Thank you everyone for making Mardi Gras 2010 a success!
Bruce Orr, Director of Mudeye Puppet Company and assistant Chloe Paisley worked with Boise-Eliot Elementary Principal, Molly Chun, and the classrooms of teachers: Bigham, Dineen, Parks, Vercher, Switalla, Eltagonde, and the 1st, 4th and 5th graders who participated in mask and puppet making.
Chuk Barber with the "Criancas de Zumbi", samba dancers and drummers - students of North Portland schools: Woodlawn and Faubion, see: myspace.com/508277741
Greg and Angela with AYOS students for face painting
Phil Stanton and Grandfather spearheaded the BBQ fund raising for Haiti
Sons of Haiti granted permission of lot use for BBQ
Apricot spearheaded the Haiti Fund Raising for Mercy Corp and Haitian village, Riviere Sallee Baraderes.
Debbie Petricek, Philip Stanton and Sonie Andrews from HMBA
Mardi Gras 2010
Join us Saturday February 13 for a day filled with family fun and celebrating Mardi Gras! There will be mask making, and bike decorating at the Q Center with face painting and balloon artists. Then you and the kids can join in on our Moving Street Parade at 3:00pm which starts at FREMONT and ends at MASON. Follow that up with photos and puppet show from Mudeye Puppet Company at the Q-CENTER.
Money raised at the Mardi Gras event will support relief work in Haiti! For more information or to donate please go to http://www.mercycorps.org/fundraising/mardigrasevent. Instructions for setting up a fundraising page for individuals or organizations can be found here.
