This year Lexington’s Community Nursery School will be hosting their 40th Annual Yellow Balloon Fair on Saturday, May 12! Join us for this delightful family fair featuring oodles of fun activities. The fair will be held at the new school at 2325 Massachusetts Ave, in Lexington, from 10am-2pm, rain or shine. Admission is $2 per child ($1 for adults), and game tickets are $1 each.
Enjoy preschool oriented games, prizes, face painting, a bounce house, crafts, and a BBQ lunch. Returning after two successful years will be the visiting petting zoo with a variety of baby animals to cuddle and pet. Participate in the raffles which feature child-themed baskets put together by the classrooms and gift certificates from local businesses.
The Yellow Balloon Fair is important to Community Nursery School as both a community event and a fundraiser for the school. As a cooperative, parent participation is a core value of the school. Nothing symbolizes this better than when the entire school community comes together for the Yellow Balloon Fair. Liz O’Neil says, “The fair promotes a sense of working together and gives us a chance as a community to celebrate what CNS is truly about.”
As with previous years, CNS relies on help from local high school students and businesses. Fair co-chair Theresa Sain says, “We couldn’t do this event without the help of our community. While this event is mostly run by CNS parents, it’s a great time for us to reach out to the entire Lexington community to come together for a fun day.” Volunteering at this event counts towards the Lexington High School community service hours that all students need to graduate. If you are interested in helping out with the fair, please email Renae Nichols at YBFCNS@gmail.com. Many of the fair raffle items are donated by local stores and businesses. Businesses that are interested in donating can contact Yellow Balloon co-chair Annie Roy at YBFCNS@gmail.com.
