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OPPORTUNITIES ABUNDANT FOR BUSINESSES, VOLUNTEERS AT YFS KIDS FAIR
How’s this for a return on your investment?
Sponsor a booth or donate a few hours of your time at the 15th Annual Youth & Family Services Kids Fair and you’ll help ensure YFS is able to meet the needs of children and their families in western South Dakota.
Kids Fair, an annual celebration of children and their families, returns April 16-18. This three-day event filled with fun, hands-on activities draws crowds of children and families to the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center in Rapid City each spring. Admission is $3 a day for adults and children one year or older.
All funds raised by Kids Fair benefit YFS programs. Booth sponsors get three days to showcase their business product or service to a vast audience of parents, grandparents and children. Individuals or businesses may also want to consider sponsoring a booth for a nonprofit exhibitor.
The success of Kids Fair depends not only on the financial generosity of its sponsors, but also on the willingness of community members to give of their time. Volunteers collectively donated more than 2,000 hours last year. Volunteers 13 years of age or older can work one or more two-hour shifts on any or each day of Kids Fair. They assist with attractions, activities and booths and ensure a warm and inviting experience for visitors.
Kids Fair will once again feature such popular inflatable attractions as an obstacle course and giant jumping castle along with mini-train rides, dozens of booths from businesses and vendors brimming with hands-on activities and more. In addition to the attractions that have made Kids Fair a crowd favorite for kids of all ages, this year’s Kids Fair will highlight the different types of businesses and community helpers that make a city work. This year’s Kids Fair will also feature extended hours, an anniversary celebration and expanded space for even more fun.
Click here for more information sponsoring a booth or volunteering or call Connie Olson at (605) 342-4195.
