Clown News
Clowns at the Carousel was held on
August 1, 2010 at Heritage
Carousel. We had a wonderful time. We had tons of
people and tons of fun! Our Health & Safety Street was just loaded with health
and safety information from the following:
- Child Abuse Prevention Council
- Des Moines Fire Department
- Des Moines Police Department
- East Des Moines Family Care
Center
- Employee and Family Resources
- Everybody Wins
- Fire Safety House
- Iowa Coalition Against Sexual
Assault
- Iowa Department of Public Health
- Mercy Children’s Center
- Polk County Health Department
- Polk County Sheriff’s Office
- Safe Kids Greater Des Moines
As always, we can’t have this
wonderful event without the help of our sponsors!
- Des Moines Metro Credit Union
- Des Moines Public Schools
Community Education
- Des Moines Police Department
- Des Moines Parks and Recreation
- Korn Patch Klowns
- Mercy Children’s Center
- Sam's Club
- Safe Kids of Greater Des Moines
- Lazer 103.3
- Blank Children's Hospital
- Walmart
- Iowa Department of Public Health
- Wells Fargo
- Master Griller
If you see one of our sponsors,
please thank them for supporting the great event! Don’t forget to check out the
Clowns at the Carousel Website!!!
National Clown Week always
means it’s time for Clowns at the Carousel for use here at Korn Patch Klowns!
On August 2, 2009 we had a wonderful time with one of the coolest days ever! As
always we had:
- Free Carousel Rides
- Free Inflatable Rides
- Free Entertainment on Stage
- Free Hotdogs, Popcorn, & Drinks
- Free visit to Safety Street
which included numerous interactive displays for health and safety
We had a ton of fun at Clowns
at the Carousel and would like to thank all of our sponsors! If you see them,
please let them you appreciate their support of this great event!
- Blank Children’s Hospital
- Complete Entertainment
- Des Moines Fire Department
- Des Moines Metro Credit Union
- Des Moines Parks and Recreation
- Des Moines Police Department
- Des Moines Public Schools
Community Education
- Iowa Department of Public Health
- Korn Patch Klowns
- L.A.F.S. for Life
- Lazer 103.3
- Master Griller
- Mercy Children’s Center
- Safe Kids Greater Des Moines
Head on over to our
Clowns at the Carousel Website
for more information!
Korn Patch Klowns held their 6th annual “Clowns at the
Carousel” event on Sunday, August 3rd, 2008 in Des Moines, Iowa.
This event has quickly become known as being held on the Hottest day of the
summer. Temperatures in Iowa reached a steamy 95 degrees with a heat index of
108. That did not keep 25 clowns from coming out in full costume to do what they
do best. Entertain - bringing laughter and smiles to all in attendance.
This particular park in Des Moines is home to a beautiful Carousel (Heritage
Carousel) which is why we originally chose it to host our party.
Thanks to numerous sponsors this year we were able to provide:
- Free Carousel Rides
- Free Inflatable Rides
- Free Hot Dogs, Popcorn, and Drink
- Free Entertainment on the Showmotion Stage
- Free visit to Safety Street which included
numerous interactive displays for health and safety. This year we were able
to fit and give away 400 bike helmets compliments of Greater Des Moines Safe
Kids Coalition.
We had 4,000 red foam clown noses to share with our
guests.
The final 30 minutes of our day, Everything shuts down and families are lead to
the stage area where the Korn Patch Klowns present a 30 minute clown production.
The clowns adore the opportunity to perform on stage and bring smiles to a hot
and tired crowd.
This year in the week prior to National Clown Week, because of this event we
were able to secure 3 “in studio” television interviews and 3 photos plus event
mention in the Des Moines Register and numerous radio announcements. We also
accepted a proclamation from the Mayor of Des Moines during the City Council
meeting declaring it to be National Clown Week.
Since we have chaired this event since its inception, it was important to us for
it to have educational value. After all, we’re hosting a completely Free event
in an older neighborhood park with a diverse ethnic population. I think we have
a captive audience so we created “Safety Street.” Safety Street it a parking lot
that runs in the middle of the park so kids cross through it throughout the
event to get from one fun thing to another. This year our Safety Street
participants included:
- American Red Cross – Hygiene Promotion
- Animal Rescue League – Pet Safety
- Army Corp of Engineers – Water Safety
- Crime Stoppers – Crime Prevention
- Des Moines Fire Department – Fire Safety
- Employee & Family Resources – Drug Abuse
Prevention
- Everybody Wins – Literacy and Mentoring Program
- Farmer’s Insurance Group – Child ID Kits
- Fire Safety House – Blank Children’s Hospital –
Fire Safety
- Greater Des Moines Safe Kids Bike Safety (Fitted,
educated, and gave away 400 bike helmets!)
- Iowa Department of Public Health – General Health
Information
- Iowa State Patrol – Trooper Bear
- Kids In Cars – Education on NOT Leaving Children
in Cars
- Mercy Oral Health – Dental Hygiene
- National Guard Drug Demand Reduction Unit – Drug
Free Button Making
- Polk County Health Department – Hiking Related
Game
Head on over to our
Clowns at the Carousel Website
for more information!
Juice Magazine's Joe Lawler goes to clown
school to learn what we do.
Check it out!
For 2007 we celebrated National Clown Week with our
largest "Clowns at the Carousel" event ever!
Over 5,000 people attended our celebration on August 5th,
2007! There were plenty of clowns on hand and lots of quality stage
entertainment.
A BIG Thank You to all our sponsors this year!!!
- Boys and Girls Club of Iowa
- EMC Insurance Company
- Blank Children's Hospital
- Des Moines Metro Credit Union
- Des Moines Parks and Recreation
- Des Moines Police Department
- Des Moines Public Schools Community Education
- Iowa Department of Public Health
- Master Griller
- Pepsi
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