Fundraising Chair, Gabrielle Samuels | fundraising@losfelizarts.org
Photos by Joel Sigerson
Our first annual LFCSA Harvest Arts and Crafts Festival, held on November 10th, 2007, is one for the record books. The co-chairs, Naomi Slodki and Nicole Whitaker had a vision: to hold an event that truly embodied who we are as a school and a community. They envisioned a festival that would celebrate our children, their creativity, and the values of our school. Mission wildly accomplished!
The Festival had something for everyone: of course there were the inescapable bounce houses for the energetic types, but you could also buy garden pots decorated by students in the weeks prior, and you could even help offset the effects of global worming by setting a worm free into a compost bin with our very own Howard “Al Gore, co-Nobel Peace Prize Winner” Gindoff. The spectacular craft booths were abound with creativity and included activities such as wand-making, puppet craft, headdress styling, tattoo and body artistry (a.k.a. face painting), and you could even dabble in the wind chime arts. There was an incredible spread of homemade chili, hot dogs, and baked goods put on by Alexa Iles and Gina Leighat (and don’t forget Maria’s tamales)! In the auditorium, Adam Kopold ran the Photo Fundraiser where families could have four different sittings with four different professional photographers (also LFCSA parents), and each family left with an amazing array of fantastic photos.
A big bold THANKS to all of the parents who showed up early, stayed late, and worked their patooties off to make this day a blazing success. It never ceases to amaze what we can accomplish when we think out-of-the-box.
LFCSA Parents, YOU ROCK!
