Durham school hosts Strawberry Festival

HITTERS.

>> GET READY TO HAVE A VERY

GOOD TIME AND HELP CHILDREN AT

THE SAME TIME, THE 20TH ANNUAL

STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL TAKES PLACE

IN DOWNTOWN DURHAM NEXT

SATURDAY. AND YOU'RE INVITED TO

COME OUT FOR A FUN-FILLED

FAMILY DAY. JOINING US TO TALK

ABOUT THE STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL

HOSTED BY CENTRAL PARK SCHOOL

FOR CHILDREN IS THE EXECUTIVE

DIRECTOR R LEE REALLY GREAT

TO SEE YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.

20 YEARS FOR THIS STRAWBERRY

FESTIVAL DOESN'T LOVE

STRAWBERRIES RIGHT? TELL US HOW

THE STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL

STARTED.

>> THAT ONE OF OUR FOUNDERS WHO

STARTED OUR CHARTER SCHOOL YEAR

IN DOWNTOWN DURHAM DISCOVERED A

SCHOOL UP IN VIRGINIA WHO HAD

A STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL AS A

CHILD CENTER OF IT AND THEY

DECIDED TO BRING IT HERE TO

CENTRAL PARK SCHOOL FOR

CHILDREN. AND IT'S BEEN A IN AN

ANNUAL EVENT EVER SENSE.

>> HARLEY, WHAT MAKES THIS

FESTIVALS SO SPECIAL TO DURHAM

>> WELL, NOT ONLY IS IT A FUN

COMMUNITY EVENT, BUT IT'S ALSO

A HOMECOMING FOR OUR ALUMNI.

AND IT'S ALSO A FUNDRAISER FOR

K 8 SCHOOL. IT DOES HAPPEN HERE

PARK, WHICH IS A PUBLIC COURT

AND WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH

DURHAM PARKS AND RECREATION.

AND SO IT'S OPEN TO THE WHOLE

COMMUNITY. SUPER INCLUSIVE,

ACCESSIBLE. AND WE PARTNER WITH

OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. SO IT'S A

FUN TIME EVERY YEAR. YEAH.

LOOKS LIKE SUPER FUN. WE WERE

SHOWING OUR VIEWERS SOME OF

THE PICTURES FROM PAST

FESTIVALS. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE

FUN ACTIVITIES AND THINGS

HAPPENING WHEN THEY GO TO THE

FESTIVAL?

WELL, WE HAVE ACTIVITY BOOTHS

LIKES US BEEN ARE AND

STRAWBERRY NAILS. WE ALSO HAVE

FOOD BOOTHS LIKE STRAWBERRY

SHORTCAKE AND TRAP THE

STRAWBERRIES FESTIVAL HAS

REALLY GROWN SINCE THE CENTRAL

PARK DISTRICT DOWN HERE IN

DOWNTOWN DURHAM HAS ALSO GROWN

AND WE'RE JUST REALLY EXCITED.

YOU HAD ME AT STRAWBERRY

SHORTCAKE. IS THERE ANYTHING

SPECIFICALLY NEW THAT'S

HAPPENING THIS YEAR TO KIND

OF CELEBRATE THE 20TH

ANNIVERSARY OF THE STRAWBERRY

FESTIVAL?

>> WELL, IT JUST SO HAPPENS.

WE ARE RENOVATING A 96 YEAR-OLD

BUILDING THAT WAS GRADED

SCHOOL. IT'S BEHIND ME. I DON'T

THINK YOU CAN SEE IT SUPER LOUD

TO OPEN ARCADE CITY, BUT CAMPUS

IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR. SO

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT OUR

FOREVER HOME WITH THE PARK

RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE IN ALL

THE FUTURE STRAWBERRY

FESTIVAL'S TO COME.

AND REALLY QUICK FOR THOSE WHO

AREN'T FAMILIAR. TELL US A

LITTLE BIT ABOUT CENTRAL PARK

SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN.

>> CENTRAL PARK SCHOOL FOR

CHILDREN WAS STARTED IN 2003.

WE ARE CHILD CENTER PROJECT, A

SOME OF THE AREAS OF

CONCENTRATION WITHIN OUR

PROGRAM OR OUTDOOR LEARNING

INTEGRATED ARTS.

>> SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING

PARTNER WITH FAMILIES AND WE

LIKE OUR COMMUNITY LOOK LIKE

COMMUNITY OF DURHAM. AND SO

WE ARE AN INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY

AND LOOKING FOR FOR EVERYBODY

TO COME OUT AND SEE US. THIS

MAY 3RD.

>> SOUNDS FABULOUS. THE 20TH

ANNUAL STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL

HOSTED BY CENTRAL PARK SCHOOL

FOR CHILDREN. THAT WILL BE NEXT

SATURDAY MAY 3RD, IT GOES FROM

11:00AM UNTIL 3 AND IT WILL BE

AT THE OLD NORTH DURHAM PARK

AGAIN, LIVE MUSIC, ARTS AND

CRAFTS. AND OF COURSE, A LOT

OF STRAWBERRY TREATS ARLEE

HARRIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS

FROM THE 20TH YEAR FOR THIS

WONDERFUL STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL.