Calvary Home For Children Booth Simpsonville, SC May 25 - 28, 2007 As of 5/2/07 we regret that we will not be able to hold any of our fund-raising events at FWA.  This is due to the move of FWA to Simpsonville, SC.  We appreciate the support the FWA organizers have shown us for the past two years and are hopeful that next year we will be back on schedule with all the events below.  Thanks for your support, Renee All proceeds benefit Calvary Home for Children

Freedom Weekend Aloft 2006 Highlights

Calvary Home for Children Booth Sonlight Karaoke, Miss South Carolina Contestants sign autographs and pose for pictures, face-painting, dunking booth (hopefully, we'll have some town celebrities and beauty queens as well).  Click here to see more pictures from 2005 and 2006.  To learn more about Freedom Weekend Aloft, click here.  Questions?  Please check our Frequently Asked Questions page first.  For driving directions, click here.  Click on the link at the bottom of this page to download a flyer for this event.

Tentative Schedule of Events at Calvary Home for Children Booth

Saturday, May 26, 2007 8 a.m. Balloon Chase (5K/1mi. run/walk) 11 a.m. Little Miss/Mr. Freedom Weekend Aloft Pageant 4 p.m. Sit for Stephanie featuring Miss South Carolina Contestants 5 p.m. Rock/Paper/Scissors Tournament (entry/prizes) 6 p.m. Sonlight Christian Karaoke Sunday, May 27, 2007 11 a.m. The Rai$ing Race Family Edition (entry/prizes) May register Friday - Saturday. 4 p.m. Sit for Stephanie featuring Miss South Carolina Contestants 8 p.m. The Rai$ing Balloon Race (entry/prizes) Tickets may be purchased all weekend.            Friday through Monday Face painting Dunking Booth

Little Miss/Mr. Freedom Weekend Aloft Pageant Saturday, May 26, 2007 at 11 a.m. Location TBA.  The pageant is open to girls ages 0 - 16 and boys 0 - 6.  This is an all-natural pageant.  No makeup for contestants 0 - 9 years.  Contestants 10 - 16 may wear clear lip gloss and a small amount of mascara.  Hair spray should be kept to a minimum.  No hairpieces.  You may wear a nice Sunday or party dress or outfit.  Straight pageant walk only.  No fancy runway modeling or removal of any garments is allowed.  All contestants will have their swimsuit fee ($100) paid to the 2007/2008 Little Miss/Mr. Hawaiian Tropic State pageant presented by RLF Productions.  Your child could be the next model to appear in national magazines such as Redbook, Parenting, Working Mother and many more!!!  Winners may also appear on FWA website and other advertising, make appearances throughout the weekend and will come back and crown next year's winners.  Cost is $75 per child.   All proceeds benefit Leslie's Cottage at Calvary Home for Children.   E-mail Renee Tollison at rtollison@lesliemazzarafund.com to be added to the e-mail list for next year's pageant.  If you competed in 2006 and supplied an e-mail address, you are automatically on the list.  Questions?  Please check our Frequently Asked Questions page first.

The Rai$ing Balloon Race/Release Sunday, May 27, 2007 8 p.m.  Event attendees will purchase a race ticket that will be attached to a helium-filled balloon and released in mass on Sunday or Monday (depending on the weather).  Each balloon ticket has a request that the finder should contact us.  Prizes are given to those people whose balloon labels are returned from furthest away as well as the finder of the winning balloon.  The cost is $5 per balloon.  All proceeds benefit Calvary Home for Children.  Depending on weather forecast, release may take place on Monday, May 28. Can't attend the event, but would still like to participate in the Rai$ing Balloon Race/Release?  Click here to purchase a race ticket using PayPal. Questions?  Please check our Frequently Asked Questions page first.  To learn more about balloon releases and the environment, click here.

