Last year's wild west fundraiser went so well for Killarney's Roots of Early Learning they brought it back by popular demand, only this year it's got that fiesta twist with Mexican food, music and decor.
Executive Director, Susan Nafziger, says they're expecting a fantastic festive night with folks coming dressed for the part. She adds there might even be prizes for best costumes and other note-worthy accessories.
She says the $50 ticket includes food, fun and play money for the casino.
"Your ticket will include access to the taco bar, which Co-op is supporting amazingly," says Nafziger. "There will be everything you can imagine on a taco, or a burrito, or nachos! Your ticket also includes play money to be used at the casino games and the way that you get into the prizes is by having those casino tickets at the end. So, you play the casino games and when you go to cash in your play money you earn real tickets to the prizes."
Nafziger says the community support has been overwhelming once again!
"Both this year and last year the community is amazing through sponsoring us with different things," she says. "We were able to hire the band Tanglebox, which was fully supported by the Kinsmen Group of Killarney and so that was an amazing donation from them!"
The Killarney Daycare operates at two separate locations: on Broadway and at the Killarney School.
At their Roots of Early Learning location on Broadway Avenue they currently have 4 infants and 16 preschoolers. At the Killarney School they have been continuously expanding as more children are added to the program. The school age children are up to 12 years old.
Now in the fall season and turning the calendar page into winter months, both centers welcome all donations by way of kleenex for runny noses, toilet paper and touques for those who forget them or they're soggy from playing outside.
Also, as you're cleaning up your cupboards they welcome arts and crafts items such as paper, scissors, markers and cloth, wool and other crafty things for kids to design and create with.