30 Dec Christmas Festival 2014
The NFL YET at Gwen Cherry Park celebrated its annual Christmas Festival with outdoor activities, dance celebrations and a toy giveaway.
The Annual Christmas Festival was held on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 from 12:00pm to 3:30pm. The event started on time with 250 kids in attendance. The kids were divided up into groups according to the ages, 6 – 8, 9 – 11, and 12 – 14; as well as, male & female.
The groups rotated every 20 minutes through game booths, where they won various prizes, pony rides, jumbo slides, face painting, popcorn station, snow- cone station, cotton candy station, train rides and were fed a complete lunch.
At 3:00pm all the groups were brought into the gymnasium. Community In Schools of Miami raffled off a large number of items to the parents attending the event. At the end of the raffles, Chairman H.T. Smith and other Gwen Cherry Park Foundation board members, Miami-Dade County Park administration and Commissioner Monestime’s representative were introduced. The attendees were entertained by two performances from Gwen Cherry Park Dancers.
Afterwards,each child was escorted into the Toy Room where they selected a gift for the holidays.