Annual Winterfest Dance is set for Dec. 3

YOUNGSTOWN — It’s an event that area special needs students look forward to all year long.

The eighth annual Winterfest Dance, open to all special needs students in high schools in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties, is scheduled for Dec. 3 at the Mahoning Country Club, 710 Liberty St. East S.E. in Girard.

The evening of music, fun and excitement was launched by teachers at the former Rayen School for high school-aged children with multiple, orthopedic and/or developmental disabilities. Rayen is gone now, and students in the city schools’ special-needs program now attend East High School. East’s special education units now sponsor the event which draws more than 200 participants.

All area high schools have been sent flyers advertising the dance and asking them to handle ticket sales and RSVP sheets for their students.

The dinner is catered and responses are required by Nov. 25.

Read more in Tuesday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com