Each year, our Third Grade Huskies coordinate a food drive for Thanksgiving in conjunction with Children First (CF) of Buncombe County. The food drive starts today and ends Monday, November 17.
Buncombe County has one of the highest rates in the nation for food insecurity and as a community, we all have a part in helping out those in need.
Our third graders take that calling seriously. Last year, they helped deliver quite a few boxes of food to CF. They helped out numerous families and were quite successful in their endeavor to collect food and other items.
They are again collecting food and asking all Rainbow Community folks to contribute as they can. Their goal is to be able to deliver more food than last year.
Each classroom at Rainbow has food collection boxes to store the non-perishable items until they pick up all the food on November 17th. Below is a list of what Children First has requested. Feel free to print the list and distribute as you need.
Thanks to everyone for their generosity. In the spirit of gratitude, let’s come together and lend a hand!
If you were on Rainbow’s campus today, you might have been spooked.
Ghosts and goblins roamed the forest, flanked by aliens, tigers, bears, wizards and other magical creatures for the most frightful day of the year: HALLOWEEN!
First, Kindergarten sang some ghostly songs. Preschool chimed in, too.
Then each grade paraded around, valiantly confronting whatever bear, cupid, witch or robot they encountered along the way…
Then students departed the meeting grounds in search of spooky treats in not-so-scary places!
So many wonderful faces, costumes, and friends came to enjoy the day.
We want to extend a special thank you to parent Stephanie Cody for coordinating the event. We’re also grateful for all the parents who put hours of work and energy to pull the Hoedown off.
Thank you also to all of our business sponsors and businesses who donated to the Hoedown.
There was a booth for fairy hair. There was a booth to take photos (stay tuned to our Facebook page to find your photo!), a cakewalk, a “wine” walk, face painting, and much more.
We had bouncy houses, haunted houses, and magicians.
Family. Food. Fun. And lots of photos!
Enjoy a slideshow of all the photos of the day.
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Professor Whizzpop the magician and balloon twister will be there!
There will be music, karaoke, bouncy houses and more!
There is also a raffle table and silent auction with many local fantastic prizes including an iPad mini!
And last but certainly not least, there will be a haunted house!
Only tickets are used inside the event, no cash including for food and drinks.
Tickets are at the gate for $1, 12 for $10 or 25 for $20.
The Haunted House…
When: Friday and Saturday October 24th-25th
Time: 6:30-9:oopm, also during the Hoedown: 12:30-2:30pm
Cost: $5/person; $3/children 4 and under (and will be a little less scary for them, too)
Parking: please park in the parking lot behind the school – at 60 State Street. Some street parking will be available, but the upper lot on the older part of campus will fill up quickly.
Who: Students, teachers, staff, parents & friends of Rainbow
More: Listen to Chikomo Marimba, Sue Ford’s awesome band. Share stories, songs, skits, and fun with friends. There’s a sign-up sheet, but if you forget to sign up, come anyways.
Here’s a sneak peak at what amazing sounds you’ll hear. This is a video of Chikomo Marimba playing for Asheville Video Productions. They created a video of downtown and put Chikomo’s music to it.
