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SPECIAL day for special kids!
Scottsdale Sunrise Rotary Club will host its 38th annual Special Day for Special Kids!
Saturday, March 22, 2025
10:00 am until 2:00 pm
McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park
7301 E. Indian Bend Road
Scottsdale, AZ 85250
The free event is designed to honor and provide a fun day for special needs children and their families. All admission, the fair, and the food are a gift of the Scottsdale Sunrise Rotary Club.
The event provides games with prizes, hot dogs, chips, ice cream, pop corn, and beverages for all.
In addition, these organizations help make the event a success:
- Raising Special Kids
- McCormick Stillman Railroad Park
- Mechanical Society
- Penske Trucks
- A1 Vans
- Liberty Wildlife
- The Herpetological Society
- Boy Scouts
- Girl Scouts
- Scottsdale Police K-9 Unit
- Scottsdale Fire Department
- Visits to the Mechanical Society Train Museum and Live Steamers
- Bouncy Things, Petting Zoo, Pony Rides
Booths with games and face painting which adds to the fun and enjoyment by all.
Raising Special Kids assisted the Scottsdale Sunrise Rotary Club in getting the news out to all families in Arizona on the date of the event.
Food and beverages are donated by Ablertson's, Denis & Donna Weinhoff, Frito-Lay, Shamrock Foods, Redi-Ice, and Gatorade-Pepsico,
McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park donated the use of the park and the Mechanical Society Train Museum and Live Steamers. The Mechanical Society and Scottsdale Sunrise Rotary donate one train rides or a carousel ride per persons up to 3,000 people.
Scottsdale Sunrise Rotary funds this event with a charity breakfast with our partners Raising Special Kids. If you are interested in attending Good Morning Great Cause breakfast, contact Evie Haberer, eviehaberer@cox.net. Without the donations from our sponsors, and Good Morning Great Cause, this amazing event would not be possible!
To attend the breakfast, contact Evie Haberer eviehaberer@cox.net
To contribute go to: https://raisingspecialkids.org/good-morning-great-cause/
The 2023 event attendance was approximately 2,700 and we were blessed with perfect weather.
The Scottsdale Sunrise Rotary Club is assisted by Raising Special Kids, ASU Rotaract Club, Boy Scout Troops #649 and #30, Girl Scouts, Boys and Girls Club of Greater Scottsdale, and many other service organizations.