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CARBONDALE, Ill. — The Saluki Football team will host its eight-annual Fan Fest on Thursday, Aug. 23 at Saluki Stadium from 6:30-8 p.m. Parents can register their children (age 12 and under) for Brown Dawg’s Kids Club and receive a free t-shirt, laminate membership pass and many more exciting benefits. Sign up is available on-line or in-person.

Fan Fest is a free event in which Saluki football players and coaches, cheerleaders, shakers, mascots and live Saluki dogs are on hand greeting fans and serving as host of activities for the whole family. Fan Fest takes place on the field, and Prairie Farms will serve free ice cream while supplies last.

Saluki Athletics hopes to see all Saluki fans at the eighth annual Fan Fest. Below are highlights of the event:

Fun Activities!
FREE Brown Dawg Kids Club membership and t-shirt
FREE ice cream, chocolate milk, juice and giveaways provided by Prairie Farms, while supplies last
FREE Schedule Posters and Cards
Saluki football players will lead drills in throwing, catching and kicking as well as a football obstacle course
Inflatables and bounce house
Players and coaches available for autographs
Saluki Shakers, Cheerleaders, mascots Grey Dawg and Brown Dawg on-hand
Pet a live Saluki dog!
Dress Like a Saluki photo opportunities
Face painting
LEGO-building station

Get Your Tickets!
Season-ticket holder ticket pick-up and refreshments in north end zone
Fans have the opportunity to select 2018 season tickets
Tickets for all Saluki home games on sale

About Brown Dawg’s Kids Club
*Free Membership!
*Exclusive Kids Club laminate membership to wear
*Free Kids Club t-shirt. (Shirt can be picked up at Kids Club table at Fanfest on Aug. 23 or at a home Football game).
*Face-painting station at the Kids Club table so you can really show your Saluki pride!
*Entered into a drawing to be Kid Captain of the Game at a Saluki Football or Men’s Basketball game.
*Free admission to Saluki Volleyball, Women’s Basketball, Softball and Baseball games, by wearing your Kids Club laminate.
*Free reserved ticket to Football game on Nov. 3 versus Western Illinois, in which members are invited to help form the pre-game tunnel on the field.
*Free general admission ticket to Men’s Basketball game on Nov. 17, in which members are invited to help form the pre-game tunnel on the court.
*Brown Dawg’s Kids Club is proudly sponsored by 710, Bank of Carbondale and Joseph Hudgins Orthodontics.