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community cove activities at a Cary Art Daze festival

Introducing Community Cove!

Join local nonprofit organizations as they come together to share the great work they do all year round to support the Cary community. Located in section C, near the Herb Young Community Center. Each organization will offer a unique art-focused activity or demonstration that encourages hands-on interaction!

Learn more about the 2024 participating organizations and the activities they are offering:

4-H Whale Robotics

4-H Whale Robotics is a local nonprofit dedicated to inspiring students of all ages to expand their knowledge of STEM through competitive robotics.

Activity: Drive and Interact with Robots - Learn about robots and the work that goes into building them. Operate small robots, and watch a large robot shoot balls and PVC pipes.

Asian Focus

Asian Focus (AF) is a nonprofit organization formed to promote, sponsor and support programs to help Asian Americans and immigrants of all generations. AF strives to help individuals and their families address the daily cultural and linguistic challenges to better acclimate into the American society. They hope to foster synergy and encourage participation from agencies and skilled professionals; promoting education, diversity and cultural exchange services for all underserved groups towards the betterment of tomorrow.

Activity: Test your dexterity with the chopstick challenge – Learn the significance of chopsticks to Asian dining traditions and will small prizes too.

Cary Lodge #198 Ancient Free and Accepted Free Masons

The Cary Free Masons' charity is wide ranging with both our immediate community and the state as a whole. They offer scholarships for the local high school kids to college, and have a primary focus on the Oxford Children’s orphanage (oldest in the state), and Whitehall elderly care home.

Activity: Design a Colorful Sand Necklace - Select from a mix of colored sands to create a necklace to wear as you explore all Lazy Daze has to offer.

Cary Players Community Theatre

Cary Players Community Theatre is an inclusive and welcoming group of volunteers who provide opportunities for audiences to attend high-quality live performances and for actors, singers and dancers to perform on stage. They also offer many ways for people to be involved behind the scenes as directors, designers, carpenters, painters and technicians.

Activity: Decorate Your Own Theatre Fan - Beat the heat by creating your own theatre fan. Participate in theatrical warm-up exercises. Pose for a photo wearing a costume piece.

Democracy NC

Mission: To strengthen democratic structures, build power among disenfranchised communities, and inspire confidence in a transformed political process that works for all.

Activity: Discover Your Route to the Polls - Using markers, stickers, and stamps customize postcard maps showing key bus routes and polling locations in the Triangle.

Diamante Arts & Cultural Center

Diamante is dedicated to the preservation, development, and promotion of the culture, heritage and artistic expressions of the Latino/Hispanic community of North Carolina.

Activity: Explore Latino Culture in North Carolina - Celebrate North Carolina’s Latino community by painting bookmarks and boxes and creating keychains from shrink-wrapped paper.

Friends of the Page-Walker Hotel

Find them at the Page Walker Arts & History Center
Friends enriches the community by serving as guardian for the Page-Walker Arts & History Center, advocating preservation of Cary historic sites, archiving history and facilitating history education, and promoting the cultural arts.

Activity: Get Creative with Mini Gourds - Decorate your own mini gourd while learning about Cary’s rich gourd-growing heritage. Pick up your free button displaying whether you were born in Cary or Cary by choice.

Hum Sub

Hum Sub seeks to share India's culture and heritage with the communities of the North Carolina Triangle area and beyond through family-oriented cultural events geared toward learning, diversity awareness, and inclusivity while helping to build a stronger foundation for the next generation. Their signature events are Hum Sub Diwali (held in October each year) and Basant Bahar (held in spring each year). Their programs include stage performances, cultural exhibits, a wide variety of cuisine from local Indian restaurants, and craft sales from showcased vendors across the NC Triangle area and nearby states.

Activity: Discover India's Culture and Heritage - Play traditional games, solve puzzles, and dive into India’s mythology. And learn how these games and puzzles have been adopted by Western culture.

Myles of Great Hopes

Myles of Great Hopes is a nonprofit supporting Kenyan communities through education, sanitation, and health initiatives. They empower youth and families with sustainable programs for a brighter future.

Activity: Create Messages of Hope and Sustainability - Paint an image of hope or inspiration on rocks to be shared with Cary elementary school students. Stop by for African animal painting. Promote sustainability by creating sculptures out of recycled materials. Enter a raffle for a chance to win authentic Masai goods.