Coming to you Live!

We are happy  to be joining forces with Fort Radio to promote Carnival as well as provide sound for the whole event.  This is a terrific contribution, and one that ranks Fort Radio as one of our Diamond Sponsors!  Thanks a ton, and we'll see you at your booth at the Carnival!

Thanks, Shaw!

This year's raffle Grand Prize is brought to you in part by Shaw; thank you so much!  Along with other sponsorship, Shaw is donating an HDPVR and free month's service valued at over $400!

"We're a family-run company and that means we're strong supporters of initiatives for children and families."

HDPVR with one month's service provided for the Playground Raffle by Shaw.

The Dragon's Nest Game by to you by Home Hardware

This year the Carnival committee has taken on the monumental task of building all of the events games.  We have placed a strong emphasis on recycled and reused materials, and creating games that can be used by the community for years to come instead of being disposable.  One of these initiatives is our Dragon's Nest game, in partnership with Morinville Hardware-Bumper to Bumper.  The game is being constructed almost entirely with materials that would otherwise end up in the dump, but at Carnival will be a wonderful digging game for the kids, chock full of "dragon's eggs".  Thank you for your support, Home Hardware!

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Have you heard the news?!

The Morinville News is one of our outstanding Diamond Sponsors!  We love the Morinville News over at Morinville Public; a great local news source and invaluable contributors to our community.  From their About section on Facebook: 

Community news requires an active participation in the community and staff that are invested and rooted in the community they cover. 

We have been lucky to enjoy their support at each of our Carnivals and are thrilled to have them back again this year.  Make sure to check them out online and through Facebook, and keep an eye out for the Carnival posters within their pages.

Morinville News has been with us from the beginning, sponsoring the dunk tank at our first ever Carnival.

Zoo2U brought to you by Champion Pet Foods!

Thanks to the Diamond Sponsorship of Champion Pet Foods, the Carnival will once again be featuring the outstanding Zoo 2 U: Exotic Petting Zoo!  Champion Pet Foods has also contributed to past MPS Parents Fundraising initiatives, all in support of the future construction of our new playground; thank you SO MUCH!

 Melinda from Zoo 2 U with just some of her lovely, educational critters.

Thank you Ruby Sponsors!

A big thank you to our Ruby Sponsors: Andrew Webb Carpentry, Landlie Consulting Ltd., Hunters Print & Copy, Sarah Segreto: It Works!, Servus Credit Union, Skinsational and Sturgeon Valley Fertilizer.  I am proud to report that our Ruby sponsors are all LOCAL businesses this year!

Volunteers are the BEST!

We were very proud to offer volunteer credits to our sponsors and some of them have REALLY come through!  Best Buy Skyview has been a strong supporter of our school community throughout the 2013/2014 year, through donations to the school, participation in the school's Olympic festivities, and we are now excited to see their lovely faces as volunteers at the Carnival!  Among other work, they will be hosting a WiiU Booth for the kids.  If you see a nice kid in a blue shirt helping out, make sure to give 'em a high five and let them know how awesome they are!

Let's "Go Fly a Kite"

The Community Carnival children's events and activities, as well as all of the raffle prizes, are provided free of cost thanks to the generous support of our sponsors.  Today we'd like to we'd like to draw your attention to Diamond Sponsor: the Town of Morinville.

Along with the generous Community Grant provided by the Town, we will also be partnering to bring our guests the "Go Fly a Kite" event!

Town of Morinville Recreation is pleased to be part of the annual MPES Carnival in hosting our “Go Fly A Kite” program. From 11-1 Recreation Staff will be available with all the supplies you and your child will need to build a kite. If you have any questions regarding this program contact Melonie Dziwenka at 780-939-7833.

Thank you Diamond Sponsor

The Community Carnival children's events and activities, as well as all of the raffle prizes, are provided free of cost thanks to the generous support of our sponsors.  Today we'd like to we'd like to draw your attention to Diamond Sponsor: Best Buy Skyview.

