A Day
At The Fair

Kids Fair '98
provided fun Super Bowl
pre-game activities.

LONNY GOLDSMITH StaffWriter

KRISTA HUSA Photographer

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1998

ore than 5,000 kids and adults came out to the
Palace of Auburn Hills last Sunday — not for
a Pistons basketball game, but for fun and
games nonetheless.
Kids Fair '98, organized by the Jewish Community Center
and co-sponsored by nine other major organizations, allowed
children to go to booths set up by both for-profit and not-
for-profit groups, including United Way, the Detroit
Zoological Park, WTVS-Channel 56 and Habitat For
Humanity.
"It was a fantastic event," said JCC Development Officer
Nevin Kanner, who was responsible for organizing the day.
"We had a constant flow of traffic coming through."
The event, according to Kanner, was set up to bring the
businesses, non-profit organizations and the general public
together in an event where people can learn about a particu-
lar service or company.
Any profits go to scholarships for the JCC day camps.
The fair, which included a go-kart track, a petting zoo and
four moonwalks, was set up on the main floor and the con-
course of the Palace. There were close to 100 volunteers,
most from B'nai B'rith Youth Organization chapters.
According to Kanner, the Home Depot booth where kids
could build their own tool boxes was the most popular.