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Snapshots for November 4th, 2003
Desert Business Achievement Awards Dinner
Photos By Liz Fico, The Desert Sun
The fourth Desert Business Achievement Awards dinner was held on Oct.
21 at the Indian Wells Country Club honoring Building Horizons as
the nonprofit group of the year. Proceeds from the dinner provide
scholarships to College of the Desert students who transfer to the
University California at Riverside and California State University,
Palm Desert Campus.
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‘Fur, Fins, Feathers, &
Friends’
Photos
by Liz Fico, The Desert Sun.
Children’s Discovery Museum of the Desert welcomes the
Vet Exhibit. Children may learn about pet adoption, taking care
of animals and pretend to be a veterinarian. The exhibit is
sponsored by Animal Samaritans, SPCA Inc., The Aven Foundation
and Coeta, and Donald Barker Foundation. |
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Agriculture
Day at Gerald Ford Elementary School
Photos by Liz Fico, The Desert Sun.
Gerald Ford Elementary School held “A Day on The Farm:
Agriculture Day” Oct. 23. Kindergarten and first-grade
pupils learned about local agriculture from the farm to the
table. |
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Halloween Carnival
Loretta Vlach (special to the Desert Sun)
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School in Indio held a Halloween
Carnival Oct. 26. Events included a costume parade and contest
for the children, as well as carnival games, a jump house and
plenty of delicious food. Classroom groups staged dances under
the main tent to the music of the “Monster Mash”
and “Ghostbusters.” For the bravest of souls, there
was a haunted house full of horrible monsters. |
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Fourth Annual Run For Reading
Loretta Vlach (special to the Desert
Sun)
The football field at Coachella Valley High School was filled
with about 260 participants of the Fourth Annual Run for Reading
Event, which is put on by the Riverside County Office of Education.
Runners completed two laps of the track running or walking and
received free t-shirts and books donated by Scholastic Books.
There were balloon hat makers and face painters on hand, and
both a boy’s and girl model bikes were raffled off. Major
sponsors included Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Costco companies. |
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Tiny Tot Carnival
Loretta Vlach (special to the Desert
Sun)
The La Quinta Senior Center was alive with children’s
laughter Friday evening. Sponsored by the city of La Quinta’s
Community Services Department, the annual Tiny Tot Halloween
Carnival was targeted to the 7-and-younger age group. Volunteers
included Casey Conoway, a graduate of the Tiny Tot Program.
Activities included an assortment of games run by costumed “carnies.”
There was even a “Monster Mash” dance and a limbo
game headed by a cavewoman and the Grim Reaper. |
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Food Drive and Pumpkin Patch
Loretta Vlach (special to the Desert
Sun)
Tarbell Realtors on Highway 111 in Palm Springs hosted their
“Scare Away Hunger” food drive for Valley charities
through “Food in Need of Distribution,” with a goal
of raising 1,000 cans of food. Pumpkins were given away in exchange
for canned food, and participants were treated to hot dogs and
popcorn. Harpo T. Clown was on hand, creating an assortment
of animals out of long balloons, and just plain old clowning
around. There was a caricature artist, face painters, a coloring
contest and a pumpkin painting contest, as well as a jump house
for the kids to work off extra energy. In their commitment to
the community, Tarbell Realtors is continuing to take in donations
of canned goods. |
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Octoberfest
Loretta Vlach (special to the Desert Sun)
Sacred Heart Catholic School in Palm Desert hosted
an Octoberfest Carnival on Oct. 26. There were games and activities,
including a petting zoo, pony rides and a dunk tank Carl’s
Jr. had their Lamborghini Bertone on display, and Las Consuelas
provided food. There also was a cake walk and cotton candy available. |
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United Way of the Desert Kick-Off
Luncheon
Photos by Liz Fico, The Desert Sun.
The United Way of the Desert announced its campaign at the United
Way Kick-Off Luncheon at the Marriott's Rancho Las Palmas Resort
and Spa Oct. 22. The luncheon event brought more than 300 supporters
and volunteers in the community. |
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