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Catoctin Colorfest Donates More Than Courtesy Photo

$20,000 to Community Organizations

James Rada, Jr.

Catoctin Colorfest, Inc. held its annual banquet in November at Simply Asia in
Thurmont. This yearly meeting serves as a wrap-up for the Colorfest annual festival.
The weather for the festival was not optimum this year, with cold temperatures on
Sunday, some rain, and plenty of mud. Crowds still turned out in large numbers to enjoy
the offerings from hundreds of vendors. The festival was also able to avoid the power
outages that plagued last year’s event.
During the meeting, annual donations are made to various organizations in
Thurmont, in an effort to give back to the community. This year, Catoctin Colorfest, Inc.
donated $20,339.22 to the following organizations:
• $5,100 to Town of Thurmont
• $4,500 to Catoctin High Scholarships Catoctin Colorfest President Carol Robertson (front) is shown with
representatives of organizations who received donations this year: Wes Hamrick
• $3,500 to Thurmont Food Bank (Town of Thurmont), Harold Bollinger and Pr. Sally Griffin Joyner (Thurmont
• $1,500 to Guardian Hose Company Food Bank), Jim Humerick
• $1,500 to Thurmont Ambulance Company (Thurmont Ambulance Company),
Wayne Stackhouse (Guardian
• $1,500 to Thurmont Police Department Hose Company), and Lee Hanvey
• $696 to Catoctin High School FFA (Town of Thurmont).
• $500 to local victims of a fire
• $500 to Thurmont Ambulance Company (value of two vendor spaces at the festival used by the company at no cost)
• $383.22 to Town gardens
• $225 to Thurmont Library Fun Day
• $190 to Town of Thurmont for flag lighting
• $150 to Family Christmas meals
• $75 to Mechanicstown Park Christmas decorations
• $20 to American Heart Association
The Town of Thurmont issued 798 vendor permits for the event this year, of which 244 were for the Colorfest,
Inc. vendors in Community Park. Among the other stats Catoctin Colorfest, Inc. listed were: 5,120 pounds of trash
were generated in Community Park during the event; 72 bales of straw were delivered to combat the mud; and
9,600 apple dumplings were sold by the Thurmont Ambulance Company.
The 56 Annual Catoctin Colorfest will be held on October 12 and 13, 2019.
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