It’s carnival time as Community Christian School will host its 2013 Spring Carnival Bazaar and Auction on April 20 at the PMD Arena.
Community Christian School has been holding this event every 18 months for the last 32 years. This year, doors will open at 9:30am and the event will feature many different events throughout the day and evening. Admission is $2 for adults, which includes one free door prize ticket.
To entertain children while shopping, participants can choose from a variety of carnival-style games, including a bounce castle, cotton candy, peddle cart races, bean bag toss and more. Also, a Magic Show with a real clown will be offered at 11am followed by the making of balloon animals until 1pm.
All Lego builders are invited to enter the Lego Car Race for only $2. Cars should be in place by 12pm so the judging can start at 12:30pm and the race at 1pm.
The baking table will feature a variety of items, including apple pie, banana bread, Dutch-style raisin bread, cookies, squares, cupcakes, butter tarts and more, which are all nut-free.
To help get ready for spring, carnival-goers can order hanging baskets for garden or patio use. Other items available include children’s pajamas, little quilts and Jenny Roubos’ pottery.
The kitchen will be serving muffins and coffee in the morning and a chicken parmesan dinner in the evening. Eat-in or pre-ordered take out options are available by contacting the school at 519-638-2935.
Laurie Frey from Living Books will be selling a variety of children and adult Christian Books, and greeting cards. Tryphena DeBoer, with Pampered Chef, will also be available.
Running though out the day will be a variety of silent auctions and then in the evening the live auction starts at 7pm with auctioneers Doug Gilmore and Jason Heimpel. The option of bidder’s numbers can be used again, from the kitchen to games and everything in between so no need to bring a lot of cash, just pay once when you are ready to leave (except the Living Books table and Pampered Chef).
A few dates to think about before coming to the live auction include the following packages: May 17-20 for a weekend at Chesley Lake motel, one week at Adventure Camp, Grade 4-9, at Camp Shalom and choose from July (7-12, 14-19) and August (4-9, 11-16) and Blue Jays tickets for July 27.
This is a community event so everyone is welcome to come “clown around” for the day with friends and family, bidding on auction items, buying some fresh baking goods and having a bite to eat.
School officials point out it takes many volunteers to put on the carnival, plus hundreds of donors and the school thanks everyone who helps make it happen.
