Home Expo 2015 highlights home improvement vendors

RACINE The Journal Times Home Expo 2015 will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m Saturday, Feb. 28, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 1, at Festival Hall, 5 Fifth St.

Approximately 70 vendors will be featured at this years expo, which offers a wider variety of home improvement vendors, showing everything from flooring and window options to work-of-art coffee tables, archival photo restoration, solar energy, home Internet service, and medical supply items that can make homes safer and more comfortable for families.

Free, hour-long seminars covering a range of topics will be presented by vendors. The schedule:

Sunday is Kids Day and will offer special activities for youngsters, including a Home Depot Kids Seminar at 2 p.m. Lollipop the clown will also be on hand Sunday, doing face painting and balloon friends.

Both children and senior citizens can also take advantage of the Safe Assured ID program, which will be available both days at no charge. Presented by the Volunteer Center of Racine County, Safe Assured ID provides children and seniors with an all-inclusive ID package that aids in the quick recovery of a missing person. For more about Safe Assured ID, go to http://www.volunteerracine.org.

Prizes and give-aways, including a $250 Home Depot gift card and a Racine Raiders ticket pack, will be issued each day (winner need not be present to win). Food and beverages will be sold by Dannys Meats & Catering.

Admission is $3. There is no charge for ages 16 and younger. For more information, go to http://www.journaltimes.com/app/homeexpo.

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Home Expo 2015 highlights home improvement vendors