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The Festival of Hope is Raleigh Rescue Mission's way of saying thanks to our great donors and community for another year of life changing ministry. This year's event will be held in downtown Raleigh on May 3rd from 10 am - 2pm. There will be carnival booth activities, food, entertainment and is sure to be This is sure to be a fun event for the whole family!!!

Kids Connect will be at this year's festival alongside Cotton the Clown. Cotton, who has supported Kids Connect by donating her time and helping us with outreach, will be painting faces and having fun with balloon creations. Please come by and see us!

RRM needs volunteers to help out with 3 various stations, including food service and arts and crafts. Food service duties include stocking condiments, distributing hot dogs and maintaining drinks. There will be various art projects tables and volunteers are needed to oversee basic art projects for participants of the festival. Lastly, 500 small wooden flower cut outs with paint are needed for one of the art booths.

Check out Raleigh Rescue's website for more information regarding the festival and all of the great work they do in our community. Contact Debbie at 828-9014 to volunteer.