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Head Start/Early Head Start of Fayette County held their 19th annual Munch, Mingle, and Move Event on May 22, 2025 at the Fayette County Fairgrounds in Dunbar, Pennsylvania. The event is based on educating families on good health/nutrition habits. The 19th annual event was “Crunch, Jingle, Groove at Munch, Mingle, Move!” with a Dr. Suess theme. This year we had 129 families that consisted of 213 adults (47 of these were males), 163 enrolled children and 25 siblings attend the Munch, Mingle, and Move event. This represents a total of 401 attendees!
The day started with families arriving at 10:00 am either by Head Start buses/vans or by transporting themselves to the Fayette County Fairgrounds Fiddler building. The families were welcomed by our staff at registration where they signed in and completed a pre-survey. Each family received a bag at check-in that included a “Horton Hears a Who” stress ball, and a Dr. Seuss book titled “Oh! The things you can do that are good for you, all about staying healthy.” The families then were able to explore the activities, community agencies and have photos taken at the photo booth. Families were able to make a Dr. Seuss hat to use on our Seussville Obstacle Course, they were able to create a house to take home their adopt-a-pet activity, and children were shown how to floss teeth. There were 21 community agencies and 16 different activities for the families to explore.
Community agencies this year included representatives from different insurance agencies, United Way, and Crime Victims Center plus many more. Also in attendance were different programs represented from the Private Industry Council that had information for our families to explore. Golden Onsite Dental was on hand providing families with the opportunity of having a dental exam. Eighteen families were given a dental exam with it being the first time for several of the children.
Some of the other activities included egg races, feeding the baby animals, and food group twister. Families were able to complete craft activities where they were able to make sleep masks and spin art with the ladies from Spring Valley – Bruderhof. Our little visitors were able to enjoy a crawling baby area with stuffed baby animals and bottles to feed them. Families were able to try red pepper dip, corn and black bean salsa, blue ocean dip (ricotta and blueberries), and a famous tuna dip. A grazing table style lunch was provided and served that included a ham or turkey sandwich, bananas, oranges, a variety of pickles, hulless popcorn, goldfish crackers, fruit/tea drinks and water.
The event was over at 2:00 pm. When families were done at the event, they filled out a post survey and names were drawn for donated items from the community vendors. The prizes were given to the staff to deliver to the enrolled families that attended.
Pre- and post-survey responses below showed positive results:
HOW MANY HOURS OF SLEEP DOES A 3-5 YR. OLD NEED AT NIGHT? 10-11 HRS
HOW OFTEN SHOULD YOU FLOSS YOUR TEETH? 1 TIME
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A GROSS MOTOR ACTIVITY? RIDING A BIKE
Ninety-six percent of the families said they would attend another event and one hundred percent would refer another family to attend. In addition, some of the activities families noted as their child enjoying most were the flossing activity, adopt-a-pet and the food group twister game. Several families also indicated they were happy with the photo booth and getting to pet the furs provided by the game commission.
Some comments by families were “Love it! Great Staff!” “It was amazing!” “Everything was perfect, keep these activities, thank you!” Several post – surveys included a Thank you from families and noting they look forward to coming back next year.
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