The Sandbox Party
The Sandbox Party Convention (click here for the flyer) will be a first of a kind event that will highlight gubernatorial candidates whom we will ask to share their platform and how they view early childhood investment in Michigan. There will also be other short speeches broken up by performances, interactive crowd activities, bands, etc. We have just confirmed The Verve Pipe to perform at Convention and will have many more exciting announcements as we approach our August 26th event.
As Star Power focused on the State’s budget, The Sandbox Party Convention will focus on the importance of this year’s election in regards to early childhood. Many of us know that Michigan is currently in deep financial crisis and many programs and services are on the verge of being cut. The responsibility of restoring Michigan will fall to a new Governor and a new crop of legislators. We need to educate these new legislators about the positive economic impact of investing in early childhood programs in an effort to rebuild our state.
The Sandbox Party was created with the notion that no matter where you live, how much money you make, what
organization you belong to, if you have a child, if you are familiar with early childhood programs or not – as a citizen of Michigan, investment in early childhood is the key to rebuilding our state.
Registration (Registration website will re-open on Thursday, July 1st)
We encourage you to register online at www.greatstartforkids.org/convention-2010 so we can get a feel for how many people will be attending. Please help us save money by registering each individual member of your group attending Convention. This money can then be used to make future events even better.
This event is open to anyone who would like to come. Even if someone hasn’t registered, this event will be a family friendly with an open door policy. The Breslin Center has a capacity of 15,085 seats so unless we go over that number, we will not turn anyone away from the door.
Food
The Convention will take place from 1-4 so it will not be during any standard meal times. Snacks will be available to purchase from a few open vendor booths at the Convention. Please check the website for updates about food at the Convention.
Signs/Noisemakers/Etc.
You will be allowed to bring in your own signage and noisemakers. Please do not bring signs that are inappropriate for a family environment, have sharp ends or are so large that they would disturb other attendees. We also ask that air horns and bullhorns be left at home. Items that are disturbing to others, offensive or dangerous will be confiscated.
Parking
Please check website for parking information and updates.
Strollers
Strollers are welcome but as a majority of the seating will be stadium seating, strollers do not maneuver well down sets of stairs. Therefore, we will have designated “stroller” parking so you can bring your stroller, and park it nearby while you and your family are seated.
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