Calvary Home For Children Booth Anderson Sports & Entertainment Center Anderson, SC May 26 - 29, 2006

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 last year's event.  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.

Schedule of Events at Calvary Home for Children Booth

Friday, May 26, 2006 4 p.m. Little Miss/Mr. Freedom Weekend Aloft Pageant (entry/prizes) 6 p.m. Sonlight Christian Karaoke Saturday, May 27, 2006 8 a.m. Balloon Chase (5K/1mi. run/walk) 4 p.m. Sit for Stephanie featuring Miss South Carolina Contestants 6 p.m. Sonlight Christian Karaoke 7 p.m. Joysong Ministries featuring Squeaker the Clown and Friends Sunday, May 28, 2006 4 p.m. Sit for Stephanie featuring Miss South Carolina Contestants 5 p.m. Rock/Paper/Scissors Tournament (entry/prizes) 8 p.m. The Rai$ing Balloon Race (entry/prizes) Tickets may be purchased all weekend.            Rain date - Monday, May 29, 2006 Monday, May 29, 2006 12 p.m. The Rai$ing Race Family Edition (entry/prizes) May register Friday - Sunday. All Weekend Face painting Dunking Booth

Little Miss/Mr. Freedom Weekend Aloft Pageant Friday, May 26, 2006 at 4 p.m. on the WSSL/WMYI/WESC Community Stage (near the Civic Center).  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 2006/2007 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 28, 2006, 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 $5 per balloon.  All proceeds benefit Calvary Home for Children.  Depending on weather forecast, release may take place on Monday, May 29. Can't attend the event, but would still like to participate in the Rai$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$ing Race Family Edition Monday, May 29, 2006, 12 p.m. until.  Have you ever watched the hit CBS reality show The Amazing Race?  Haver you ever wished you could be on the show?  Do you think you have what it takes?  Then you should enter The Rai$ing Race Family Edition.  All the excitement of the Rai$ing Race and Amazing Race in a mini format.  Teams composed of one parent and one child (under 12) will race around the grounds of FWA and the Sports & Entertainment Center searching for clues and completing tasks.  There will be detours, roadblocks and pitstops.  The first team to reach the final pitstop will win a prize.  Cost is $50 per team.  All proceeds benefit Leslie's Cottage at Calvary Home for Children.  Applications received by May 20th will receive a free parking pass.  Depending on weather forecast, event may take place on Sunday, May 28, 2006.  Questions?  Please check our Frequently Asked Questions page first. Click on the link at the bottom of this page to download a brochure and application for this event.  Click here to be added to our e-mail address list to receive updates and announcements regarding next year's event.

Sit for Stephanie Saturday and Sunday, May 27 and 28, 2006, 6 p.m.  This year will be our fourth 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, May 27th 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 on Saturday, May 27, 2006 at 7 p.m. 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 thru 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 Sunday, May 28, 2006 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 cash 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$ing Race Family Edition. Dunking Booth (all weekend): We need volunteers, anyone willing to get wet!  This promises to be a lot of fun and also very profitable. There is also a spot here for Palmetto Princesses or other children to help collect the balls and return them to the front.  They can even get wet, too, if they want. Little Miss Freedom Weekend Aloft (Friday, May 26): We could use entertainers and backstage moms. Sit for Stephanie 2006 (Saturday): We need participants to collect donations for CHC before and during event.  Although we encourage you to collect donations before the event, it is definitely not a requirement to participate.  Rai$ing Race Family Edition (Sunday or Monday depending on weather forecast): This will be parent/child (under 12) and limited to Sports & Entertainment Center 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 people to pull off everything we have planned this year.  We can use anyone who is willing to help.  There is a job for everyone. For further information, please contact Renee Tollison by e-mail at rtollison@lesliemazzarafund.com. If you can volunteer for any of the events above, please click here and take a moment to complete the Volunteer Questionnaire.

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