We are very grateful for Best Buy's continued support of Morinville Public School throughout the year, well beyond the Carnival itself.   Their generous volunteer support, the awesome WiiU booth kids will get the chance to interact with during Carnival, and the AMAZING raffle prize they have donated are beyond generous!  Thanks Best Buy Skyview!

Guests will have the chance to purchase tickets to win this beautiful Paderno 12-Piece Hearthstead Cookware Set, valued at $750, donated by Best Buy, and available for purchase through Best Buy's Home, Funiture, and Kitchen Department now!

Thank you, Opal Sponsors!

Most of the lovely sponsors you see listed below are direct donors to the EPIC raffle in support of the new Playground so thank you SO MUCH!  This year's Opal Sponsors are:

SaveOn Foods, M & M Meatshops, Kozy Komforts, UCHI, Barbecue Country, and Ooh La La Nails by Megan.

Sharpen up your sweet tooth

This year's Carnival is featuring a heck of a lot of volunteers and sponsors, but Rita Bazinet of Chez Rita's might take the cake... pun COMPLETELY intended.  Rita is providing cake pops to Carnival guests free of cost and well, let's just say that that is a LOT of cake!  Thank you so much for your generosity, Rita!

Thanks, Diamond Sponsor!

This year's raffle Grand Prize is brought to you in part by Shaw; thank you so much!  Along with other sponsorship, Shaw is donating an HDPVR and free month's service valued at over $400!

"We're a family-run company and that means we're strong supporters of initiatives for children and families."

HDPVR with one month's service provided for the Playground Raffle by Shaw.

Have you heard the news?!

The Morinville News is one of our outstanding Diamond Sponsors!  We love the Morinville News over at Morinville Public; a great local news source and invaluable contributors to our community.  From their About section on Facebook: 

Community news requires an active participation in the community and staff that are invested and rooted in the community they cover. 

We have been lucky to enjoy their support at each of our Carnivals and are thrilled to have them back again this year.  Make sure to check them out online and through Facebook, and keep an eye out for the Carnival posters within their pages.

Morinville News has been with us from the beginning, sponsoring the dunk tank at our first ever Carnival.

Thank you, Emerald Sponsor

You know what's great?  When a company rolls into town on a project and brings their sense of community with them.  Thank you for your Emerald sponsorship, M.A.P. Group of Companies!

"M.A.P. Water & Sewer Services Ltd. believes in giving back and supports many foundations and organizations throughout the community."

Featured Community Group: Morinville Alliance Church Summer J.A.M.

Today's featured community group are the lovely folks from Morinville's Alliance Church, in support of their Summer J.A.M program.  It's with help from lovely volunteers like this that we make Carnival a success, thanks guys!  You can learn about their programs at Carnival or online here.

Red Dragon Raffle!

Centre Distribution has provided the Carnival with boat loads of RDS swag for the raffle this year!  Tickets are just $5, available right at the Carnival, and ALL funds go directly to the Playground Fund!  Check out some of the gorgeous hoodies that are part of the Girls Just Wanna Have Fun prize lot; crazy thick, top quality skate gear.  Thanks again, Centre Distribution!

Zoo 2 U: brought to you by Champion Petfoods!

Thanks to the Diamond Sponsorship of Champion Pet Foods, the Carnival will once again be featuring the outstanding Zoo 2 U: Exotic Petting Zoo!  Champion Pet Foods has also contributed to past MPS Parents Fundraising initiatives, all in support of the future construction of our new playground; thank you SO MUCH!

 Melinda from Zoo 2 U with just some of her lovely, educational critters.

