BATON ROUGE, La. — In August, prolonged rainfall caused flooding in many parts of Louisiana. The city of Baton Rouge received more than 30-inches of rain in a little over a three days. Dixie Landin’ amusement park and Blue Bayou water park were luckily spared any direct flood damage. However, the park’s management and staff were not so fortunate. The flooding caused the park to lose its remaining summer season, only able to open for pre-booked company park buyouts.

Park managers had flooding in their homes up to six feet deep. In the surrounding area, which is home to the park’s operational and seasonal staff, more than 20,000 households were displaced due to flooding. Only 17 percent of those households had flood insurance.

“As a longtime newspaper man, and a veteran of the amusement industry, I felt obligated to do something to benefit the managers and team members of Dixie Landin’,” offered Gary Slade, publisher of Amusement Today.  “With that in mind, we’ve made a special lapel pin available. Its sole purpose is to raise disaster aid relief funds and to show our support for our fellow friends who rely on Dixie Landin’ & Blue Bayou as their income source.”

The blue & gold lapel pins honor the amusement & water park facility as well as Louisiana. “It is our hope that members of the amusement and water park industry will not only purchase these pins, but also wear them during the IAAPA Attractions Expo to show our support as an industry,” continued Slade. the pins made their debut at the World Waterpark Association trade show, just held in New Orleans, La.

The Dixie Landin’ & Blue Bayou flood relief benefit lapel pins are available from Amusement Today during the IAAPA Attractions Expo (booth #4215), online or by calling (817) 460-7220. They may be purchased for $7/each or a pack of four (4) pins for $20. All proceeds from the sale of the pins will fund flood relief efforts for the staff of Dixie Landin’ & Blue Bayou.

Support our friends in Louisiana buy buying a pin and wearing it on the show floor with pride!

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