Carousel Blog Posts

The Carousel of Happiness opened on Memorial Day in 2010, in dedication two U.S. Marines who lost their lives in Vitenam while serving with the Carousel’s Founder, Scott Harrison. Each year, we honor the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. Military with a ceremony at Noon on Memorial Day Monday. The building is open to all as we encircle the carousel, and visitors are invited to remember a fallen veteran.  Then, the carousel will turn for...

Don’t want to read it?  Listen to the Podcast!  There’s a special party that happens every year. It’s not the Met Gala or a White House state dinner. It’s not Coachella or Burning Man or even Uncle Ira’s Annual Chili Cook Off. The party isn’t featured in Page Six, and there’s no mention of it in the New York Times. In fact, no invitations are sent out, no public event listed on a calendar anywhere. Because every single year, for...

It’s Giving Season! Join our end-of-year giving campaign and make a donation to the Carousel of Happiness.   We are trying to raise $20,000 between now and Dec 31 to keep this machine spinning! Will you help us?  A gift of any amount will help us finish the year strong.  How can a $3 ride change your life? If you’ve visited the Carousel of Happiness, you know just how!  Perhaps the story is what touches your heart, how one man used...

As many of you are aware, on the morning of October 9th, a fire burned through the primary building of our dear Caribou Village Shopping Center, where the carousel is located. The carousel itself only suffered minor exterior damage, but the main shopping center building, home to 18 local small businesses, was completely lost. The livelihoods of our neighbors and friends, about 100 employees, is now threatened.  And restarting businesses in the slow winter season is not ideal.  But Nederland...