Thousands turned up for Celebrate Youth’s 20th year

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Published astatine 1:58 pm, August 21, 2024 | Updated astatine 1:58 pm, August 21, 2024

REXBURG – Residents could not hold to commencement nan nosy astatine Celebrate Youth successful Porter Park connected Tuesday.

Celebrate Youth is an yearly organization arena to get kids successful Madison School District 321 excited for nan caller schoolhouse year. The arena offered a plethora of activities, including a stone wall, bouncy houses, mechanical bull, snacks and more.

The arena had much than 40 vendors, and organizers estimate betwixt 10,000 to 13,000 group attended.

Macail Chavez, nan communications head for Madison School District, says group started showing up 30 minutes early for nan yearly event.

“I consciousness for illustration a batch of group are having fun, visiting pinch nan vendors and conscionable enjoying nan raffle prizes and nan games,” Chavez said.

Two group looking astatine prizes connected a table

The raffle gave visitors a chance to triumph prizes ranging from babe toys to day nights. Some prizes were weighted astatine $250. Those who bought raffle tickets could spot them successful buckets corresponding to circumstantial prizes.

For nan first clip successful Celebrate Youth’s history, section performers graced nan shape astatine nan Beehive Pavilion.

One of these performers was nan set Danny and nan Fat Apple, led by Danny Heslop, an adjunct module personnel astatine Brigham Young University-Idaho. They performed together for an assemblage for nan first clip astatine Celebrate Youth and played original popular songs.

“I didn’t cognize it was going to beryllium this large of a function, truthful I was driving successful and I thought, ‘Holy cow, this is measurement much group than I thought location was going to be,’” said Jackson Campbell, bass subordinate of Danny and nan Fat Apple.

Other performances included a colour defender team, creation squad and vocalist.

As they person for nan past 10 years, nan Rexburg Police Department provided free train rides for kids. The train rides are portion of Operation Lifesaver, which focuses connected railroad safety.

“We each travel to this arena and get to spot each nan kids successful nan schools that we activity in,” said Peter Noel, nan schoolhouse assets serviceman pinch nan Rexburg Police Department. “It’s ever important for them to spot america successful a different light.”

Chavez says Celebrate Youth wouldn’t beryllium imaginable without their volunteers from nan Madison School District.

“Everyone that’s location is location for nan kids and they want to participate connected their ain time,” Chavez said.