Friday, March 29, 2024

Keeping summer events on the calendar

It has been, as it is every year, a busy summer in the DCI coverage area.

We just concluded a weekend of Kasson Festival in the Park activities. Earlier this summer we enjoyed Stagecoach Days, Dodger Days, the Dodge County Fair, Byron’s Good Neighbor Days, Survival Days, Hayfield’s Sesquicentennial, Hogfest, Relay for Life.

Still to come are Marigold Days, the Big Iron Classic, Mantorville’s Fall Festival and the Haunted Hustle. Looking a bit farther we come to Christmas and every community has a Christmas event in early December.

And we may very well have missed some.

The point of all this is to say that these events do not just appear out of thin air. Each one involves time and effort. And that time and effort is put in by volunteers.

Some of the volunteers are with the group organizing the event like the Dodge County Fair Board, the Survival Days Committee, the Festival in the Park Committee. Some are sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce or perhaps the city.

Others are community organizations or churches’ that help out.

Dodge County Faith in Action was at this weekend’s Festival in the Park. The Hayfield Lions were at the Dodge County Fair as well as Hayfield events. Kasson-Mantorville Lions were at Festival in the Park and will be also be at Marigold Days with their lunch wagon.

In West Concord Trinity Lutheran and the United Methodist Church were at Survival Days. Churches have held Sunday morning services at just about all events.

So it is obvious these activities are only possible because of the hard work and efforts of our neighbors.

So when you are at an event and see one of the organizers or a neighbor helping out, take a minute to thank them.

And even better, become one of those volunteers. Or join one of the organizations that provides a service.

You will still have the opportunity to enjoy the event and take part in all the entertainment. But you will also get a good feeling from knowing that you are a part of the community where you live.

 

 

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