Kids Day Festival at Bel Air Park in Weed was the place to be for every Siskiyou County child and family.
The park was filled with games, crafts, raffles, music, food, and shows all aimed for kids and it was all free.
Steve Bryan with Siskiyou Family Community Resource Collaborative hosted this fun and informative event to help educate families and get parents into more activities with their children while building better social connections with all the services available in Siskiyou County.
“This is our 9th Annual Kids Day Festival. Every year it gets bigger and better. This year we had over 1500 people attend.” Bryan continues, “April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. We have over 25 community partners and vendors providing free activities for kids while promoting their services.
We have 3 bounce housesballoon makingan obstacle courseface painting
live music by the Wild Roots Band who gave out gazoos for the children to play along, a drum circle and so much more. The Public Health Service was here with their free mobile clinic.
The Weed Fire Department gave tours of their fire engine
Corporal Green with the Weed Police brought Drax the police dog to teach about working with a community team dog.
Food from Caso Ramos, the Weed Rotary, Siskiyou Community Resource Collaborative, and others was provided all for free. We have tons of volunteers including Weed High School boys called Friday Night Live Chapter promoting ‘Break the Vape Campaign’.”
McCloud Community Network also had coloring pages and crayons for children to take homeCrafts at Great Northern ServicesRescue Ranch at www.rrdog.orgSiskiyou Domestic Violence and Crisis Center was giving kids temporary tattoos. Free photo booth by Mel’s PhotographyPacific Crest Music from Dunsmuir introduced children to musical instruments. This is a non-profit organization.Girl Scouts with Smoggy the Bear had children making ‘swaps’ Families enjoy playing at the Shasta-Trinity National Forest Prevention of WildFires booth.Siskiyou County Office of Emergency Services giving out coloring books and crayonsSmokey the Bear meets the Girl Scouts Smoggy the Bear.Youth Empowerment Siskiyou help kids make buttons at their booth. Find them at YESiskiyou.orgMany enjoyed and participated in the magic show.North State Parent magazine had kids making wall hanging.Northern Valley Catholic Social Services have games like shooting water colors to make collages and bubble blowing picture makingReady Raccoon with the Fire Safe Council of Siskiyou County posed for pictures with children. First 5 Siskiyou gave out 100 books to children from 0 to 6-year-oldsSouth County All Girls Flag Football offers opportunities for $1000 scholarships. Sign up at southsiskiyouflagfootball.comThe Boys and Girls Club had corn hole, bubble art, stacking cups, rain scratch pads, and more at their booth.People learned more about the WIC program that had little giveaways.Dunsmuir Resource Center and Siskiyou Community Resource Collaborative offered games and fun activities.Fire Safe Council inspiring community wildfire resiliencePacific Power sponsored the food for Great Northern Services’ boothSmoke Free High Country Anti Vaping and Tobacco’s goal is to have local campuses go smoke free. United Way2-year-old Alexander wears a junior fire department hat that the Weed Fire Department was giving away.
Thanks to all the sponsors that helped put smiles on all the South County children’s faces and supported their families in this fun-filled educational day. They include the following:
Dunsmuir BreweryTri Counties Bank Mt Shasta Rotary Dunsmuir Hardware
Black Bear Manfredi J. Harris Real Estate Ray’s Food Place (Weed/ Mt. Shasta) Stens Burger Strand Pizza Factory Burger Barn ECI Flooring Clemens Waste Removal Pace Engineering Christine Martin Berryvale Dunsmuir/Mount Shasta Supermarket Eugene Robinson COS Foundation Mt. Shasta Golf Resort Lake Shastina Golf Resort The Fifth Season Say Cheese Pizza McDonalds Thrive
Alan Taylor Amanda Linse Sportsmans Den Reillys Poncho & Lefkowitz Salt & Savour Railroad Park Resort MarketPlace Insurance Ron’s Furniture & Appliance Cal-Ore Communications City of Weed First 5 Siskiyou Lilliput Siskiyou County Credit Union NorthState Parent Magazine Soul Connections Mt. Shasta Goddess Temple Grocery Outlet Roseburg Lumber Elizabeth Tabor Starbucks of Weed Weed Rotary Siskiyou Development Co. Crystal Geyser Casa Ramos
Earth Circle Drum Native Powwow drummers performed for the crowd.