SummerQuest Carnival day makes a splash!

On Friday, July 15th, Summerquest, Amethyst's summer day camp, held their first carnival! Amethyst employees and volunteers didn’t skip out on anything between the dunk tank, snow cone machine and moon bounce. All ages could enjoy fun activities like corn hole, cookie decorating, basketball, face painting and many more. Each game or activity won the kids various amounts of tickets to cash in at a prize table. The water guns and sticky hands seemed to be the best sellers, while the coveted beanie babies disappeared fast! Although the prize table brought lots of smiles, many would say the relay races were the highlight of the day. Camp members, moms, and volunteers formed two teams that competed in a series of challenging races; some involved hula hoops while others involved running with water! After the races, everyone chowed down on tasty Papa Johns pizza and racked up there last few tickets to cash in for prizes. Needless to say memories were made at SummerQuest’s first carnival, and as one camper stated as the day came to an end, “we can’t wait for next year!”

The carnival would not have been possible without the generous help of volunteers from Zonta, The Women’s Fund, Oxford Consulting, Columbia Gas and Nationwide. Special thanks to Amethyst board members Vicki Abbott, Judi French, Michelle Kerr and Terri Forgy who also gave their time to volunteer at the carnival. Amethyst sincerely thanks every volunteer for making the carnival a success.