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Kidsfest 2009

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In 2009, KidsFest Shellharbour was the Illawarra’s largest event aimed at young children aged 0-5 years and was heralded as a great success! We hosted over 3,500 people who attended 110 festival activities that took place across 64 festival sites. These sites included 2 major tourist attractions, over 45 community organisations, 6 churches, 3 schools and 1 major shopping precinct (Stockland Shellharbour

Local kids received most of the 6000 programs distributed throughout the City and we were delighted to welcome a large number of children visiting Shellharbour from other areas, especially for KidsFest. We had a very busy week distributing 2000 ‘KidsFest Passports’ with many activities finding the demand for registration and passports exceeded their expectations. Our sponsors included child friendly material in the fun KidsFest sample bags, 1400 were handed to families over the weeklong event which added to the festival fun.

KidsFest Shellharbour 2009 attracted significant interest from local media including two front page stories in the local free press, twenty three local paper stories in coverage on WIN News and ABC Illawarra and in child-focused publications. Visit our online photo gallery for some colourful snaps from the week long festival.

 
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Inside KidsFest 2009

Issue 4, October 2009




SHELLHARBOUR CHILD FRIENDLY BUSINESS AWARDS

Child friendly businesses in Shellharbour City were recently recognised at the Shellharbour Child Friendly Business Awards, hosted by KidsFest Shellharbour.

The event, held on Friday 23 October at Stockland Shellharbour, rewarded businesses and organisations who participate in KidsFest and who are being child friendly in Shellharbour.

KidsFest Shellharbour, a week long festival held in May this year, saw over 3,500 people attend one hundred and ten festival activities across sixty-four festival sites and was an outstanding success for children and the community.

Carla Brookes, Marketing and Partnerships Coordinator for KidsFest Shellharbour says the Child Friendly Business Awards allows us to formally acknowledge those businesses and organisations who have contributed to celebrating Shellharbour as a child friendly City.

“KidsFest Shellharbour is an activity of Communities for Children Shellharbour funded by the Australian Government and provides a good opportunity for families to connect with services in the area,” she says.

“The awards are based on community feedback and polling of 600 families and their children.”

Along with some children’s entertainment at the event with Heidi Hodeo Rodeo, nine awards were presented covering various categories including:

  1. Outstanding Effort by a Community Facility Award
  2. The WOW Award - New Activity to Complement KidsFest
  3. Outstanding Effort by a Business Award
  4. KidsFest Play Spot Award
  5. Popular Choice Venue Award
  6. Popular Choice Event Activity Award
  7. Government Agency Participation Award
  8. The Big Kid Business Award

The event concluded with the launch of KidsFest Shellharbour 2010, which will be held from 9-15 May 2010 for children 0-12 years of age.

Visit www.kidsfestshellharbour.com.au now to register your business or child to participate in KidsFest Shellharbour 2010!

For any other enquires contact Carla Brookes on 0414 475838.

 

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