Our 2010 Fun in the Son Back to School Block Party is set for Saturday, August 14 from 10-2 PM.  We are looking for  groups or churches who would like to face paint, bring carnival games, prizes, sing or perform, clowns with balloons, bring snow cone machines, water slides, dunking machines, bring food to supply lunch that day,  or help collect school supplies for the children who come.

Our goal is to collect 500 of each of the following (all new):

Received:                                                                        Church or Group Collecting:

Backpacks: 106                                                             First Baptist Concord

Glue:              19                                                               Kristi O'Leary

Glue sticks:  11                                                              Faith Promise

Rulers            111                                                            First Baptist Concord

Pencils:          153                                                           Faith Promise

Crayons:         115                                                             Faith Promise

Wide ruled paper   7                                                       First Baptist Concord

3 prong folders   37                                                         First Baptist Concord

Scissors       18                                                               First baptist concord

Markers     10

Colored Pencils  96

Spiral Notebooks:  30

Carnival Games:  Rocky Hill Baptist Church

Prizes (gift cards, other school supplies, food gift cards, etc.):

1200 Hot dogs:  700-Food City

1200 Buns:

500 Chips:

Sweet:

Snow Cone Machine:

Bottled Water:

Music:  Perfect Aim

Face Painters:

Volunteers (need 100):   71

Financial Needs:  $2100 ( to include volunteer tshirts, water slides, popcorn machine, snow cone machine, street closing signs, food products, tickets, flyers, mailouts.)  Received:  $2100.00

Please drop off any of these at 907 University Avenue on Tuesday-Thursday from 9-2, or at First Baptist Concord & mark for Water Angels.  Thank you!!!

On Saturday, August 15, 2009 from 10 AM until 2 PM, we will host our 4th annual Back to School Block party.  Our goal is to provide over 600 new backpacks and school supplies to the children in downtown Knoxville.  This is an awesome opportunity to meet some special children downtown, and meet an important need by providing new backpacks & school supplies, but also a fun day in Jesus' name!!  A great way to have fun in the Son!!   

Approximately 100 volunteers are needed to make this run smoothly in areas such as setup, carnival games, registration,  school supplies, water slides, dunking booth, snow cone machine, contests, prize table, lunch, trash control, security, and clean up.  If you would like to work in any of these areas, please register via thewaterangels@gmail.com

As of August 4:  # of registered volunteers  100

Still needing facepainters, hair cutters

Financial Sponsors are needed to make this work.   If you would like to sponsor this event, please forward any checks to  Water Angel Ministries;  PO Box 22153;  Knoxville, TN 37933.  Put in memo:  Back to school/(area of sponsorship).  If you have any questions, please email thewaterangels@gmail.com

• Water Slides/Dunking Machine  $500
• Snow Cone Machine  $300
• Lunch:   $1000
• Bottled Water:  $300
• Logistics (street closing/signs):  $500
• T-shirt (volunteers)  $800
• Total needed:  $3400.00

As of April, 2010,  Money collected:  $0.00

Our goal is to provide 600 new backpacks & school supplies.  This page will be updated on a regular basis so you can keep abreast at where we stand at all times.  If you would like to help us collect school supplies, please email thewaterangels@gmail.com . 

As of April 18, 2010:

• Backpacks collected:  0
• Pencils  collected:  0
• Bottled glue:  0
• Glue sticks:  0
• Crayons:  0
• Rulers:   0
• Notebook paper/Spirals:  0
• Scissors:  0