Carnival provides a fun day for locals and visitors

Stephen Dafoe Photos

The Morinville Public Elementary School Parent Fundraising Association held their 3rd Annual MPES Carnival June 14, a four-hour event that drew approximately 1,500 parents and children to take part in a large variety of free activities. Organizers say the turnout to this year’s event is triple that of the first year and a 50 per cent increase over the 2013 version of the event.

All activities were provided free of charge except food purchases and a fundraising raffle, the latter going to fund a new community playground at the school. Total amount raised was not available by press deadline.

Below are some photos from the MPES Carnival.

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Trinitee Farvolden has her face painted by Sarah Hall.

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Isla and Andrew Thamer have some fun at the ball toss game.

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Finnegan and Rachael O’Gorman battle it out in the Little John game.

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Sansai Steve Rooke breaks a board over sun Jordan’s body.

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Abigail Boissonneault takes a turn at the PLINKO game.

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Ava Daine puts the putt in putting.

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The Town’s Go Fly a Kite booth offered children a crafty opportunity to make a kite out of construction paper and string to fly on a reasonably windy day.