BOCA RATON – The Rotary Club of Boca Raton has joined the sponsors of this year’s Carousel Day at Sugar Sand Park.
The event, scheduled for Dec. 4, is sponsored by the Boca Raton Rotary West Club. It offers family fun and free rides on the carousel. Participants are urged to bring new, unwrapped toys that will be given to needy kids who may not otherwise receive any presents this holiday season. The toys will be presented to the children at the Wayne Barton Study Center. Those children will also get meals from Boca Helping Hands.
Douglas Heizer, founder of Carousel Day, said he expects all Rotary clubs in Boca Raton to be on board by next week.
The Rotary was instrumental in raising money to help purchase the intricate merry-go-round at Sugar Sand Park. Because of the Rotary’s generosity, the Greater Boca Raton Beach & Parks District, which owns the play area, offered the club a chance to use the carousel one day a year without charge.