Kid Power Flyer

   The 7th Annual Kid Power: Empowering Kids for Success is set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 8, 2010. The 2009 event drew a crowd of 5,500 at the Appalachian Fairgrounds in Gray.

   See Wings helicopter land and talk with the crew. Sing your way to Kid Power Idol and have fun with the Johnson City Family Skate Center. See a Roller Derby Jam.

   Test your batting speed with the Johnson City Cardinals. Check out your skills in the Milk Mustache, Limbo, Hula Hoop, and Power Bubble contests. Make giant bubbles with Project BASIC or investigate fossils with the Gray Fossil Site and see Bay’s Mountain opossum.

   Experience a soccer clinic with Chuckey Doak High School. Meet the Kingsport Lifesaving Crew Heavy Rescue Bloodhound Search Team and see the Water Rescue Truck. Hitch a ride with Raceway Ministries on their golf carts. Get inside an 18-wheeler with Tennessee Trucking Association.

   Try to stay dry when you visit Pluggie the Fire Hydrant, provided by the Johnson City Fire Department, and Andy the Ambulance from the Sullivan County EMS. Get your face painted, or get temporary tattoos.

   Make butterfly craft with TRACES Foster Care, play games and win prizes. Visit with WCQR’s Danny the Lion. Get a scoliosis screening and body mass index with the Washington County Health Department. Hammer away at the Doak House Museum’s tin punch.

   Learn about a doctor’s office visit with the Teddy Bear Check-up at Niswonger Children’s Hospital. Take part in Kohl’s Kids on the Move. Meet Happy Bear and Kids on the Block. See Tri-City Talent.

   Play games and win prizes. Get your face painted. Do crafts, make silly putty and plant flowers. Each booth has a game or craft to complete.

   “Most kids don’t want to leave and wonder where the day went,” said Anne Newton, Kid Power Media Chair. “Kids will play, learn, compete and have fun giving parents time to explore nearby.”

   You must be present to win one of the dozens of giveaways. Drawings will be held every hour from the Kid Power booth, and must be picked up prior to the next hour’s drawing. Many of the 70 organizations will also hold drawings from their booths. It’s free to park, free to get in and free register for dozens of giveaways.

   Food vendors include Hot Dog Corner, Sno Biz, and Discovery Life.

   Sponsors are: Appalachian Fairgrounds, Citadel Broadcasting, Daniel Boone ROTC, Family Skate Center, Frontier Health, Holston Valley Broadcasting, Kingsport Lifesaving Crew, McDonald’s in Gray, Niswonger Children’s Hospital, Pepsi Beverage Company, Tennessee Voices for Children, The Arc of Washington County, Youth Villages. For more information, call Anne Newton at (423) 467-3600.