Written By: Pascale Gibbs, Spotlight Editor
FUNDRAISING: Poly’s annual homecoming carnival was a massive success in fundraising money for various clubs on campus.
Every year, Poly holds a carnival event to help raise money for our clubs. ASB sells tickets that parents, friends, and supporters buy and use at the club booths. Every club ran a different booth – such as: selling Goldfish, guessing the popular song, selling snacks, colored hair spray, and drawing caricatures.
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As more than 40 clubs set up their easy ups and posters, parents and friends came by to support. The tickets were $1 each, with clubs accepting one to three tickets per activity or snack. Nadia Lewis (11) helped out with the NAMI and National Honor Society booth’s and “love[d] the festivities and how excited everyone was.” With several students working in each booth, the clubs were overwhelmed with success and support. Within an hour of the carnival starting, clubs were already starting to sell out! Mackenzie Watkins (12), who helped out with the Amnesty International booth, recalls “a bunch of kids [came] up and begged for all the Goldfish I had.”
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While the carnival’s success seemed never ending, it was briefly paused by the infamous Poly lip-sync battle. The battle was between Bear Pals, PCL, Sports Medicine, Theater, and Puente. After about twenty minutes of fierce, sassy, and dazzling lip syncing, Theater’s lip sync to ‘I’m Just Ken’ won the competition. They all wore fake muscle shirts, had confetti, and ‘sang’ their hearts out. Jack Boren (12), a competitor for theater’s lip sync, thought it was fun and “felt pretty silly” in his costume. After the lip sync battle was over, the crowd returned to the carnival and success was just as booming.
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BSU’s ‘Guess That Song’ booth got kids and parents on their feet dancing and singing trying to guess. Their booth was outstandingly fruitful, with parents and Poly students excited. This carnival was also a first for some clubs – it was ASU’s first year as a club, which means it was their first year participating in the carnival. Their booth was also a hit, with hundreds of people coming over to purchase their snacks.
The carnival lasted for two hours, and at the hour and thirty minute mark, ASB ran out of tickets to sell! If that doesn’t convey the smashing success of the carnival, I don’t know what does. Clubs went home with a ton of cash raised as well as some good promotion. Poly’s annual carnival is a great way for our community to come together and celebrate the students’ hard work for their clubs. GO BEARS!
Photo by Reagan Metzger