It’s time for the Lopez Cooperative Preschool Kids’ Carnival. Bring your kids, the grandkids or the neighbor kids to the Lopez Children’s Center on Saturday, June 2 from 11 to 2 p.m. for some old fashioned fun. There will be magic shows, face painting, a petting zoo, cake walks, bean bag tosses, balloon darts and all sorts of other carnival games! But that’s not all folks, there will be fresh tamales for sale ($2 each or $20 for a dozen) and a bake sale.

Entry to the carnival will be $2 per person.

This is the second carnival hosted by the LCP and all of the proceeds go toward funding its programs.

In 2002, the San Juan County Board of Commissioners chose the LCP as the county’s candidate for a community block grant to construct a building for the care and education of young children. Licensed child care on Lopez Island was their top priority. The preschool board accepted the challenge that would also provide them with a larger preschool facility.

LCP opened its doors to young enrollees in September of 2003 and has been offering high quality early childhood education since that time.