{"id":2114,"date":"2015-04-27T09:39:11","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T13:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/school\/?p=2114"},"modified":"2015-04-27T09:39:11","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T13:39:11","slug":"a-lil-eagle-fair-history-scott-grass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/school\/a-lil-eagle-fair-history-scott-grass\/","title":{"rendered":"A Lil’ Eagle Fair History: Scott Grass"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DSC_0117\"<\/a>One of our school\u2019s signature events has become our spring Eagle Fair.\u00a0 Eagle Fair is a community-wide event that features family friendly activities, great food, a 5K Run, and live music. \u00a0This year we hope to serve about 2,500 community guests.\u00a0 Eagle Fair requires a willing group of dedicated student leaders to organize the event, along with the entire high school student body and parent volunteers to accomplish the mission of the event.<\/p>\n

\"DSC_0106\"<\/a>One might wonder how this event came to be.\u00a0 Was it just another event dreamed up by the school\u2019s administration or PTO?\u00a0 Did we view the month of May as a boring month so we needed another event to keep us entertained?\u00a0 Hardly\u2026\u00a0 The history of Eagle Fair provides us a wonderful example of community, creativity, and student ownership.<\/p>\n

In 2004, our school started a spring fundraiser called Eagle Fit.\u00a0 We asked all students to approach individuals to contribute, and our rallying cry was, \u201cStudents Helping Students\u201d as all of the proceeds brought in by our students went directly to our Student Tuition Assistance Fund.\u00a0 Overall, this event was a tremendous success, especially in our elementary school as the younger students had a distinct \u201ccuteness\u201d advantage over the high school students.\u00a0 The following year we determined to follow up Eagle Fit with year two.\u00a0 During the competition, the school administration was approached by two of our seniors, Luke Helmer and Rebecca Thomas, who maintained that while they were cool with supporting the school, having high school students approach adults for money was a little awkward and ineffective.\u00a0 These two seniors implored the administration to consider hosting a County Fair type event and have the proceeds continue to go to the Student Tuition Assistance Fund continuing the focus and mission of students helping students.<\/p>\n

\"DSC_0037\"<\/a>In the late fall of 2005, I approached several upperclassmen to participate in a planning committee to consider hosting an event that would replace Eagle Fit in the high school.\u00a0 In January of 2006, the idea of \u201cEagle Fair\u201d was conceived by students Luke Fausett, Trenton Flora, Emily Helmer, Ashley Hagen, and Jacob Johnson.\u00a0 Between the months of February and April, five committed students organized, planned, and committed themselves to running an effective student-led event that sought to help others as well as provide our community a family-friendly event to enjoy together.\u00a0 Along with Luke Helmer and Rebecca Thomas, those five students were true pioneers!\u00a0 They ventured into unchartered territory, and they will forever be linked to Eagle Fair.<\/p>\n

May 8, 2015, will serve as the 12th<\/sup> Eagle Fair event!\u00a0 Over the past eleven years, the Lord has allowed our students to raise over $100,000 that has gone to provide families and students the wonderful opportunity to attend Faith Christian School.\u00a0 This year we plan to have a fish fry, smoked pulled pork, laser tag, pony rides, live music, a 5K run with close to 300 runners, a new Kid K run, and a lot of fun games and activities for all ages.\u00a0 On May 9, we will have our 2nd<\/sup> Annual Eagle Ride along with our Eagle Car Wash at several locations in our community.\u00a0 I hope that you and your family will be able to join us this year. Will you also pray for these events and that we will serve our community well and successfully meet our financial and program goals?
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There have been some amazing memories from the past Eagle Fairs and so many tremendous volunteers, supporters, and friends that have helped Eagle Fair to develop and evolve into what it is today.\u00a0 Pray for GREAT weather on May 8th<\/sup> and plan to join us for the various events and fun activities as we seek to support \u201cStudents Helping Students\u201d.\"2015<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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