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Good times at Lake Placid Community Day

Max Dashler, 18 months, loves digging around in sand at a booth at the Lake Placid Community Day on Sunday. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone) (Editor's note: The spelling of Max Dashler's last name has been corrected.)

LAKE PLACID — Huge crowds turned out to the Lake Placid Community Day on Sunday to talk to people from local organizations, honor the three volunteers of the year and kick off summer activities in town.

Awards were given to Lake Placid High School senior Grace Ericson and two adult volunteers — former town and village historian Beverley Reid, 90, and John Brown Lives! Executive Director Martha Swan — for their many combined decades of community work.

The three said they volunteer for the love of helping people, benefiting the community, and meeting fellow volunteers. Each had a message to people of all ages to get involved and never stop.

Val Rogers, the chair of the event’s organizing community said this year brought more organizations than ever before.

“We usually run around 32, and we’ve got over 40 in there this year,” Rogers said as she played cornhole.

Greg Hayes, head of the Lake Placid Cornhole Club, nails a bag on the board while playing at the Lake Placid Community Day on Sunday. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Tables were full of people dining on food from the U.S. Olympic Training Center while the band Quantum Cosmic kept the groove going.

Kids ran around popping bubbles, getting their faces painted and waving balloon swords while adults chatted, cheered on the volunteers of the year and got connected to local organizations.

Liam Redding, 7, won a toy after spinning a prize wheel at the Family and Community Engagement Center booth at the Lake Placid Community Day on Sunday. Cecily Honness said the center offers services for students in special education programs in town, helping parents navigate the system. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Andrew Regnier lays some burgers on the grill at the Lake Placid Community Day on Sunday. Employees with the U.S. Olympic Training Center cooking staff was grilling for the event. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Paisley Burnett, 5, gets her face painted by MaryAnn Vicaro of Merriloons. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Joey Marra, 2, Adrianna Rivera, 7, and Jaren Marra, 5, are decked out in face paint. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Bryan Trumbull of the band Quantum Cosmic rounds out a jam with some cymbal work at the Lake Placid Community Day on Sunday. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Ted Grey of the band Quantum Cosmic lays down the rhythm on guitar at the Lake Placid Community Day on Sunday. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

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