The Rai$ing Race Family Edition Sunday, May 27, 2007, 9 a.m. until.  Have you ever watched the hit CBS reality show The Amazing Race?  Have you ever wished you could be on the show?  Do you think you have what it takes?  Then you should enter The Rai$ing Race Family Edition.  All the excitement of the Rai$ing Race and Amazing Race in a mini format.  Ten teams composed of one parent and one child (under 18) will race around the grounds of FWA searching for clues and completing tasks.  There will be detours, roadblocks and pitstops.  The first team in each age division (under 12 and 12-17) to reach the final pitstop will win a prize.  Cost is $75 per team.  All proceeds benefit Leslie's Cottage at Calvary Home for Children.   We reserve the right to limit participation to the first 20 teams who register.  In the event less than 10 teams apply, race may be cancelled.  Depending on weather, race may take place on Monday, May 28, 2007.  Questions?  Please check our Frequently Asked Questions page first. Click on the link at the bottom of this page to download a brochure for this event.  Click here to register  your team for this year's event and pay using PayPal.

Sit for Stephanie Saturday and Sunday, May 26 and 27, 2007, 4 p.m.  This year will be our fifth Sit for Stephanie.  Participants will collect donations for "sitting" during Freedom Weekend Aloft.  All proceeds benefit Calvary Home for Children.  Click here to learn more about how and why Leslie started the sit-a-thon in 2002.  Click on the link below to download a form you can use to keep up with your donations.

Balloon Chase 5K Run/Walk - Saturday, (sorry, no race in 2007) 8 a.m.  Registration begins at 6:30.  Enjoy your run/walk under 100 hot air balloons. Pre-registration is $15 adults, $10 children 12 and under.  Includes T-shirt and race bag (while supplies last).  Same day registration is $20.  Participants are asked to bring a canned food item to help restock the pantry at Calvary Home for Children.  Entry forms are available at Rags to Riches Thrift Store on West Whitner Street in Anderson, SC.

Joysong Ministries Bring the children by the CHC booth (Date & Time TBA) for fun and entertainment by Squeaker the Clown and friends.  Joysong Ministries began in 2002, when Mike Galloway, aka Squeaker, felt the call to combine his singing talents with the art of clowning.  Joining the group is his wife Prissy and friends Nellie Cross and Crystal Rose.  Joysong combines music, clown foolery and magic to spread laughter and share God's love through an array of events including church and community events, birthday parties and festivals."  To contact Joysong Ministries:  email: joysong2005@aol.com phone: 864.836.7008

Rock Paper Scissors Tournament Saturday, May 26, 2007 5 p.m. The rules are simple. Paper covers rock. Rock crushes scissors. Scissors cut paper. Rock Paper Scissors may only take a minute to learn, but a lifetime to master. Tournament Rock Paper Scissors proceeds much like a tennis competition: game, set, match. The first to win two games wins the set, the first to win two sets wins the match. The winner moves on to the next round; the loser is eliminated. $5 gets you in the game. The champion will win a prize.  Children under 12 only, please. Questions?  Please check our Frequently Asked Questions page first.

We need lots of volunteers! Calvary Home for Children Booth (all weekend): We need contestants, teen, miss and princesses, to entertain, sign autographs and pose for pictures. We also need volunteers, perhaps contestants’ moms or committee members, to help with face-painting. No experience required. We do easy designs. We will also be selling tickets for the balloon release/race and signing up participants for the Rai$ing Race Family Edition. Dunking Booth (all weekend): We need volunteers, anyone willing to get wet!  This promises to be a lot of fun and also very profitable. There is also a spot here for Palmetto Princesses or other children to help collect the balls and return them to the front.  They can even get wet, too, if they want. Little Miss Freedom Weekend Aloft (Saturday): We could use entertainers and backstage moms. Sit for Stephanie 2007 (Saturday & Sunday): We need participants to collect donations for CHC before and during event.  Although we encourage you to collect donations before the event, it is definitely not a requirement to participate.  Rai$ing Race Family Edition (Sunday or Monday depending on weather): This will be parent/child and limited to the FWA grounds. We need volunteers to monitor the racers and tasks. We have added many new activities that promise to bring in lots of funds for our cause of raising enough money to build a home for abused children at Calvary home for Children in memory of Leslie Mazzara.  It will take many volunteers to make this event successful.  We can use anyone who is willing to help.  There is a job for everyone. If you would like volunteer for any of the events above or for further information, please contact Renee Tollison by e-mail at rtollison@lesliemazzarafund.com.  Please use "FWA 2007 Volunteer" or "FWA 2007 Information" in your subject line.

Click here to download flyers and forms for all the above events.