The Hutchinson Jaycee Water Carnival started in 1942. This year marks the 77th annual festival! Excelsior Homes is proudly sponsoring this event again this year. This festival brings together the Hutchinson community and provides a sense of pride along with some fun. 

Water Carnival Events

The Hutchinson Water Carnival will be held June 8 – June 16, 2019 with a full week of community events. A complete event schedule can be found on the Hutchinson Jaycee Water Carnival website. Here are a few of the most popular events that you’ll see around town.

• Medallion Hunt – Starts Monday, June 10th and runs until Sunday, June 16th unless someone finds it sooner!
• Teddy Bear Band Concert – Friday, June 14th at noon in Library Square
• Miss Hutchinson Pageant -Friday, June 14th at Hutchinson High School
• Kiddy Day Parade & Junior Royalty Coronation – Saturday, June 15th at 11am at West River Park
• Grande Day Parade – Sunday, June 16 at 1pm starting at Main Street and 1st Ave NW
• Miss Hutchinson Coronation – Sunday, June 16th at 7pm at Hutchinson High School
• Fireworks – Thursday, June 13th and Sunday, June 16th at 10pm

Enjoy the week of community events. If you’re looking to get out of the sun for a bit stop by Excelsior Homes and tour our model homes – we have many new models in stock! 

School is out and summer break is in full swing. Often the end of each school year is full of fun activities. One of those events allowed Jessica from Excelsior Homes to volunteer at Junior Achievement BizTown in Maplewood, MN. 

BizTown Construction Center

Jessica’s daughter’s class was preparing to attend BizTown, and they needed adult volunteers to lead the BizTown shops. They offer a Construction Center shop, which was a nice fit with home building and Excelsior Homes. Jessica offered her time and spent a day with her daughter’s class supporting their learning and teaching the ins and outs of the construction industry. 

Prior to going to BizTown I had heard that this was not your typical field trip volunteer experience and to be prepared to work.  Indeed I found that it was a jam packed day full of real life experiences for these kids.  Biztown is a fantastic real life experience for the kids.  It would be awesome if they could do something similar to this several times a year! – Jessica Verhasselt, Parent Volunteer Construction Company

Learn about BizTown

BizTown provides children an opportunity to learn hands-on in a simulated work environment. There are 15 different shops where kids learn how run a business and gain life skills. The kids spend time in school learning about some of these aspects before the day at the simulation facility. 

My favorite part of Biztown was the food (popcorn) and working there all day.  The most challenging part of my job was the speeches and talking in front of everyone. – Lily Docken, Mayor of BizTown

Lily’s Mom, Ashley, owns the local Frozen Yogurt shop, Below Zero. Ashley was another parent volunteer, and also had great things to share about the experience. 

I was impressed with BizTown, a well-organized, real world experience for our kids. Staff was energetic and helpful. -Ashley Docken, Parent Volunteer

Jessica was able to coach small group of kids including her daughter at the end of May when they attended the session. She was able to share her knowledge and experiences, while the kids learned about construction. 

My favorite part of BizTown was working a real job on a computer.  (She was in charge of payroll, making deposits, accounts payable, etc). 

The most challenging part of my day was doing all the paperwork and getting it done on time.  – Zoe Verhasselt, CFO Construction Company

While we love helping our customers, it is fun to get out of the office and experience a learning hands-on like this with children. 

Check our blog to see other interesting things we do at Excelsior Homes!