On March 2nd the Berea College GEAR UP Partnership hosted a Mexican Fiesta Night at Clark-Moores Middle School in collaboration with the Youth Services Center with over 85 students, parents and staff participating. Casa Fiesta, a local Mexican restaurant, provided food for the event. The Art Club at Clark Moores made many decorations, placemats and also two piñatas that were raffled off.

The Spanish Club from Berea Community School and students from CELTS at Berea College helped with making desserts, serving food and clean-up.

GEAR UP gave away Spanish/English translation dictionaries to those that attended. Elise Mandel, a parent educator, taught Spanish and led Mexican crafts with students. The younger students had the opportunity to break a piñata and then enjoy the goodies inside.