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Kristmas Town Kiwanis, Helping Our Community – One Duck at a Time
The Bluegrass From the Forest festival is produced by the Kristmas Town Kiwanis Club. With the help of many volunteers like Shelton contractor and musician, Greg Linder, and many others who donate their time, this event is a labor of love for the community. When you meet our volunteers at the festival, we hope you’ll let them know their efforts are appreciated. For 15 years Bluegrass From The Forest has been an important fundraising event for the Kristmas Town Kiwanis. Funds earned support a variety of community projects. Your dollars spent at this event and other events that the group hosts, are put right back in to local neighborhoods! Bluegrass From the Forest’s founding purpose, the Callanan Park Renovation, has gone way beyond the construction of a single restroom! Other improvements, over the years, have included: installation of security lighting; construction of dugout benches with metal roofs for the seating areas; construction of storage
shed; scoreboard repair; installation of handicap accessible drinking fountain; as well as the construction of a children’s big toy apparatus. In addition, funding from this event has been used to support other community items including: the Christmas parade; scholarships for graduating seniors; youth-Circle K; food baskets for the 40 et 8; Toys for Kids drives; and little league baseball and youth soccer program. In addition to the Bluegrass Festival, there are many other projects Kristmas Town Kiwanis volunteers work on each year. In June, reserve your
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winning duck for the Duck Race! The Kristmas Town Kiwanis kiddie train is a familiar and much loved sight at local events. It is especially popular at OysterFest, where the group also provide a variety of activities including free carnival games. Holiday Magic in Shelton includes a Christmas parade as well as the lighting of the fir in Post Office Park. Presented the first Friday in December, Railroad is blocked for eveningbonfires and marshmallow roasting. Enjoy caroling, rides on the kiddie train and at dusk Saturday, take part in the Christmas Parade with over 50 entries as well as free cider, coffee, cookies and candy.
