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STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL WRAP-UP ~

THANK YOU ALL FROM THE LEMONT  VILLAGE  ASSOCIATION!

SO MANY PEOPLE HELPED THIS YEAR THAT IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO THANK ALL BY NAME, BUT, TEAM LEADERS WERE:

CATHY COHAN – SUPPLIES, VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT, SIGN-UP GENIUS; GENERAL TROUBLE SHOOTER;

MEL DeYOUNG – TRAFFIC CONTROL;

PHIL HAWK, SCOUT TROOP 367, MANY OTHERS – MOVING STUFF;

CINDY ROSS & KEVIN MICHAEL – LEMONADE & WATER;

SUE SMITH - CAKES & PUBLICITY, ARRANGEMENTS WITH VENDORS, STRAWBERRY COOLING;

MUSICIANS:  RICHARD SLEIGH – 3-5 PM AND KEVIN BRIGGS – 5-7 PM, JIM THORN -SOUND WIZARD;

BELLEFONTE HISTORIC RAILROAD SOCIETY VOLUNTEERS WHO PROVIDED RIDES & EXCITEMENT, CENTRE POINT CHURCH FOR PROVIDING CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES, AND ART ALLIANCE VOLUNTEERS FOR CHILDREN’S ART & FACE PAINTING EXPERTISE;

12 ICE CREAM/STRAWBERRY/CAKE SERVERS/CASHIERS; 25 BERRY HULLERS & 6 BERRY WASHERS & HAULERS; 5 COMPOST, MISC. PLASTIC, AND TRASH HAULERS; OVER 100 VOLUNTEERS IN ALL!  WE SERVED OVER 750 HAPPY CUSTOMERS!

PHIL HAWK AND CO. - BANNER HANGERS & REMOVERS, FAMILIES WHO PROVIDED THE TREES FOR HANGING THE BANNERS; FOUR TRAFFIC DIRECTORS

COLLEGE TOWNSHIP CREW – BARRICADES;  SC BOROUGH FOR ACCEPTING OUR COMPOSTABLES, CC RECYCLING FOR EXPEDITING MISCELLANEOUS PLASTIC/CARDBOARD RECYCLING; AND KEVIN MICHAL FOR BEING A SPONSOR.

MARK & MARLA KURTZ – STRAWBERRY PROVIDERS, MEYER DAIRY – ICE CREAM, 65 LOCAL CAKE PROVIDERS – MANY WITH MULTIPLE CAKES; CULLIGAN WATER; HICKEY’S FOR ICE; WEIS – HILLS PLAZA & AND WESTERLY PARKWAY AND GIANT/HILLS PROVIDED GIFT CARDS FOR SUPPLIES; AND MOST OF ALL THE NEIGHBORS OF THE VILLAGE GREEN FOR THEIR TOLERANCE AND FRIENDLINESS.