AURELIUS - Free events lured big crowds to the 10th annual Youth Fair at the Fingerlakes Mall Saturday.
Organized by the Cayuga County Human Services Coaltiion's Children and Family Task Group, some 30 tables offered children's activities and information including Tyburn Academy, Coordinated Children's Services Initiative, and the Center for Dispute Resolution.
Fancy Footwork Dance Studio, Absolute Dance, and dancers from the Extended School Day Programs at Casey Park and West Genesee elementary schools entertained.
Abner, the Doubledays baseball mascot, competed for the children's attention with RAP the Bumblebee, Reva Rollerdrome's yellow Kangaroo, and Winnie the Pooh, all Auburn High School students. Later they switched costumes.
A yellow Gujarati-speaking Kangaroo, Sankaet Patel, became Pooh, while Pat Lattimore,14, turned into Bumblebee, and Path Patel, Sakaet's brother, 14, became Kangaroo.
Michael Arpino, 5, was delighted to find them all together, and they tossed around a huge blow-up die to play catch with him.
Impersonating the same animals were: Alyshia Nemo, 16 (Pooh), Kahleigh Thurston 15 (Bee) and Tiffany Huynh, 17 (Bee).
Alexander's mom, Tara, staffed the SS. Peter and Paul table with Kathy Hribick, coordinator of the school's Expansion for All project. Arpino, on the playground committee, helped raise funds for a new gym and playground at the school.
Hribick said their goal was to raise about $500,000. A new library, science, and computer labs will be housed in a remodeled area and an addition to the existing school.
“We have a lot of community support for our events,” she said. “Admissions have grown about 43 percent over the past two years.” Grades K--8 have about 102 children, with a maximum projected enrollment of about 125.
“We've had a lot of people ask us about the school today,” Hribick said.
At the Child Care Council of the Finger Lakes, Dylan Walters, 8, was busy making a die-cut card by gluing on small squares of tissue.
“We come here every year,” said his mother, Elizabeth Walters.
At the Cayuga County Sheriff's Office table, parents were getting ID cards for children, using Operation Safe Child equipment.
Two cards with a photo, name, fingerprint images of both index fingers, biographical information and an emergency phone number were processed in two minutes for each child.
Paul Benton, of the Cayuga County Sheriff's Office, helped operate the equipment, using digital fingerprinting technology and high resolution photography.
Data went to a national data bank to be accessed in emergencies.
Staff writer Kathleen Barran can be reached at 253-5311 ext 238 or kathleen.barran@lee.net
Fancy Footwork Dance Studio, Absolute Dance, and dancers from the Extended School Day Programs at Casey Park and West Genesee elementary schools entertained.
Abner, the Doubledays baseball mascot, competed for the children's attention with RAP the Bumblebee, Reva Rollerdrome's yellow Kangaroo, and Winnie the Pooh, all Auburn High School students. Later they switched costumes.
A yellow Gujarati-speaking Kangaroo, Sankaet Patel, became Pooh, while Pat Lattimore,14, turned into Bumblebee, and Path Patel, Sakaet's brother, 14, became Kangaroo.
Michael Arpino, 5, was delighted to find them all together, and they tossed around a huge blow-up die to play catch with him.
Impersonating the same animals were: Alyshia Nemo, 16 (Pooh), Kahleigh Thurston 15 (Bee) and Tiffany Huynh, 17 (Bee).
Alexander's mom, Tara, staffed the SS. Peter and Paul table with Kathy Hribick, coordinator of the school's Expansion for All project. Arpino, on the playground committee, helped raise funds for a new gym and playground at the school.
Hribick said their goal was to raise about $500,000. A new library, science, and computer labs will be housed in a remodeled area and an addition to the existing school.
“We have a lot of community support for our events,” she said. “Admissions have grown about 43 percent over the past two years.” Grades K--8 have about 102 children, with a maximum projected enrollment of about 125.
“We've had a lot of people ask us about the school today,” Hribick said.
At the Child Care Council of the Finger Lakes, Dylan Walters, 8, was busy making a die-cut card by gluing on small squares of tissue.
“We come here every year,” said his mother, Elizabeth Walters.
At the Cayuga County Sheriff's Office table, parents were getting ID cards for children, using Operation Safe Child equipment.
Two cards with a photo, name, fingerprint images of both index fingers, biographical information and an emergency phone number were processed in two minutes for each child.
Paul Benton, of the Cayuga County Sheriff's Office, helped operate the equipment, using digital fingerprinting technology and high resolution photography.
Data went to a national data bank to be accessed in emergencies.
Staff writer Kathleen Barran can be reached at 253-5311 ext 238 or kathleen.barran@lee.net
