My Community

All of this talk about communtiy in class has gotten me thinking about my communtiy, and what we do to come together as a whole. My city of Lake Elsinore is very community oriented. Every year around the holidays we have parades, the town closes off Main Street and part of Lakeshore (which are both major streets in our town) and they have parades. All of the schools in the district are invited to take part in the parade and normally its the dance or cheer teams that are used to represent their schools. I go to the parades every year, they are alot of fun, especially when you get to perform in them. As a community we also have art walks and car shows every first Sunday of the month, where they shut down Main Street. I like going to the car shows and seeing all the old classics. Around Christmas, Main Street is also shut down and they bring in snow from Big Bear and the kids get to play in it. They have alot of booths, that sell stuff too, and the local highschool choirs perform. Every year right before Thanksgiving there is the Grand Prix. The Grand Prix is a very big deal and its been around for about twenty or so years. The Grand Prix is where the Elsinore Motorsports Track hosts races through the town. They have races for all dirtbike classes, even little kids can race. For the older racers they go on a course that goes through Main Street and around the town. It is really big in our town because we have a lot of dirtbikers, mainly because of the track. Another big thing is during the summer, the jet ski races they have on the lake, those are alot of fun to watch, especially at the end when the racers do tricks and show off. On the Fourth of July the city allows boats to go on the lake at night, for the annual boat show. People decorate their boats with lights and there is a contest for the best lit boat. My family has never done it, but my dad promised me, we would do it next year, because we just got our new boat. Another big thing in our town is the local baseball stadium, we have a minor league baseball team that plays there and alot of people attend the games. All the graduations for the local high schools are also held there. There are alot of small centers that try to bring together the community like the local library, it always has actiivties for young kids to teenagers that gives incentives to reading. For example, the library has a reading program for every season of the year, kids have to read a certain amount of books and if they do they get awards and certificates to local food places or toys. My little sister takes part in it and I have worked the past three summers for the reading program signing kids up and giving them their awards, its really neat to see the kids get excited when they get a sticker or toy for reading and their so excited to go back home and read more. We also have a boys and girls club, which gives kids a place to go after school to keep them out of trouble, and to help with homework. The community has soccer, football, basketball, baseball, and softball leagues. I have been apart of the soccer and softball leagues and they are a great place to meet new kids and be apart of a team. This year I coached a little kids soccer team and it was so much fun. For most of the kids on my team it was their first time playing and it was so hard, but fun. I think my town has a great community and alot of the people who live there have lived there their whole life, like me.