LAST CALL FOR YOUNG AMBASSADOR CONTESTANTS
2016 Main Street Lighted Christmas Parade
Oskaloosa Area Chamber & Development Group is looking for youngsters to enter Main Street’s Young Ambassador Contest. OACDG is seeking area three-year-old through kindergarten-age boys and girls for this contest. Young Ambassadors will be Oskaloosa representatives at the 2017 Lighted Christmas Parade. For the past twenty years a contribution has been given to an area preschool, this year New Sharon Child Care & Preschool will receive a donation. Additional proceeds will also help defray costs of the Lighted Parade.
Entries for candidates will be accepted through Friday, October 20; so enter today! To enter, submit to the Main Street Office of the OACDG (222 1st Ave East) a recent photograph (no larger than 3 x 5) with the name, address, phone number, date of birth of the child, the parents’ name on the back of the picture and $5.00 fee for registration. Please be sure to add information on child’s favorite activity, where they go to school and what they want for Christmas.
Business sponsors are asked to display a bank that will be provided for collecting monetary votes for the candidates. Voting will take place Monday, October 30 through Monday,
November 27, 2017. All banks will be pickup by 8:00 am on November 27th and totaled by 11:00 am. No money will be accepted after 11:00 am. The Young Ambassadors will be determined based on the amount of money they receive in their canisters.
The Young Ambassadors will be announced Monday, November 27 at 6:00 p.m. in Center Court of Penn Central Mall. This pageant event will be fun for all who attend. All participants will receive prizes. Santa plans to attend as well. In addition, all candidates will be invited to participate in the Main Street Lighted Christmas Parade “30 Years of Christmas Past” on Thursday November 30 at 7:00.
The Main Street Office of the OACDG is still accepting entry applications for the Lighted Christmas Parade, Home Decorating Contest, and Business Window Display. Call 641-672-2591 for more information.
