That Was the Neighborhood Night Out

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𝙉𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙊𝙪𝙩 last Friday drew about 750 people from all around the Southern Gables neighborhood and the Green Gables School community. We had music, games, bouncing kids, face painting, lots of neighborly interaction for everyone. With perfect weather this year, Magill’s World of Ice Cream cups were a perfect accompaninment to the free hot dogs, chips and lemonade as neighbors and friends browsed around the booths and visited with each other. Our Selected Business Supporters and community organizations. showed their stuff, and in the free raffle five people walked off with cash prizes of $50 and $100. All in all, a good night.

It took a lot of volunteer effort and cooperation to put on the event. Judy Whitten and Liza Patty bought the hot dogs, chips, and lemonade, and Jabin Cook did the grilling. Taylor’s Rentals provided the tables and chairs, and they were wrangled in and out by Roger Hanlon, Erwin Bunzli, Marnie Crowe, Marcel Guajardo, Sam Sotiros, Ken Fischer, Jeff Bair, Michelle Tovrea, Joe Woelkers, Liza Patty, James Johnson, and a pair of Bruces: Loftis and me. Marci DeMott, along with Ken and Jeff, staffed the entrance and gave out the free raffle tickets as people came in. Marci also filled in with a lot of gopher work, all of it with a cheerful smile and at top speed. Brad and Liz Reed have volunteered over five years helping cook hotdogs, and Heather Dirschl and Kendyl Dirschl have volunteered at least two years at the drink station. Westwoods Community Church provided volunteers for the Bouncy Place and the always-popular Face Painting booth. Many of the business and community organizations that participated brought volunteer workers as well, so the net effect was a tremendous amount of generous volunteer energy, enough to power a steam engine – or, in more practical terms, a great community event.  

Did we get your picture? Here are some scenes with lots of great neighbors and friends enjoying the Southern Gables Neighborhood Night Out.  

Choose a prize

Crossroads at Lakewood offered a memory and perception challenge – of course!

Community interaction

LPD showing off their tactical vehicle

What ya got?

Magill’s! Always a prime attraction.

Lining up to bounce with neighbor kids

Westwoods Community Church provided artists to decorete the kids

Cuter than cute

Patient and caring

Kii-aii!

Magill’s – a favorite at Neighborhood Night Out and all the year long.

Dramatic sky as the sun set, and NO RAIN!

Raffle prize winner Esme. She won the envelope with $50 in the raffle, and the popsicle at a game booth.

Raffle prize winner Jessica

Another happy raffle prize winner, Liz

Abby got one too…

Here is the youngest of our winners, and she got the biggest prize, $100.

It was a very good evening.

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