Family Fun Day at LBCC

                                  Family Fun Day at LBCC

Last Saturday might have been chilly and foggy in Albany, but it was anything but that at the 36^th Annual Family Fun Day in the Activities Center on campus. The family activity day was sponsored by Gary Brown and Family, Albany MOMS Club, LBCC Parenting Education Faculty and OR/PAC Feed and Forage, LTD.

Jerri Wolfe Welcoming a family

Volunteers made the whole thing possible with activities for children from 1 to 6 years of age including an inflatable “bounce house” castle, play dough and silly putty tables, face painting, pirate maze, and many others. All the child had to do is produce the tickets needed for the activity and have fun.

Johnie Stilner(right) and her grandson, Jeremiah, looking over snacks

The tickets started at 4 for $1 and all proceeds went for parenting education classes in Linn and Benton Counties and the LBCC Cooperative Preschool scholarship fund. The classes are held on the LBCC campus and other places and schools in the local area, according to Jerri Wolfe, the chair for the Parenting Education Dept. Tickets, however, won’t just give a child fun in a bounce house, it also lets a young person of parent buy toys or snacks. There was a table set up to “buy” health snacks with the tickets and a table nearby with a health collection of books and toys for every child to enjoy.

It was a fun and exciting and safe day for all, parent and child alike, with a strong congregation of kids showing up at the silly putty/ play dough tables, bounce house, and the sand boxes.

Autum Cramer admiring her face painting

The fun day lasted from about 10 am till 2 pm and was for kids from 1 to 6 years of age and their parents.

For more information on the parenting classes either call LBCC parenting education at 541-971-4897 or go to parentingsuccessnetwork.org, or www.linnbenton.edu/go/parenting-education on classes for parents and children.