Great Bend High School students, community volunteers and Great Bend Recreation Commission staff will be transforming the City Auditorium into Santa’s Workshop. The 19th Annual Santa’s Workshop will be held from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. on Monday, November 30th, in the City Auditorium. Please enter thru the doors located on the southwest corner of the auditorium.
This free Christmas event is designed for preschool through 6th graders and their families and those young at heart. Children can proceed to any or all the fun booths for food, craft activities and candy treats. Santa Claus will make his appearance. Free popcorn, candy, prizes and balloons will await everyone. There is no charge to enter the workshop.
Students from the Great Bend High School Presidents Club, Student Council, National Honor Society, World Language Club, DECA, Kays, Kayettes, FBLA, FFA, FEA, Pep Club, Theatre Club, Art Club, Parents As Teachers, Parent Teacher Resource Center – PTRC, Sunflower Early Education Center, Great Bend Public Library Children’s Department, BCC Sports Medicine Staff, Barton County Sheriff’s Department, Great Bend Fire/EMS Department, Great Bend Police Department, representatives from the Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior classes and the Great Bend Recreation Commission will be helping with this event. The Middle School Jazz Band and El Sol Mexican Folk Dancers will perform during the evening. The Parents As Teachers, Parent Teacher Resource Center – PTRC, Sunflower Early Education Center, and Great Bend Public Library Children’s Department will be providing a mini Santa’s Workshop in the Burnside Room in the Recreation Center designed for preschoolers. For this event, please enter thru the northeast door of the Burnside Room.
Business donations provided by: Great Bend Recreation Commission, Wal-Mart, CUNA Mutual Retirement Solutions, Nex-Tech / Rural Telephone Co. Inc., Great Bend Farm Equipment, Inc., Redbarn Pet Products, LLC., City of Great Bend, Farmers Bank & Trust, Kiwanis Club, Optimist Club, Marmie Motors, Inc., Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Inc., Eagle Communications, Great Bend Regional Hospital, Brown’s Shoe Fit Co., Dr. Marc Huslig, D.D.S. CHTD, Golden Belt Printing II, LLC, Dillons, Sunflower Bank, Central Kansas Orthopedic Group, LLC, OPI, American State Bank & Trust Company, Great Bend Feeding, Inc., Mark’s Custom Signs, Inc., Hammeke Electric, Inc. Taco Bell, Pryor Automatic Fire Sprinkler, Inc., Great Bend Children’s Clinic P.A., C & V Home Improvement, Inc., Fuller Industries, LLC., D. McMillen, Chtd. and Scott’s Welding Service, Inc.
For more information, contact the Recreation Commission office at 793-3755 ext. 2 or e-mail us at recreation@gbrc.kscoxmail.com.