This year's Leap Sandcastle Contest was held this past Saturday (10/7) on Ocean Beach. Although we live so close to Ocean Beach, for one reason or another, we never made it out there to enjoy the sandcastle contest any year. This year, SQ's architecture firm sponsored one of the entries so we took the effort to be there to lend support. The event is a fundraising event for Leap, a program that encourages and supports arts and architecture in local schools. Each entry consisted of an architecture firm, a construction company and a local elementary school. The school children were responsible for coming up with a design, the construction company sponsored the tools, and the architecture firm helped with the sandcastle building process. There were a total of 26 entries this year.
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| Sarah's not so much enjoying the sand |
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| SQ was part of the water crew, transporting water from the ocean to the site |
The event started at 9am, but we arrived late, at around 10am. SQ went to help out his Company's sponsored team, while Sarah and I people-watched. People took breaks on and off ~ and enjoyed snacks and a pizza lunch provided by the companies. We stayed there until around 1:30p when Sarah was beginning to get really tired. In fact, she felt asleep the second she got buckled in. I have not seen her fall asleep in such a short time before. Unfortunately, we left before they announced the winner. I guess it doesn't really matter. They are all winners!!
The sandcastle contest is a very nice, family-friendly FREE event. It's great to let the kids get their hands dirty and create a sense of teamwork and accomplishment. For the spectators, it's so nice to see the kids' creativity and imagination!
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