you have an activity that needs to
be explained. If you speak Spanish you are a precious commodity for this
event!!!!**Here is a list of activities that I think would be fun but please don’t be limited by this list. Carnival type games:
- Face painting
- Balloon animals
- Helium balloons
- Coloring station
- Simple craft
- Paper airplane making and throwing station
- Lollipop tree
- Plinko
- Temporary tattoos
- Clowns or Mimes
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