18th Annual Celebrate Our Children Festival Coming August 14
Posted Monday, July 26, 2010 by Celebrate Our Children
Contact Information: John Ross at (630) 879-8828, Daybreak Communications, Inc.
Organization's URL: http://www.celebrateourchildren.us

• The Merry Hearts Clowns join others at Annual FREE Kid’s Event •

Aurora, Ill., July 26, 2010 (The Religion Wire™) – The eighteenth annual Celebrate Our Children Festival is scheduled for Saturday, August 14, noon to 4 p.m. at Aurora’s McCarty Park, East Galena Boulevard at Fourth Street.

Admission to the festival is FREE! Entertainment, music, food, clowns, FREE games, balloons, and lots of fun are all part of an event designed to give area children a message of hope.

Main stage attractions include: The Merry Heart Clowns, singer Mark Leatham. magician David Shareef, Hip Hop ConnXion Dance Troupe, Sal Escobedo – taekwondo, Triple Threat Drum Circle, hoola hoop and jump rope contests, and more.

Appearing on the park lawn will be Ozzie the Kane County Cougar mascot, The Merry Hearts Clowns, magician David Shareef, A Magical Balloon Man – Rich Centeno, Aurora Public Library Bookmobile, McGruff & the D.A.R.E. car, Aurora Fire Department, and others.

A returning attraction from the last several years is the pony riding ring and also a special petting zoo is again planned and the ever-popular giant “inflatables.”

Also FREE popcorn and other FREE snacks will be available. Additional food and beverages can be purchased during the festival to support local ministries.

Also returning will be FREE prizes and gifts for the children. Numerous FREE games and “fun tattoos” will be available for children.

Community outreach and service agencies will have booths at the festival.

Festival parking will be available at the First Presbyterian Church parking lot at the corner of 4th Street & Downer Place. The event’s rain site is the Harkness Family Center, 60 S. Fourth St.

This year’s planning committee include McCarty Park organizations and churches – Triple Threat Mentoring, Community Christian Church-East Aurora, First Presbyterian Church, Warehouse Church, The Edge Church, and Wayside Cross Ministries.

See www.celebrateourchildren.us for updates and more information on the August 15 Celebrate Our Children Festival.

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