From Jamestown College
\nJamestown, ND\u00a0 (KCSi-T.V. News)\u00a0 —\u00a0 Jamestown College students will be welcomed to the community at the fifth annual Community Block Party from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, along First Avenue in Jamestown. Everyone is invited to take part in the fun.
\nThe event Co-Chair, Lisa Hicks, says, \u201cThis event introduces the community to the wonderful students who attend Jamestown College year after year. It also helps promote relationships between the community and businesses.\u201d
\nLocal businesses, churches and organizations will host booths along the street. Last year\u2019s Block Party grew to over 80 booths with over 3,000 people attending.<\/p>\n
Entertainment includes inflatable games, worm mobile, food, prize drawings, dunk tank, contests, free giveaways and more. Anyone interested in being involved can also contact Gary VanZinderan at gvanzin@jc.edu<\/a> or (701) 252-3467 ext. 5563, or Lisa Hicks at the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce at 252-4830, or E-Mail lisa@jamestownchamber.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From Jamestown College Jamestown, ND\u00a0 (KCSi-T.V. News)\u00a0 —\u00a0 Jamestown College students will be welcomed to the community at the fifth annual Community Block Party from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, along First Avenue in Jamestown. Everyone is invited to take part in the fun. The event […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jamestown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=728"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":772,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728\/revisions\/772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDirector of New Student Orientation, Lori Listopad says, \u201cThis event sets us apart from other colleges in the area.\u00a0\u00a0 Other communities aren\u2019t doing this.\u201d
\nAll first-year students will attend as part of orientation activities. Upper-class students, faculty and staff will also represent Jamestown College. The event takes place during the first week of classes.
\nMs. Listopad adds, \u201cWe surveyed first-year students and found that a lot of them listed the Block Party as their favorite event of New Student Orientation. We see our upper-class students come back each and every year because they love it.\u201d
\nThe Community Block Party website on the JC webpage (www.jc.edu<\/a>) provides more information about sponsorship and signing up to be a part of the festivities.<\/p>\n