EKB News

Pikeville - At 10:00 am on the morning of Saturday September 30, Pikeville City Park was packed with people who all came out to take part in the Kiwanis’ First Ever Holiday Festival.
However there was a problem with the turnout that morning; the festival wasn’t scheduled to start until 2:00 that afternoon.
However the early start and continued flow of people in and out of City Park for the rest of the afternoon was re-assurance for the Kiwanis that the festival was a success and could become an annual tradition.
“It was an overwhelming success!” said Kiwanis Janet Thompson who helped to organize the event, which featured hay rides, cake tosses, arts and crafts and a slew of other activities, games and food.
But while the festival ensured light hearted fun for all in attendance, the underlying cause for the festival was one of a serious matter.
The Kiwanis civic organization prides itself on trying to help needy causes, including children who have been criminally abused.
Those children were the ones who benefited from the Kiwanis Holiday Festival with all of the money raised by vendors, going directly to the children.