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Kiwanis Club says support for Yorktoberfest, and education program it funds, grows each year · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Kiwanis Club says support for Yorktoberfest and education program it funds grows
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  each year. This article is being read by an automated
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  voice, brought to you by Everlit. Reflecting on the growth of Yorktoberfest
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  in downtown Yorkville over the past decade organizer Jason Pesola of the
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  Kiwanis Club of
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  Yorkville said it trets his heart every year,
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  to see how the community shows up. And it's all for a
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  good cause. The ninth annual Yorktoberfest in Riverfront Park East from 4
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  to 10 p.m. On September 25th and from 11 AM to 10
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  p.m. On September 26th helps support the Kiwanis Youth Education Grant Program.
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  The traditional German-style event is in partnership with the City of Yorkville
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  and several local community businesses and organizations. Last year, the record
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  attendance of 7,000 people helped fundraise 45,000 for the Kiwanis Club of
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  Yorkville, Illinois Foundation to support service-minded youth in the community. Pesola
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  said The
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  program has funded 10,000 this year to students attending the Indian Valley
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  Vocational Center in Sandwich. He said the grants help cover the costs
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  for things like welding courses and other technical education opportunities. We have
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  eliminated the barriers that keep these kids from pursuing a profession or
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  a trade, Pesilis said. Each year the community shows us large support
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  for the grant programs. Posola said the event grows each year because
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  of the family-friendly activities, tremendous live music, and the iconic Steinholding Contest.
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  The stainholding contest is always the thing everybody seeks out during the
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  fest, Paola said. For families to touch a truck on Saturday morning
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  is popular, as is kids zone where families can paint pumpkins and
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  do crafts. Pesila said, Partner Home Depot is providing craft kits for
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  the kids zone This
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  year’s The German-style Steinholding competition is sponsored by Sam Adams. He said
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  the city of Yorkville has been fantastic to work with over the
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  years, and it's been wonderful seeing how passionately the business community, like
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  partner Tara Ford, comes out and supports the event each year. Pasola
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  also said the magic of the volunteers helps make the event a
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  success each year. Our venue in Riverfront Park East along the beautiful
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  Fox River in downtown Yorkville is fantastic, Pasola said. Seeing the sea
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  of people and the crowd in front of The music stage with
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  the backdrop of the river is just something that needs to be
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  experienced. This year's musical headliners include Two Hype Crew on Friday and
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  Icons
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  of Country: on Saturday. During the event, attendees can sip, craft beer
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  and savor bites from local dining hotspots like Crusade Burger, Worst Kitchen,
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  Freaky Fries, and Teeny Donuts. Kids can enjoy the City of Yorkville
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  Scarecrow walk in face painting. Entertainment lineup. Friday, september twenty fifth. Utica's
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  falling, four to five thirty p.m. Groupies wanted Fort Wayne, Indiana, six
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  to seven fifteen PM Intermission with the Samuel Adams Steinholding content at
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  715 p.m. Two Hype Crew. 8 p.m. Saturday, September 26th. Fritz and
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  the pretzel twists, twelve thirty to two p.m. Squeeze box heroes, 2
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  30 to 4 p.m. Serendipity. 4 30 to 6 30 p.m. Intermission
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  with the Samuel Adams Stein holding content at 6 p.m. Wildfire, 6
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  30 to 7 30 p.m. Icons of Country, 8 p.m. You can
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  learn more by visiting Kiwanis Yorktoberfest dot org.