ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Sherry Lundry, left, TARC Inc. development director, and Briana Holmes Daniels, TARC development and marketing coordinator, help organize the annual TARC Winter Wonderland. The 2-mile light display at Lake Shawnee raises funds for TARC, a notfor-profit organization that supports children, families and adults with intellectual, developmental and related disabilities and delays. [THAD ALLTON/THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL]
BEST EVENT IN NORTHEAST KANSAS TARC WINTER WONDERLAND
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TARC Inc. plans to brighten the holiday spirit again this year when the lights at its Winter
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Wonderland are turned on in November. It will be the 21st year for the fundraiser at Lake Shawnee. Winter Wonderland, open Thanksgiving Day through Dec. 31, is a 2-mile drive-through holiday light display that benefits TARC, a not-for-profit organization that supports more
than 2,500 children, families and adults with intellectual, developmental and related disabilities and delays in Topeka and Shawnee County. “Everything that we raise goes towards programs that we provide for the folks we serve. … So 90 cents of every dollar goes into programming,” said Sherry Lundry,
TARC development director. More than 12,000 vehicles, or about 50,000 visitors, viewed Winter Wonderland’s nearly 70 light displays last year. About $203,000 was raised, and a full-size truck bed of food was collected for Project Topeka. Briana Holmes Daniels, TARC development and marketing