Laurel, Indiana over the last year has been making drastic changes to improve the quality of life for its resident’s; the town board of laurel is leading the way. They have recently taken action to purchase land for the purpose of attracting new business. They have taken steps to clean up the town and they are in the process of building a professional web site for the town. These are big steps and the board needs to be applauded for their efforts.
A new committee has been formed to focus on the youth of Laurel. The Laurel Youth Council has dedicated itself to making a better life for the children of Laurel. Their first project is a Playground. There’s a huge need for this because there is no play ground for the kids. Can you imagine being a kid and not having a place to play? This is something for a town with a population of 570; this just can’t happen. The youth are the hope and the future of any small town; we need to give the youth a chance. A chance to learn how to work together. A chance to learn how to be a positive part of a community and most of all how to have fun. “Deana Wilson said that when she was a small child she could remember the town having street Fairs and Friday night street dances and places to play and have fun. We want this back”
The Laurel Youth Council has taken steps to start making the future bright for the children. The Laurel Music Festival is a three day event with the purpose of this festival being to raise funds for the youth of Laurel. The youth have not had a park of any kind in the town for decades. We feel that it’s time to change that. The goal is to raise funds to purchase land and playground equipment.
The festival is going to be held August 28-30 and the tentative breakdown of the events is as follows. Friday night on stage will be bands playing country and southern rock. And providing food for the evening will be the Laurel Fire Department with a fish dinner at the fire house.
Saturday we start off the day with the flea market starting at 9am and continuing throughout the afternoon. The music of choice for the day is Bluegrass with many local bands playing. Throughout the day there will be many events going on such as corn whole tournament, hog calling contest, talent show solo competition and at 4:30 there will be an old fashion hog roast. Music ending on Saturday night at 10:30pm.
Sunday there will be a sunrise old fashion church service at the Laurel feeder Dam With the flea market continuing at 9am and a car show cruse in at 10am in town. Gospel and Bluegrass music will be heard from 11 to 3.
Different areas that we are looking for volunteers for are Promotion, scheduling, food, security, clean up, set up and much more. We need your help keep it going. There are plenty of opportunities to volunteer both in public and behind the scenes. Laurel is still part of the Franklin county community and The Laurel Youth Council says it’s time to put community first and change lives one child at a time. If interested in taking part in this event, weather it’s a band looking to play or an individual looking to volunteer you can call Brian@ 765-647-0200 or email laurelyouthcouncil@yahoo.com. Thank you!
1 comment:
Good for laurel!
This is going to be a blast.
So much to do
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