5th Annual Kid Power

   The 5th Annual Kid Power: Empowering Kids for Success is set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 10, 2008, at the Appalachian Fairgrounds in Gray. Outdoor Exhibitors include Chuckey Doak High School Soccer Clinic, WINGS Air Rescue, Tennessee Trucking Association Road Team, Kingsport Lifesaving Crew, Washington Co EMS, Raceway Ministries, Johnson City Family Skate Center, and Jerry Hughes Public Safety.

   Indoor booths include Frontier Health Crisis Services, play clay; NAMI Johnson City; Doak House Museum, tin punching; Children's Advocacy Center Sullivan County; Frontier Health Mother-Child Connection, Bingo; Frontier Health Link House;
Frontier Health TRACES, sand art bracelets; Washington County Health Dept. Body Mass Index, scoliosis screening, nutrition information;

   Frontier Health HOPE for Tennessee, face painting; Tennessee Voices for Children; Calvary Fellowship; Appalachian Behavior Support Services, drawing; Hands On! Museum, coloring pages, temporary tattoos; CASA of Northeast Tennessee; Child Care Resource and Referral, duck pond and ring toss; Gray Fossil Site, Pie in the Sky toss; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee, face painting; Johnson City Even Start, book and take-home activity; TENNderCare Program, prize wheel; Wash. County Youth Leadership Coalition, drug & alcohol fact bingo; PureLife Chiropractic, scoliosis screening for kids, postural screen for adults; Project BASIC, bubble making; Johnson City Public Library, display with bookmark craft; Washington County Public Library; Holston Children & Youth and RIP, Regional Intervention Program, bean bag bucket game; Greene County Skills; Johnson City Medical Center Children's Hospital, teddy bear clinic and Kohl's kids on the move; Arc of Washington County, bubble blowing, coloring.

  Food vendors so far include Sno Biz, Sweet Treats, Hot Dog Hut, Chick-fil-A, and Calvary Fellowship Church.