The third annual Harvest on Henry Festival was our most well attended festival and also our most successful fundraiser yet! The purpose of this festival is not only to raise money for the farm, but also to bring together the many different communities who connect with Henry Got Crops. As I have said before in this newsletter, this farm is many different things to many different people. And while that can be challenging in some moments, it is also a real cause for celebration. And what a celebration Saturday was! My best guess is that over 500 people came. We are still waiting on the official count, but we know we made around $4,000 on the day of the event, and also brought in about $5,000 in sponsorship leading up to the event. 80 Saul students volunteered on Saturday to ensure everything went smoothly, whether it was selling tickets or helping with face painting. Like usual, the hay ride and petting zoo were major highlights of the day. This year was the Cow Plop 50/50 debut. The Saul cow did not let us down and did her business within about 5 minutes and the lucky winner was Saul teacher and CSA shareholder Jen Disque who took home over $500! The pie judges tasted over 20 kinds of pie. The event was three hours long, which was hardly enough time to check out all the music, food, vendors, demonstrations, games and activities. Shareholder Nancy Dearden coordinated the event and I cannot thank her enough. She is a wizard of organization and planning and began planning for the event back in April at our first shareholder orientation meeting. The event would never have been possible without the additional support from:
Saul Agricultural High School: Jessica McAtamney and her classes Tammy Conaway, principal Scott Moser and the 4-H Club Gail Koskela Mary Creighton Garth Schuler Jane Arbasak Jen Disque Guy Amoroso Greg Smith Val Simmens Lisa Blum AND ALL THE WONDERFUL SAUL STUDENTS!!!
Weavers Way support:
Annette Aloe Rebecca Torpie Stephanie Kane Mary Sweeten Bettina de Caumette Jean McKenzie
Donors:
Solebury Orchard SHARE Whole Foods, Plymouth Meeting Shop Rite, Roxborough Equal Exchange Tasty Twisters Roller’s Expresso Night Kitchen Bakery High Point Bredenbeck’s Bakery and Ice Cream Parlor Goat Hollow Mana Yoga Philly Community Acupuncture Morris Arboretum
Food Trucks:
KAMI Philly Street Food Little Baby’s Ice Cream Cheese E Wagon
Vendors:
We Bee Brothers Cobblestone Krautery Herbiary Heidi Barr Designs Roxborough YMCA Weavers Way Coop Roxborough/Manyunk Food Coop Weavers Way Community Programs Time 4 Time Mt Airy Bike Collective Carmella Clark
Pie Judges:
Glenn Bergman Alex Dews Scott Piergrossi Ashley McFarland David Greene
Harvest on Henry Planning Committee:
Nina Berryman Scott Blunk Tara Campbell Nancy Dearden Jennifer Disque Emma Dosch Jennifer Hall Liza Hawley Clare Hyre Georgia Kirkpatrick Tatiana Loya Tammy Meister Bernadette Norton Kate Pelusi Lory Piergrossi Kathleen Powell Joanna Sinclair Norman Weiss Sally McCabe – PA Horticultural Society
Photographers:
Larry Goldfarb Peter Handler Gabrielle Mahler Musicians: Rick & Andrea Saint Mad Art Miron Nothing Wrong
Sponsors:
Metropolitan Meat, Seafood & Poultry Co. The Night Kitchen Fresh Tofu, Inc. Delaware Valley Floral Group, Inc. Primex N.S. Troutman Four Seasons Chestnut Hill Cat Clinic Howard & Aharona Treatman Slow Rise Bakery Brewers Outlet Philadelphia Horticultural Society Arnold Bread - Bimbo Valley Green Bank PNC Bank | ||||
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