The Daily Telgram, Adrian Michigan
By LISA MARTINO
Daily Telegram Staff Writer
7-15-96
By LISA MARTINO
Daily Telegram Staff Writer
7-15-96
Haunted barn needs volunteer help
ADRIAN—The Adrian Community Services Department needs local residents’ help in scaring people for a good cause.
A Haunted Barn project is being planned for the fall at Heritage Park in order to raise money for community programs.
Community Services is asking for help from volunteers in the developing and planning stages of the project, as well as in staffing for the haunted house when it opens for Halloween fun in October.
“Currently we are in the planning stages, and our first step is to find a key organization who would like to help us out,” Dan Rodgerson, project coordinator.
To date, Rodgerson has not been able to find an organization willing to help. Proceeds from the haunted barn will go toward a scholarship fun to provide children who cannot afford recreational programs a chance to participate in youth-centered activities like outdoor education, karate, swimming, gymnastics, roller hockey, ice skating, Daddy-Daughter dances and Moms and Sons night.
The average cost of the program is approximately $18 per child and the goal for the first year is to provide for 55 children. The number of children serviced in the future is based on the success of this year’s Haunted Barn.
Community services has acquired $1,950 from the United Way to get the project started. The money will be divided between supplies for the haunted house project and scholarship funds for the children.
“Running and staffing a haunted house is not an easy task and we will need help,” said Rodgerson. “We have already secured most of the funding for the project, but we still need a great deal of help.”
Anyone interested in the funding can call Rodgerson at (517) 263-7875, ext. 272.
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