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Guyton Fall Festival Benefits Boys & Girls Club

by UM School of Education on October 26, 2016
The Guyton Fall Festival was run by SOE students.

The Guyton Fall Festival was run by SOE students.

More than 300 people gathered for an evening of food and fun at the SOE on Friday, Oct. 21 for the first-ever Guyton Fall Festival. The event—which was sponsored by the SOE, UM’s Teachers of Tomorrow, the Student Activities Association and the UM Museum—was free and open to the public and attendees were asked to bring school supplies to be donated to the Boys & Girls Club of Oxford.

Event organizers were thrilled with the turnout and even more thrilled with the donations. More than 100 books and hundreds of various school supplies will go directly to Oxford’s Boys & Girls Club.

Many of the activities offered were not only fun, but educational (like chess and a mystery box game which focused on children’s sensory skills). In addition to games and food, the festival also offered arts and crafts activities led by the UM Museum.

The festival offered a variety of fun activities for local families.

The festival offered a variety of fun activities for local families.

According to Taylor Nash, vice president of UM’s Teachers of Tomorrow, the festival surpassed their expectations and is capable of becoming an even bigger event next year.

“There was a lot more promoting on campus for the festival than there has been for events in the past,” Nash said. “Teachers of Tomorrow did all the planning and organizing for the event and it turned out to be a huge success—it blew my mind, but we couldn’t have done it without the help of the sponsoring organizations.”

By Liz McCormick