It was a beautiful day and kids of all ages got to enjoy party favors, special sights and sounds and spend the day at the “Greatest Show on Earth!”
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus came to Colorado Springs on Saturday and hundreds of patrons flocked to see the show, but Lutheran Family Services was able to procure some special treats to celebrate their 65 anniversary before the circus show.
Kids and adults alike were seen joking around with red clown noses, eating colorful cupcakes, wearing masks like the circus animals and posing for pictures with Miss Teen Colorado, Chloe Brown. Patrons got to go over to see the elephants, stallions and tigers before the circus show began, and have a stuntman and jugglers show them some pointers in the arena during the pre-show. Then everyone enjoyed the circus entertainment, and they went home with some great memories and special dreams tonight.
It was a great opportunity for families to spend a special day together and also support Lutheran Family Services. Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains is a faith based, non-profit human service agency helping children and families during their most challenging times. They help with foster care, pregnancy counseling, care for the elderly, refugee and asylee programs…the list is almost endless as to what they have accomplished to help people.
For information about how you can help or be helped, make a donation, attend an event or read about the programs and history of LFS, visit their website at www.lfsco.org
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- John and Nancy Curran with their kids Anna and Evan
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- Sue and Dick Currey
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- Sandy Halla and Jane Pope Meehan, VP of Development for LFS, sign people up for the bike raffle
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- Derrick Buss with Serenity and Skylar
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- The Harkness family
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- Gwen White with Elijah
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- Rebecca Hamilton-Lyons with board member Bill Ayen
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- Rene Hawkins greets everyone with “birthday” cupcakes
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- Ricardo and Martha Ventura with Daniella and John
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- Jennice and Creston Jones
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- Tom and Bonnie Clark
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- The Vester family
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- Cody Driml, left, Oral Caine, Ruth Bauer and Kat Hubbard volunteered with Kohl’s Cares
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- The Schnurr family
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- The Parkers
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- Board member Bill Ayen and his family
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- The Ricketts/Petty family
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- Mike and Karen Matkin with Jeremy and Reagan
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- The Coltrin family
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- The Palmen family
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- The Joslin/Cruson family
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- The Kirkeide/Reynolds family
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- The Shelton/Reeder/Kalmbach family
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- Marcy Serby, left, Lee Munsell, Joyce Neighbors, Teri Swanner and Whitney Neighbors volunteered at the registration table
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- Allison and Betsy Tuma
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- The Birgers family
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- The Lewis family
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- Rodney Valdez, left, Dominic Valdez and Joy Whitcomb
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- The Barnhill family poses with Chloe Brown, Miss Teen Colorado
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- The elephants came out to say hello
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- The elephants were throwing some grass on themselves
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- This stallion had alot of energy
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- The tigers were jockeying for who gets to get into the pool.
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- An aerialist wowed the crowd.
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- Cotton candy anyone?
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- Jugglers entertained during the pre-show.
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- Kids didn’t know where to look first!
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- A stuntman practices
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- Families got to look around during the pre-show
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- A clown gives thumbs up
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- Kids got to practice stunts too.
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- The stallions were beautiful.
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- The stallions pose for the crowd.
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- The World Arena was packed as people flocked to see the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey “greatest show on Earth!”
