Kinney Grange #754
Food Booth and the Grand Rapids Festival of the Arts
This was Kinney Grange #754 10th year of manning a booth at the Grand Rapids Festival of the Arts, June 3 – 5, 2016. We were one of 27 non-profit organizations to have a booth at the Festival. Our booth consists of the aroma of freshly popped Popcorn along with Caramel Corn, Golden Cheddar Corn and Coke products as well as water and Powerade.
There are many activities for all ages including 7 stages where various groups sing, dance, etc., an art tent and fun projects for the younger ones.
We had 12 Kinney Grange members, 2 Junior members, and 4 members from other Granges, (including 2 Michigan State Grange Officers) helping. As usual, it was a lot of work but everyone pitched in and made it fun and successful.
Each group has to have a specific “project” that they are working toward. The profits we receive help our Grange in purchasing dictionaries for the 3rd Graders in the Kenowa Hills Public Elementary Schools through the Words for Thirds Dictionary Project. This will be our 6th year in distributing dictionaries.