SUNBURY -- The 35th annual Love 'N' Care Street Fair will be held Saturday in Cameron Park.
The fair opens at 10 a.m. and runs until 8 p.m.
Proceeds will benefit the Sunbury Area Health Foundation. As in previous years, the fair is sponsored by the Mary Derr Rockefeller Auxiliary.
"We're thrilled to be part of an event that benefits an active foundation that in turn will support so many other nonprofit organizations and scholarships," said fair co-chairwoman Amanda Keister.
The foundation awarded its first grant in May in the amount of $25,000 to A Community Clinic Inc. in Sunbury. The auxiliary contributed $6,000 of the grant through proceeds raised at the 2006 Love 'N' Care Street Fair.
The theme for this year's fair, "Around the World," was inspired by Walt Disney World's Epcot, co-chairman Ryan Unger said. He hopes visitors enjoy the international flair the booths will bring to Cameron Park.
"We thought the international theme would open up a lot of ways for the booths to decorate their tents and would bring an educational aspect to the fair as well," Mr. Unger said.
As in past years, this year's fair will have plenty of food, including hot dogs, funnel cakes, hot sausage sandwiches, taco salads, pierogies, french fries, strawberry shortcake, fruit cups and ice cream.
There will be lots of games for children, Ms. Keister said, as well as lots of prizes.
Little ones can grab a duck from the duck pond, or play darts, ring-a-Coke or bean bags. There will be a lollipop pull, a straw throw and a basketball toss.
Children can make sand-art necklaces or, to satisfy their sweet tooth, decorate cookies or cupcakes.
New to the fair this year are pony rides brought by Stu and Amy Zeiders, of BABS Pony Rides. The ponies are part of a therapeutic riding program for disabled and mentally handicapped children.
"This is the first year the street fair has had pony rides, so we're pretty excited about that," Ms. Keister said. "I think that will be a lot of fun for the kids."
The fair stage will be filled with entertainment all day long.
Starting things off at 10 a.m. are dancers from Moyer's Institute of Dance. Singer/songwriter Alicia Keister takes the stage at noon, followed by Warrior Concepts International at 1, the Pleasant Valley Dancers at 2, Stone Cold Country at 3, Shikellamy High School drama students at 4, Reverend Blue Jeans at 5 and Scott Erikson at 6:30.
This year's raffle will award $5,000 in prizes. Tickets are one for $1 and six for $5 and will be available at the park all day on Saturday, with the drawing to be held at 8 p.m. This year's grand prize is $2,500, with a second-place drawing of $1,500 and a third-place drawing of $1,000.
"There will be something at the fair this year for everyone, from great food and entertainment to fun games for the kids," Ms. Keister said. "We hope everyone takes advantage of the great weather to have a good time at the fair while supporting a very worthy cause at the same time."
The Sunbury Area Health Foundation is a charitable foundation that was created from the sale of Sunbury Community Hospital to Community Health Systems in 2005. The foundation has assets of just over $3 million. Soon after its formation, the foundation joined with the Central Susquehanna Community Foundation, which allows the Sunbury foundation to continue its purpose of improving health care in the region while moving forward toward greater growth of the foundation funds.
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