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Once Again - Everyone is a Winner at Fall Festival!

On Saturday, October 22, the HFCS PTA held its eleventh annual Fall Festival and is pleased to report it was a grand success! HFCS was bustling with 500 attendees and bursting with spirit with vendors selling their wares, kids doing craft projects, young and young-at-heart dancing the "cake walk," a ghoulishly fun "Haunted Hall", and folks tapping their feet to the HFCS Jazz Band, and everyone enjoying baked goods and food provided by The Lions Club.

The raffle items were a big hit- and the winners of them were quite pleased - The Hand Made Quilts; won by Patty Post; a Will Moses Print; won by Vickie Wysocki, A Pamper Me Package; won by Pam Cottrell, A Car Care Package; won by Nick Pierce, the 50/50 raffle; won by Joyce Gardner, the pumpkin weight guess; won by Heidi Bossoni. Each of the 35 vendors also awarded door prizes. Congratulations to all the winners!

The ultimate winners, though, are the students of HFCS and our community. The PTA is pleased that the festival continues to be about making a commitment to families and helping to bring them together with friends for some fun, to meet new people, and to buy great local products. The PTA doesn't raise a lot on this event, because that's not its purpose, but what is raised helps the PTA continue its financial support of classrooms and to bring special programs to the children and parents in our school district.

The PTA would like to extend thanks to all the local businesses and groups who offered their support, talents, and products including Hoosick Federal Credit Union, Grand Union, and McNeilly's Greenhouse. Special thanks to the 20 students who worked with setting up and running the kids' activities and the dedicated HFCS Custodial Staff. In addition, the PTA couldn't get the festival off the ground each year without the tireless efforts of its many dedicated volunteers and the generous support of the vendors and school personnel.