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FUNTASTIC Family Fair
FUNTASTIC FAMILY FAIR FEATURES 50 INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES
Great entertainment and hands-on activities at each exhibit make for a unique way for parents and kids to find out about the latest information for improved health and wellness. Infinity Foundation presents its 8th annual FUNtastic Family Fair: Healthy Choices for Healthy Families on Sunday, January 27 from 1:00 - 4:00 PM at the Highland Park Country Club, 1201 Park Avenue West. Admission is $5.00/person, under 4 is free.
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The fair, aimed at pre-schoolers through 6th graders, is for parents and their kids to learn and play together. It features over 50 hands-on interactive exhibitors and about healthy choices, fitness, and arts and expression. There is ongoing entertainment. The Fair provides an opportunity for parents and children to experience and learn about wellness products and services, with free screenings and free samples. Kids and parents are able to interact with all of their senses with the vendors and entertainment. Entertainers include a juggler, magician, musican, balloon twisting, hair braiding and face painting and more.
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Barbara May, Chair of the Fair, says “families come back each year looking forward to all of the fun activities. Once people come, they stay the whole time because there's so many activities for the kids and their parents to do together.”
Also included are kid exhibitors who Sell & Show hand crafted items such as artwork, jewelry, tie dye, or friendship bracelets. Children may keep the money they earn or perhaps consider giving it to a charity. Nancy Grace Marder, executive director of Infinity, says “having the kids show and sell is a wonderful aspect of the fair. There is so much value in kids expressing their creativity by selling things they’ve made from their heart. It also gives them a first hand opportunity to run a mini-business or raise awareness like the Reach for Change Elm Place school project paper doll project for Saving the Children of Darfur.
Infinity Foundation is a nonprofit educational organization located in Highland Park. Infinity offers more than 200 Courses for Life™ each year for children, teens, and adults in personal development and holistic health. Bestselling authors from all over the country give workshops and retreats. For more information or a free course guide call 847-831-8828 or visit online, www.infinityfoundation.org
