Its a Lamanpalooza!

North Little Rock Laman Library threw a huge event to celebrate the end of their summer reading program and the beginning to a new school year! It was very well put together and you could tell, even in the 115 degree sunny afternoon, that every kid was having a blast! Some of the fun activities included Scoop the Yarnells icecream man (passing out free ICECREAM sandwiches!), the NLR pink fire truck, bounce houses, face painting, crafts, the Star Wars characters, and a clown making balloon animals and hats! Thanks to Craig O'Neill for interviewing me, loved getting to talk to his hysterical self! I got the opportunity to volunteer and make an appearance as Mis Arkansas' Outstanding Teen thanks to the leader of the NLR Mayors Youth Council I am a member of. Mrs. Jan Scholl does a spectacular job with keeping all the kids on the council in tune with all of the opportunities to get involved in North Little Rock. I had a booth set up with Mrs. Jan and was informing people and kids about Special Olympics and the ways to get involved as well as signing autographs. I had Special Olympics coloring pages and the little ones just ate that up! They would sit in circles on the ground and just color, there's not much that kids love more than to pick up some crayons! Glad I got to go support my community and their efforts to encourage kids to read and be thrilled about the new school year!