By Meg Peters
Review Co-Editor
A special non-profit organization near and dear to the Lake Orion community is gearing up for the second annual L.O. Palooza community festival, involving a little something for everyone.
Nonprofitters, the Daisy Project, composed of local volunteers who helped fund the construction of the Let Them Play special needs playground at Friendship Park, is at it again, this time fundraising to expand the park’s capabilities in conjunction with Orion Township.
All donations raised at the L.O. Palooza will go directly to Let Them Play, including a portion from each vendor who will be selling items on site.
Join in the festivities’Saturday, September 12’from’noon to 9 p.m.’at the Wildwood Ampitheatre located at the Orion Civic Center park near the township hall.
This year’s range of merriments will include the Motor City Cornhole competition’with cash prizes for the top three teams in each division? live music, a beer tent, scrumptious food, crafts for the kids, face painting, hair designs by ‘Prime Designz Studio, bounce houses, a petting zoo and pony rides, for the family-friendly activities.
To register for the cornhole competition email Zach atmotorcitycornhole@yahoo.com. Up to 64 teams of two can sign up for $40 a team, payable at the time of the event.
Daisy Project volunteer Kristi Schons said eventually the non-profit would love to build an adaptive baseball field at the special needs playground.
‘Our focus is on recreational activities so we can get these kids out in the public having fun with everyone else,? she said.
At its core, the Daisy Project,’www.thedaisyprojectmi.com, is dedicated to serving others. Their main objective is to obtain special needs equipment from families no longer using it, and for free, delivering it to those families in need after obtaining their non-profit status in June.
They hope to raise between $8,000 and $10,000 for the appropriate footing for the baseball field, similar to the rubber material currently at the park, and other projects around the community.
Each participant is asked to make a minimum donation of $5 for the festival, however, children 12 and under are free.