Parents, Public Invited to Valley View Latino Community Fair

A wide variety of services from health and human services to every-day recreation to child care and much more will be on display Thursday, March 26 at the 6th annual Valley View School District 365U Latino Community Fair.

Scheduled from 5 to 7:30 p.m. in the Bolingbrook High School cafeteria (enter via door 17 on the southeast side of the school), the free fair will feature such organizations as Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare/Edward Diabetes Center, Catholic Charities, Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Joliet Spanish Center, Joliet Community College, University of St. Francis, Boy Scouts, School on Wheels, Good Shepherd Head Start, the Child Care Resource group, the White Oak and Fountaindale libraries, the Bolingbrook Park District, the Romeoville Recreation Department and Valley View Early Childhood Center.

Sparky, the mascot of the Chicago Fire soccer club, will make a special appearance during the evening.

VVSD students will stage their traditional Latino Fair dance during the event.

Refreshments will be served, and free child care will be available.

The event is sponsored by the ELL/Bilingual Department.

More information is available by contacting Assistant Director of Bilingual Education Yadi Alfaro at AlfaroYP@vvsd.org or 815-886-2700, Ext. 536.