Dibrell festival raises $7,700

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard

Brooklynn Moats celebrates as she hits a basket at the basketball throw, one of the many games at the Dibrell Back-to-School Festival.

Braving threatening skies, Dibrell Elementary welcomed hundreds of students and their families to their annual Back-to-School Festival Saturday.

“We enjoy having events like this where parents and students can have a good time,” said new Dibrell Principal Robbie Hitchcock during the event Saturday.

The festival, which is traditionally the first of the school festivals in Warren County, raised $7,700 for school activities. The event included numerous games held outside the school as the festival was able to dodge rain showers in the area, seeing only cloudy skies. Among the games was a dunking booth which gave students a chance to dunk their favorite teachers, something which was not that unpleasant to volunteers as the temperatures reached around 90 despite the overcast skies.

Along with the numerous games and concessions offered to guests, the event also featured a charity auction whereby donated goods were auctioned. A barbecue supper was also held.