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In place of the
discontinued Fall River Celebrates America festival, local organizer Ric
Oliveira put together an expanded Kids' World event at
Heritage State Park
hosted by the
Friends of Heritage State Park during Heritage Park Summerfest on August 8 & 9, 2010. Funding from Citizens Union,
as well as other businesses and citizens, provided activities, including
clowns, Trixx the magician, Bob Schenck and his Animal Instincts crew,
TJ’s Music instructors and students giving lessons and performances, a
sandpit hiding buried treasure, a giant inflatable playground, educational
stands, costumed superheroes, including Mike DeMello as the Hulk, a
working engine and fire safety practice course, crafts, and more. Having
run the event last year as part of Fall
River Celebrates, Mr. Oliveira hopes to make this an annual,
free-standing event. Click
here for Herald News photos of the event.
Click
here for the Herald News article.
For more information about the event, contact Ric
Oliveira at 508-678-3844 or Paul
Simister, President of the Friends of Heritage State Park at
508-675-6373 or 508-353-0416.
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(Top row, left) One-year-old
Nicholas Monihan watches as his mother, Kris, picks up an animal skeleton
that Fall River Water Division Forester Mike Labossiere offered at a
"please touch" table of wildlife objects. (Top row, center)
Fifteen-month-old Jasmine Guy and her three-year-old sister, Madison, get
a good look at a 90-pound tortoise provided by Bob Schenck of Animal
Instincts pet store. (Top row, right) Event organizer Ric Oliveira
takes donations and sells water and other drinks to to Tyronne Young,
Ashley and Alyssa Amaral and their uncle Eddie Grothe of Fall River.
(Middle row) Barney Bubble,
a.k.a. Peter Belanger and his wife, Tammy, create giant bubbles that
Jeremia and Quinn Atkinson visiting from Virginia Beach and Jayden
Bastille of Somerset enjoy chasing. (Bottom
row, left) Four-year-old Shaelynn Nardi kicks a soccer ball in one of the
inflatable playgrounds set up at the park. (Bottom row, center)
Thirteen-year-old Juan Figueroa and twelve-year-old Faith Soares enjoy the
inflatable obstacle course. (Bottom row, right) Robert "RJ"
Correia, Zak Arruda and Elijah Soares of Artistic
Dance Studio in Westport perform for the crowd.
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