2016 Butler County Kid Fest held

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ALLISON (BCVOW) — Butler County Visions of Well-Being held its annual Kid Fest event on Sept. 17 at the Butler County Fairgrounds in Allison. Sixtysix families and a total of 222 adults and children participated in the event at the Butler County Fairgrounds in Allison, which is a slight increase from the previous year. Seventeen organizations participated.
The organizations that participated in Kid Fest provided information about resources for families with children in Butler County, as well as fun activities for the kids. Participating agencies and organizations are: Big Brothers/ Big Sisters, Boy Scouts (Clarksville), Butler County Libraries, Butler County Public Health-Homes with Healthy Children & Tobacco Prevention, Child Care Resource & Referral, Community Partnerships for Protecting Children/ Together 4 Families, Early Access, First Five, ISU Extension/4-H, Lion’s Club-Allison (Vision Screening), Lutheran Services in Iowa-Families Together II, MidWestOne Bank, North Iowa Community Action/I-Smile, Operation Threshold-Partners for Healthy Families/NEST, Parkersburg Fire Department, Pathways Behavioral Services- Prevention, and Waverly Health Center.
Each family attending the event received Butler Bucks and two lucky children won bikes. Lilly Foxen of Parkersburg won the little girl’s bike, and Charlie Ballhagen of New Hartford won the little boy’s bike. The bikes were generously donated by Rusty Eddy of Monarch Therapy serving Parkersburg and the surrounding counties. Eddy with Monarch Therapy has been a supporter of the Butler County Kid Fest for a number of years.
Read the full article in the October 20 edition of the papers.

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