One non-profit organization in Jefferson invites young kids to a special event taking place during the Greene County Fair.

The Jefferson Kiwanis Club is hosting the 2nd Annual Story Stroll from 9-10am Saturday, July 16th near the Milwaukee Depot by the Greene County Fairgrounds. Board member Karen Shannon says kids from 4-7 years old will have two books read to them about different community heroes. She points out there will be several stations on the route, starting at the Freedom Rock, along with Raccoon River Valley Trail and ending at the picnic area by the Depot, with Greene County’s own community heroes and Kiwanisians reading different parts of the books.

Shannon describes why the Kiwanis picked community heroes as their theme for the 2nd Annual Story Stroll.

“Everyone has just come out of a really tough year with the pandemic. A lot of people did a lot of things that went under the radar. We just felt like, ‘How can we give thanks?’ and to recognize people in our community that did a lot of things that maybe not everybody knows about, and we may never know about it. We have some great people working with us and for us, and we wanted to just have the opportunity to highlight them and to honor them.”    

The event is free and every kid that completes the stories will receive a free book and a voucher for a free ice cream cone at A&W Restaurant in Jefferson. Additionally, kids can see and touch a police car, fire truck and an ambulance that serve Greene County. In case of inclement weather, the event will be moved to the Greene County Community Center.