The Real Deal

Let's give a huge shout out to the Bear's Skin Art & Tattoo, and our boy Scott who will be joining us at our old school "tattoo parlour"!  Now don't fret, moms and dads, it's all just pretend, but how amazing is it that we will have a full blown artist throwing down some extra special face paint?!  And keep in mind, this is still ALL FREE!!!  We couldn't do it without the support of Bear's shop and I thought I'd post something I found on their site recently that I was pretty impressed with, a little shout out from the health inspector:

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Tee Up

Who doesn't love a little mini golf?!  Come try out the two-hole Medieval Putt-Putt, sponsored by Cardiff Golf and Country Club.  Along with their sponsorship they are also contributing to our amazing raffle, to be revealed Sunday, May 11th making them Emerald Sponsors!

Medieval Putt-Putt construction is well underway!!!

Let's "Go Fly a Kite"

The Community Carnival children's events and activities, as well as all of the raffle prizes, are provided free of cost thanks to the generous support of our sponsors.  Today we'd like to we'd like to draw your attention to Diamond Sponsor: the Town of Morinville.

Along with the generous Community Grant provided by the Town, we will also be partnering to bring our guests the "Go Fly a Kite" event!

Town of Morinville Recreation is pleased to be part of the annual MPES Carnival in hosting our “Go Fly A Kite” program. From 11-1 Recreation Staff will be available with all the supplies you and your child will need to build a kite. If you have any questions regarding this program contact Melonie Dziwenka at 780-939-7833.

Thank you, Ruby Sponsors!

A big thank you to our Ruby Sponsors: Andrew Webb Carpentry, Landlie Consulting Ltd., Hunters Print & Copy, Sarah Segreto: It Works!, Servus Credit Union, Skinsational and Sturgeon Valley Fertilizer.  I am proud to report that our Ruby sponsors are all LOCAL businesses this year!

Thank you Diamond Sponsor

The Community Carnival children's events and activities, as well as all of the raffle prizes, are provided free of cost thanks to the generous support of our sponsors.  Today we'd like to we'd like to draw your attention to Diamond Sponsor: Best Buy Skyview.

We are very grateful for Best Buy's continued support of Morinville Public School throughout the year, well beyond the Carnival itself.   Their generous volunteer support, the awesome WiiU booth kids will get the chance to interact with during Carnival, and the AMAZING raffle prize they have donated are beyond generous!  Thanks Best Buy Skyview!

Guests will have the chance to purchase tickets to win this beautiful Paderno 12-Piece Hearthstead Cookware Set, valued at $750, donated by Best Buy, and available for purchase through Best Buy's Home, Funiture, and Kitchen Department now!

*Free* cake pops. That is all.

This year's Carnival is featuring a heck of a lot of volunteers and sponsors, but Rita Bazinet of Chez Rita's might take the cake... pun COMPLETELY intended.  Rita is providing cake pops to Carnival guests free of cost and well, let's just say that that is a LOT of cake!  Thank you so much for your generosity, Rita!

Donation Drive 2014

This year's Carnival fundraising initiative is in support of the Playground Fund.  ALL proceeds from the donation drive will go directly to the construction of Phase I of the new  playground for all of our community's children to share.  This includes safe, well-designed equipment specifically geared for our kiddos with sensory challenges and disabilities.  By doing a direct donation (as opposed to buying chocolates, or flowers, for example) we are able to put at LEAST 60% more of your generosity to work!  Even $2 is hugely appreciated.  If you're excited for Carnival, if you live in Morinville, if you've got a child with autism, or just out of the kindness of your heart, please take 2 min to *click on the "Donate" button to your right. No matter how big or small, EVERY donation makes a difference.

*this will bring you to our secure Paypal site, which accepts Interac and all major credit cards


To learn more about the Drive or to check out the sensory-friendly equipment, keep on readin'!

*New* Playground

The sole fundraising focus of Carnival is by way of our outstanding raffle, in direct support of Phase I of the *new* playground at Morinville Public School.  Currently the playgroulnd is missing approximately one third of its equipment, and with the population of the community booming, well that just won't do!  Additionally the playground is difficult to supervise and provides little in the way of consideration of our many students with special needs.  Phase I will focus on providing much needed space, long lasting, popular pieces (all the favourites: monkey bars, slides, poles, you name it!), and additional zones for children with sensory challenges ie. autism.  Phase I is intended to act as the lynchpin for the additional upgrades we hope to see in the future.  These would include upgraded equipment, more natural environments including greenspaces, spots for kids AND their families, and many opportunities for outdoor learning, including outdoor classrooms.

