ROBERTSDALE, Alabama — Hundreds of residents flocked to Honeybee Park on Saturday for the annual Honeybee 5K and 1-mile run/walk, followed by the Honeybee Festival.

For the fourth straight year the festival, which is put on in conjunction with the Central Baldwin Chamber of Commerce and the City of Robertsdale, served as a fundraiser for the Central Baldwin Education Foundation, which ran its Honeybee 5K and 1-mile run/walk for the fifth straight year.

The Honeybee Festival featured a variety of arts and crafts, food vendors, entertainment and games.

The Robertsdale High School softball team sold fish plates, while the Robertsdale Rotary Club sold hamburgers and hotdogs.

Entertainment this year included the Chords of Truth band from the First Baptist Church of Robertsdale. The children’s choir from the Robertsdale Assembly of God Church also performed.

The Robertsdale High School baseball team held a “Kangaroo Court” fundraiser during the event. “Trials” began immediately following the race on the main stage at the north end of the park.

Kangaroo Court is a mock court in which you get “charged” with some type of offense. There is a prosecutor and a judge, and once you are sentenced you get charged a court fee. You will be placed in “jail” for 15 minutes. People from the crowd can choose to have you remain in jail for an additional fee.

The festival also included a honeybee art competition featuring art from Robertsdale High School students.

Local vendors were available at this year’s festival, selling honey and giving demonstrations of the craft.

Again this year, in addition to professional arts and crafts vendors selling their wares, the festival was open to all local schools and school organizations. Little Miss Honeybee and her court were also introduced at the festival.

The Central Baldwin Education Foundation was formed in 2008 with the help of the Central Baldwin Chamber of Commerce, as a way to support Robertsdale High School and its feeder schools, including the South Baldwin Center for Technology, Central Baldwin Middle School and the area’s six elementary schools, Robertsdale, Loxley, Silverhill, Summerdale, Elsanor and Rosinton schools.

In 2009, the CBEF began giving out grants to qualifying teachers at the various schools. Grants have also been given to fund tutoring programs for local schools and the organization has also given scholarships to local students.

For more information visit the Central Baldwin Education Foundation’s page on Facebook or visit cbef.org.