Thurtene Carnival is a highlight of spring
The nonprofit group Ready Readers will benefit this year from proceeds of Washington University’s student-run Thurtene Carnival. The carnival opened Friday and runs through Sunday. Thurtene is considered one of the nation’s oldest and biggest student-run carnivals. As its community partner, Ready Readers should get a boost for its programs, which place volunteer readers in preschools in low-income communities, helping foster in children a love of reading.
The Thurtene Carnival on Saturday, April 16, 2016 on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis. The annual event claims to be one of the oldest student run carnivals in the country, organized by the Thurtene Honorary. Photo by Huy Mach, hmach@post-dispatch.com
Keisha Foston, 3, of St. Louis slides down a mardi gras theme fun house during the Thurtene Carnival on Saturday, April 16, 2016 on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis. The annual event claims to be one of the oldest student run carnivals in the country, organized by the Thurtene Honorary. Photo by Huy Mach, hmach@post-dispatch.com
Raineka Morgan of Florissant (center) and her daughter Deara Foots, 6, take a ride on "Pharaoh's Fury" during the Thurtene Carnival on Saturday, April 16, 2016 on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis. The annual event claims to be one of the oldest student run carnivals in the country, organized by the Thurtene Honorary. Photo by Huy Mach, hmach@post-dispatch.com
