Olney Times Article About Holiday Event

Please check out the Olney Times on Thursday to hear about the Holiday Kickoff Event. For our first try at community events, we feel pretty good about it. There were a lot of happy (if cold) people here on Saturday. Many children had their faces painting, pictures taken with Santa, caricatures drawn, and heard festive music from our DJ. I'll post the articles after they come out. Thanks to all of our great volunteers and business contributions. I will also post those lists after they appear in the Olney Times.

Holiday Kickoff Events Schedule

December 6, 2008
Schedule of Events
Tickets for face painting, pictures with Santa, and caricatures can be purchased
at 5555 N 5th Street (Hot and Tasty)

11:00—4:00 DJ 5555 N 5th at Hot and Tasty

11:00—3:30 TV Characters all around N 5th

11:00—3:30 Face Painting 5427 N 5th at Gibson’s Music

11:30—4:00 Pictures with Santa 5646 N 5th Next to Joy Photo

12:00—3:00 Caricatures 5510 N 5th at Barber Warehouse

12:00—3:00 Storytelling Greater Olney Library at 5th and Tabor
See reverse for participating Merchants
Raffle tickets available with purchase at supporting Merchants
Support those who supported this event

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The Holiday Kickoff Event is almost upon us! For a first try, I'd say it's shaping up quite nicely. Our businesses have really come through with support. Nineteen businesses placed ads in the Olney Times (coming out Thursday) as part of the support package for the event. The ads will be together in 5th Street's very own special section. It'll be a full color, pull-out, two page spread. I think I might show up to work an hour early on Thursday so I can pull the page out, have it laminated, and stick it on the office wall. Today alone (with the help of two fantastic volunteers who have roots in the Korean community) we collected over $400 from 5th St. businesses to support the event. The donations will help us pay for the face painters and caricature artists, decorations, and all other event expenses.

We are still looking for volunteers to help on event day! Any takers? It'll be fun...

If anyone tells you that it's too cold to come out to 5th and Olney on Saturday, this boy from Wisconsin is telling you right now that cold is no excuse. It'll make you stronger. I guarantee it.

We're having a party. Come on out!