Everyone had a great time at the Carnival - there were so many happy kids running around!

Thank you to the wonderful people who rounded up our numerous raffle items (over 44!) from the following generous businesses: Affordable Frames, Bella Design, Big Louie's Pizza, Blue Lake Casino, Coming Attractions Theatre, Detail Doctor, Eureka Natural Foods, Eureka Oxygen, Family Nails, Figueiredo's, Hole in the Wall, Humboldt Baykeeper, Jana Rainwater Photography, Jitterbean, KFC, Kmart, Kragen, Les Schwab Tires, Long's Drugs, Marie Callender's, Papa Murphy's, Personal Choice, Philyl Cheese Steak Shoppe, Pierson's, Ramone's Rita's, Round Table Pizza, Safeway, Sea Breeze Candy & Tees, Sequoia Park Zoo, Sizzler, Spotlight Video, Starbuck's, Subway, and Parents, Teachers, and many other generous people.

Check out the great photos and read below to see how you can help next year!

It was decided at the end of the last school year to move the Spring Carnival to the fall. Unfortunately, due to a scheduling conflict with the Author Festival, the Fall Carnival will be postponed until next October. This should give all those who want to be involved plenty of time to create a great event.

In order to have a successful Carnival, the following tasks need to be addressed:

• planning committee (oversees event, pays bills)
• raffle committee (contact businesses for donations, make signs, get tickets and ticket holders, etc)
• set-up crew
• clean-up crew
• prize committee (buy, organize, and distribute prizes)
• food committee (plan menu, order and fix food, set prices, gather baked goods for sale and game booth(s),
• activities committee (games booths,