Summer Sky Family Festival to give away 200 backpacks

The annual Summer Sky family festival will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 10, in the Heritage Center parking lot.

This free event includes music, dancing, games, free food and drinks, games, prizes, crafts, a light show, petting zoo, a puppet show, animals from the Arrowhead Reptile Rescue, raptors from Glen Helen, The Bugman, inflatables, the Bookmobile, Chiller Hockey-to-Go, a Kiwanis sponsored backpack giveaway to the first 200 children and more.

The event is a partnership between the Clark County Historical Society and Clark County Department of Job & Family Services.

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