Family Fun Fest kicks off back-to-school season

Young individuals and their households descended on the Robert Crown Center Saturday afternoon for the annual Back to School Family Fun Fest for freebies, actions and, in fact, enjoyable.

The Chicago non-profit Be Strong Families has sponsored the occasion since 2003, with help from town’s Parks and Recreation Division. Sarita Sashington, the group’s director of engagement and strategic relationships, mentioned that attendance ultimately yr’s competition virtually hit 1,000 individuals.

An nameless donor offered 1,000 backpacks, most likely sufficient to accommodate any youngster attending the competition who needed one.

The competition additionally supplied free meals, video games and kid-friendly actions corresponding to face portray and artwork actions. There have been additionally line-dancing classes and an outside sports activities space was obtainable.

Several space non-profits have been readily available to distribute data and freebies, together with free kids’s books.

Sashington mentioned that, along with providing households data and help, the occasion was additionally a tribute to a beloved board member who died in 2021, Dr. Marjorie Fujara. The competition featured a remembrance room in her honor subsequent to the Robert Crown department library.

Fujara was a outstanding Chicago pediatrician, who, along with serving as a board member for Be Strong Families, is remembered for her efforts to deal with violence towards kids.

Here are some photograph highlights of the occasion.

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