WE HAD 6,558 STATE FAIR PARTICIPANTS

2017 WAS ANOTHER RECORD YEAR

We had a pretty exciting year at theMinnesota State Fair! Our Adventure Summit booth had a record number of participants and most importantly, kids had a great time!

RECORD NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS

Our Scout booth is a pretty unique place at the State Fair. Not only is it an off-the-ground ropes course, it’s completely free for kids! that’s right, we let kids of all ages get harnessed up, put on a helmet, and climb through a ropes course – many kids’ first time doing anything like it.

That cool concept, along with a record number of people at the fair, allowed us to have 6,558 participants in 2017. That’s the most we’ve ever had! The best part? Many of these kids are Scouting aged but aren’t yet members. This fun activity is their introduction.

THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS

None of this could have been done without the hard work of our volunteers. It takes 200+ volunteers to fill our shifts plus a dozen camp staff to operate our booth over the 12 days of the fair.

We also have a hardworking volunteer committee that helped plan, setup, and take the booth and ropes course down. This year, they helped redesign our queue to make things smoother than ever. No small feat! Many of these committee members also worked 4 or 5 shifts which we especially appreciate.

Thank you so much to everyone who helped make the fair a success!