The fifth annual Sparkle in the Park at Sedgewick Lake Park started this weekend, on Friday, Dec. 13, running through Saturday and Sunday.
The Sedgewick Lake Park Board sponsors the event, where they rent powered camping spaces and decorate them for Christmas. Decorating started this year before the snow hit, as the park opened mid November for three straight days of decorating, which carried on right up until days before it opened to the public.
This year the Sedgewick FRESS Station volunteer firefighters again, greeting and directing visitors, and accepting the donations of food and money.
Visitors to the park are asked to donate food or cash to the Flagstaff Food Bank in lieu of an entrance fee.
Over the first weekend visitors donated $2,000 and 791 pounds of food. Santa and the Grinch even showed up to hang around and generally.
The park will be open next weekend, on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and then this year, for the first time, will also be open on Dec. 24.
Visitors can choose to park and walk through the park, from 5 p.m. to 5:45 p.m., and it is open for vehicles from 6 until 9 p.m.
There are two loops this year, with more decorated spots open and so much to see that you nearly have to go through twice just to make sure you caught it all.
Leslie Cholowsky
Editor