First, we need to get Ph I in the ground.  A donation camapaign is live right now and we would love your support.  Every toonie counts!  You can also purchase tickets to the raffle or donate directly right at Carnival, June 14th.  An ATM will be on site.  

You can see the plans for PhI below:

Coming to you Live!

We are happy  to be joining forces with Fort Radio to promote Carnival as well as provide sound for the whole event.  This is a terrific contribution, and one that ranks Fort Radio as one of our Diamond Sponsors!  Thanks a ton, and we'll see you at your booth at the Carnival!

The Jessica Martel Memorial Foundation

We are especially proud to support and work together with the Jessica Martel Memorial Foundation for the second year in a row.  They will be on hand with information on the foundation and it's resources, and are always willing to answer questions and provide confidential support. They will also be registering people for the 2nd Annual Jessica Martel Memorial Run, to be held June 22nd, 2014.  Last year the run raised nearly *$20,000 to support the victims of domestic violence!

You can register online by clicking the link below:

http://www.events.runningroom.com/site/?raceId=10179

About the foundation:

We love the Littles!

There's a place for ALL children at Carnival and that includes our "Littles", those munchkins from 1-5 or so.  Often these little guys get left behind while the big kids have all the fun, but not at Carnival, nope!  They've got their own little zone complete with giant colouring wall, their OWN bouncy castle, and fun games just for them!  Add on early education experts and info galore for the grownups, and you're set!  Can't wait to see all our favorite little folks again, June 14th!

Our EPICALLY HUGE colouring wall

Home is Where the Heart Is...

This year's raffle Grand Prize is brought to you in part by Shaw; thank you so much!  Along with other sponsorship, Shaw is donating an HDPVR and free month's service valued at over $400!

"We're a family-run company and that means we're strong supporters of initiatives for children and families."

HDPVR with one month's service provided for the Playground Raffle by Shaw.

Thank you, Emerald Sponsor!

We'd like to thank Home Hardware/Bumper to Bumper for their continued support both of the Parents Fundraising Association and Morinville Public Elementary. Whether through lent materials, donations, or programs for the kids, the have continued to prove themselves to be valuable members of our community at large.  Thank you so much for your ongoing support.

Have you heard the news?!

The Morinville News is one of our outstanding Diamond Sponsors!  We love the Morinville News over at Morinville Public; a great local news source and invaluable contributors to our community.  From their About section on Facebook: 

Community news requires an active participation in the community and staff that are invested and rooted in the community they cover. 

We have been lucky to enjoy their support at each of our Carnivals and are thrilled to have them back again this year.  Make sure to check them out online and through Facebook, and keep an eye out for the Carnival posters within their pages.

Morinville News has been with us from the beginning, sponsoring the dunk tank at our first ever Carnival.

Start 'em Young

The Community Carnival is proud to partner with many local community groups and programs. One close to OUR hearts is Sturgeon School Division Early Childhood Education. They will be on hand with tons of info on development stages, programming throughout the community,and solid advice for parents of young children. The GREAT part is that this will all be integrated into our wonderful "Toddler Zone", an area specifically designed for our "Littles", children from 1-5. So often these little guys get left behind while the big kids get all the fun, but not at Carnival! There will be a huge colouring wall, games, tons of info for parents, even a toddler-sized giant bouncer, just for them!

Thank you, Sponsors!

Thanks to the Diamond Sponsorship of Champion Pet Foods, the Carnival will once again be featuring the outstanding Zoo 2 U: Exotic Petting Zoo!  Champion Pet Foods has also contributed to past MPS Parents Fundraising initiatives, all in support of the future construction of our new playground; thank you SO MUCH!

 Melinda from Zoo 2 U with just some of her lovely, educational critters.