Children’s tent at Macomb Farmers’ Market
Dear supporters of the Macomb Farmers’ Market and all Macomb families,
You may have heard that the Food Initiatives Group (FIG) will be providing a Children’s Tent for the Farmers’ Market this year. We are excited about attracting new families to the market and hope to introduce them to the many delicious foods that the Market has to offer. We’re asking for local groups and agencies to help us by sponsoring the tent at least one Saturday during the season, which begins May 23rd and ends October 29th.
All we ask is that your group provide a craft or activity for the children, and staff the tent with several volunteers to assist the children with the activity from 9-11 a.m. that day. The activity or craft should be simple and take only about 5 minutes to complete. Some appropriate activities might be string figures such as cat’s cradle, braiding bracelets, simple origami, making cards, weaving paper, leaf rubbings, etc. If you would like suggestions for an activity, we would be happy to help you; don’t be shy! FIG will provide the tent, tables for the children to work at, and extra crayons and paper for children to draw and color. You may also bring a small sign with your group’s name, as well as literature or information about your group to distribute at the tent that day.
We hope that the community will embrace the Children’s Tent at the Farmers’ Market, and through your participation the community will become more aware of your group as well. Thank you for considering sponsoring a Saturday at the Children’s Tent. We ask that you please respond to Leslie Timlin (leslietimlin@hotmail.com) as soon as possible to let us know if you are interested, and in which month you would prefer to participate. We will send you an email with your date as soon as we finalize the schedule. If this date doesn’t work for you, please let us know and we will accommodate you with another date. Also, please tell us briefly if you already know what activity you plan to have on your day at the tent.
Thank you for your support of the Macomb Farmers’ Market!
Sincerely,
Food Initiatives Group, Farmers’ Market Committee
