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Octoberfest fun for area kids
Diana Palka
Issue date: 10/23/08 Section: Campus News
The temperature's falling and so are the leaves at Gardner-Webb. Fall is in full swing, and with that come the festivities and projects celebrating Halloween.
As usual, Gardner-Webb will host Octoberfest, an annual collaboration of Gardner-Webb students wanting to give back to the Cleveland County community. The event will begin at 6 p.m on Oct. 30 in the LYCC.
Beth Long, SGA secretary, said, "It's an event for community families to come out and interact with the Gardner-Webb student body."
The idea works both ways, in that Octoberfest is a prime opportunity for students to get involved with the community that offers much support to the university.
Additionally, Octoberfest is a way for students to get involved with all that Gardner-Webb has to offer.
"Clubs and organizations are encouraged to set up booths and to give out candy. Most booths have a cute little game or activity organized," Long said.
While Octoberfest is a great place for GWU students to have fun and socialize, the ultimate goal is to serve the community.
Long summed it up in saying that Octoberfest is about "providing a safe Halloween alternative for area kids."
This year Octoberfest will include a service learning project called the Enchanted Forest. Dr. Lisarenee English is in charge of this project and has been working diligently towards its success.
"It's actually an activity I participated in at the college I worked at before coming here," said English.
She worked at Indiana's Goshen College prior to accepting a job here at GWU. There, the project was done through the Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center.
English described the Enchanted Forest as a service learning project designed to not only provide GWU students with a way to serve their immediate community, but to educate children ages 2-12 about our environment and its protection.
At Octoberfest, participating children will have the opportunity to take a hayride down to Broyhill Adventure course where a seven University 111 classes will be facilitating the Enchanted Forest.
Several students dressed in elaborate animal costumes will be scattered around a wooded loop every 75-100 feet.
The students have educated themselves on the life history of their particular animal, and will be acting as the animal would in its natural habitat.
The children will have the opportunity to ask their tour guide, as well as the animal, questions about nature.
The Enchanted Forest at Octoberfest is only a sneak peek of what the entire project seeks to be.
The actual Enchanted Forest event will take place Nov. 7-8 from 7-9 p.m. at the Broad River Greenway.
As usual, Gardner-Webb will host Octoberfest, an annual collaboration of Gardner-Webb students wanting to give back to the Cleveland County community. The event will begin at 6 p.m on Oct. 30 in the LYCC.
Beth Long, SGA secretary, said, "It's an event for community families to come out and interact with the Gardner-Webb student body."
The idea works both ways, in that Octoberfest is a prime opportunity for students to get involved with the community that offers much support to the university.
Additionally, Octoberfest is a way for students to get involved with all that Gardner-Webb has to offer.
"Clubs and organizations are encouraged to set up booths and to give out candy. Most booths have a cute little game or activity organized," Long said.
While Octoberfest is a great place for GWU students to have fun and socialize, the ultimate goal is to serve the community.
Long summed it up in saying that Octoberfest is about "providing a safe Halloween alternative for area kids."
This year Octoberfest will include a service learning project called the Enchanted Forest. Dr. Lisarenee English is in charge of this project and has been working diligently towards its success.
"It's actually an activity I participated in at the college I worked at before coming here," said English.
She worked at Indiana's Goshen College prior to accepting a job here at GWU. There, the project was done through the Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center.
English described the Enchanted Forest as a service learning project designed to not only provide GWU students with a way to serve their immediate community, but to educate children ages 2-12 about our environment and its protection.
At Octoberfest, participating children will have the opportunity to take a hayride down to Broyhill Adventure course where a seven University 111 classes will be facilitating the Enchanted Forest.
Several students dressed in elaborate animal costumes will be scattered around a wooded loop every 75-100 feet.
The students have educated themselves on the life history of their particular animal, and will be acting as the animal would in its natural habitat.
The children will have the opportunity to ask their tour guide, as well as the animal, questions about nature.
The Enchanted Forest at Octoberfest is only a sneak peek of what the entire project seeks to be.
The actual Enchanted Forest event will take place Nov. 7-8 from 7-9 p.m. at the Broad River Greenway.
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