The Tuttle Middle School History Club is raising money to go to Washington, D. C. over Spring Break.
On Saturday, Oct. 31, club members held a Fall Festival fundraiser, offering a multitude of games and activities, raising around $1,000, or about a fifth of the funds needed for the trip. The club will hold additional fundraisers over the coming weeks.
The Halloween-themed event featured a ring toss, an obstacle course, face painting, a treasure chest, fishing, darts, Plinko and more.
You could even arm wrestle a mummy for the price of a ticket.
Roasted hot dogs and a mouth-watering assortment of baked goods were also available for those who worked up an appetite playing games.
History Club members and face painters Allyson Carey, 14, who was sporting lime green hair for the occasion, and Shelby Cokeley, 14, were excited about the trip.
“I can’t wait,” said Carey, who wants to visit the Smithsonian.
Cokeley has her eye on seeing the Galleria and both girls are eager to see the U. S. Capitol building.
Both skilled at drawing and painting, the two said they were doing a “pretty good business” face painting.
Fourth-grader Brianna Jones, 9, was busy testing her skills tossing a football through a suspended tire, nailing several bullseyes to win her choice of candies and colorful beaded necklaces.
Second-grader Jarrett Cox, 8, tried his hand at fishing, snagging a Tootsie Pop on one attempt.
Cox, the son of Judy and Nevin Cox, says he likes fishing, but laments that, “We can’t go all the time.”
Festival goers also had the option of having someone thrown into the cobweb-infested dungeon. Prisoners could pay dungeon master Tuttle High School senior Tyler Garner a ticket to secure their release, but those without the means to buy their freedom had to remain for five minutes, closely guarded by Garner who brandished a large, two-headed axe.
Decked in her holiday finery, Kelsi McCarthey, 3, donned her favorite tutu for the occasion as she and her mother Lori McCarthy enjoyed the cool sunny morning.
“We (she and her husband) went to school here at Tuttle and we just came out to support them,” McCarthey said.
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Tuttle fourth-grader Brianna Jones, 9, hits a bullseye at the Tuttle Middle School fall Festival on Saturday.
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