Prairie Fest 2024: "Prairie's Got Talent!"
Recap

2024 Event Recap

We are pleased to announce that the net income for Prairie Fest 2024 exceeded $65,000 for our Prairie Kids Fund!

We are grateful to our primary sponsors, OPN Architects, Cedar Rapids Toyota, T&K Roofing and Sheet Metal, and Hills Bank plus our eleven corporate table sponsors.

Three years ago we started our Fund a Need initiative asking our guests at Prairie Fest to support a special need for our students. This year we asked donors to provide “Bucks for Books.”

Our goal was to raise $10,000 to provide a take home book for every elementary student in grades K-4. Prairie generosity broke through that goal raising $17,555 for “Bucks for Books.” The foundation will add to that total to allow two forever books for those elementary students.

Finally, a special thank you to members of the Prairie Staff who rocked the house with their musical skills. They included Doug Wheeler, Justin Sands and Grace Huber, Kristopher Bries, Jaclyn Lussenhop, Jennifer Mc Donnell and a team of Prairie Administrators.

Congratulations to the winner of the Prairie Fest Talent Show: Kristopher Bries! Kristopher had some tough competition but won the crowd over with his performance of classic rock songs, playing guitar and singing. 

Have questions? Please contact Alicia Tjelmeland, Operations Manager, at aliciatjelmeland@crprairie.org or 712-267-9286.

Prairie Fest is the Prairie School Foundation's largest fundraising effort for the district.  Help us enhance the education of our Prairie Kids.​​​​​​​