More than 500 attend Family Fun Day in Albion

Photos by Tom Rivers

ALBION – Jovannie Canales, lead pastor at Harvest Christian Fellowship, holds a flat-screen television that was given away at the end of the Family Fun Day at Bullard park on Saturday.

There were 90 volunteers from 11 churches that put on the event that included many activities, free food, the chance to win prizes and also get baptized. Canales said 24 people chose to be baptized during the event.

Anita Garcia, a deacon at Harvest Christian Fellowship, announces that many prizes would be given away.

There were 900 people registered for Family Fun Day but the heat and a Buffalo Bills game likely kept some people from going to the park. There were still at least 500 people for the three-hour event on Saturday afternoon. In addition to the church representatives, there were about 35 community organizations at Family Fun Day.

Sarah Ferguson, right, of Risen Café and Riley Angelucci served hot dogs for free. They had 1,000 ready and had go through at least 500 with about 45 minutes to go on Saturday.

Albion firefighter Fred Piano assists Christopher Bergeron, 7, of Albion in spraying water from a fire house at targets.

Tim Bourke, a balloon artist from Albion, works on an animal for Jessica Woodhams and her daughter Davina, 4, during Family Fun Day.

Melisa Canales, left, and her husband Jovannie serve as lead pastors at Harvest Christian Fellowship. The couple used to be the pastors at the Oasis Church in Medina, which started Family Fun Day. That church last year  merged with Harvest Christian Fellowship.

There were six Family Fun Days in Medina at Butts Park before the change to Bullard Park last year.