Springfield Winter Carnival 2018 had great support from Mother Nature, with a foot of fresh snow falling two days before the event began, and a pleasant Friday night and Saturday that were perfect for local families to enjoy the outdoor activities at Crown Point Country Club.
Along with the weather, the fourth annual event had tremendous support within our community from businesses, organizations, and individuals who sponsored and volunteered to make the winter carnival a big success this year.
Kelley Sales and Service and Atlas Pyrovision sponsored and put on another amazing fireworks display. Member Advantage Community Credit Union sponsored our talented and popular local musicians, Ben Fuller and Johnny O., who packed the clubhouse Saturday night. Strengthening Families Springfield Cohort sponsored Troy Wunderle’s Big Top Adventures, who spent Saturday afternoon sharing and teaching youngsters all kinds of circus skills. They also sponsored our face painters, Mona Frye and Heidi Schroeder, who put smiles and lots of other things on kids’ faces.
The All-4-One program helped kids make snow cones all day long, while Springfield Cinemas 3 and the Edgar May Health and Recreation Center donated great prizes for the snowman contest. Christian Craig of the Edgar May, Caitlin Christiana from the Chamber of Commerce, Tami Stagner from the All-4-One, and Meredith Kelley from Kelley’s Sales and Service all volunteered time and energy to planning and running Winter Carnival.
Christian and Keith Graham spent several hours snow blowing the pond Friday morning to create a great skating rink. Dan Patria from Red House Press designed, printed, and donated all event posters and flyers. Jeff Matulonis of Woodbury’s Florist brought his tractor and snowmobile up, hauling wood for the bonfires and grooming trails for sliding and snowshoeing. HB Energy donated porta-toilets to the event. Denise E. Photography spent the day and night Saturday and took hundreds of great pictures for the papers and our SWC Facebook page. Click here to view over 500 Photos (Album password: WC18 )
Riverside Middle School physical education teacher, Todd Aiken, loaned us a bunch of snowshoes for the public to use. The Springfield Fire Department provided firefighters both nights to light our bonfires and oversee the fireworks display. SHS student volunteers Tucker Watson, Corey Osterrieder, and Seth Martin built the large bonfires and helped out with other details. National Honor Society students Sofia Gulick and Alex Rennie served free hot chocolate on Friday night. Christian Craig, Steve Comstock, Brian Perkins, and Sam McCoy handled the challenging job of dealing with parking on a very busy Saturday night. Jessica Martin and Jon Eddy helped set up the banquet room for the music men, and Faith Stone helped with whatever was asked of her.
Special thanks to the Crown Point Country Club Board of Directors for hosting such a great community event, and special thanks also to Christian Craig for doing anything and everything to make the Winter Carnival run smoothly. To all of the businesses, organizations, and individuals listed above, thank you for contributing to the success of Springfield Winter Carnival 2018.
Sincerely,
Andy Bladyka
Director of Springfield Parks and Recreation
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