FVHS kicked off Thanksgiving break with its first annual Harvest Festival last Friday.
The Festival was organized as a replacement for the Halloween Club Carnival, which did not take place this year.
“The reason we had the Harvest Fest instead of Club Carnival was due to the fact that choir wasn’t doing the Haunted Maze this year,” said ASB member Emily Tran (’13), “because Club Carnival is centered around the Haunted Maze.”
Students, parents, and community members came to enjoy an assortment of foods from Greek gyro sandwiches to omurice, a Japanese-style omelet. Clubs also provided games for entertainment such as the ring toss by Make-a-Wish and the balloon-dart game by NHS.
As the only club that had neither, Pencils of Promise took advantage of this fundraising opportunity by selling items from their Threads of Promise clothing line.
A few clubs found that sales were lower than expected, “I thought it was a success for bigger clubs but I believe that other clubs did not benefit as well as they did during the Halloween Festival,” Nick Dinh (’14) said.
“It was difficult selling food to people who were either not hungry, already had food, or had a small amount of money,” noted Nick Man (’14).
On the other hand, many believed it to be an improvement from last year’s Halloween Club Carnival.
“I thought this year’s Harvest Festival was a lot better than the Halloween Carnival. It was better planned, and the booths were all placed in a more logical way,” Benjamin Dinh (’14) remarked.
“It was better than I expected and the atmosphere was fun,” said Gina Luu (’14).
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By Julia Nguyen
