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The Stronghurst Booster Club met on February 7th, at 4:35 p.m., with Donna Painter, Christine Deverell, Amanda Hobby-Jack, Rachael Gipe, Jade Parker, Lori Tayler in attendance.
The January Minutes were reviewed and approved.
There was no treasurer’s report.
Committees: Amanda would like to form a park committee to address and oversee flowers, upkeep of landscape, spray park maintenance, etc. They will need to recruit more members for this committee. Jade will be the chairperson. They will try to plan another clean-up day at the park this spring.
The committee plans to meet on February 17th at 4 p.m. at the Legion. The committee plans to go business to business to collect dues sometime in March.
Dues are $20 per year.
Businesses and any individual wanting to be involved can join the Stronghurst Booster Club.
Memorial Day event will be on Saturday, May 28th. The Stronghurst village will mainly head this up with help from the Booster Club as needed.
Doc Pogue Run: no date set yet
Fall Festival 2022 is set for Saturday, September 17th.
Christmas Walk 2022 will be Friday, November 18th.
The committee met last week and had a successful meeting. They will begin collecting donations of used but not damaged Christmas decorations to later be sold at a rummage sale, with proceeds going toward the 2022 Christmas Walk. The theme will be Christmas in July. Pending village approval, the Christmas in July Rummage sale will be on July 16th, from 7:30 a,m, until Noon.
Anyone wanting to donate items can do so at any time. Donations can be dropped off at Bob’s TV in Stronghurst during normal business hours.
There are plans for a breakfast to be served at the rummage sale, with more details to follow.
The committee discussed other topics such as the scavenger hunt returning, expanding the walk to more businesses in town, and bringing back carolers to the event.
If you would like to be part of the Christmas Walk Committee, please reach out to Amanda.
Christine presented the idea of selling “local” t-shirts and possibly shopping totes in an online sale and at events. She will look into designs and prices for the next meeting.
Lori has several totes that say “small town gal” on them that she is willing to donate.
Family friendly events: Amanda presented an idea of offering free family friendly events to the community this year. Ideas include movie in the park, bingo, touch a truck event, yoga in the park. The goal would be one event per month possibly starting in April.
Bringing a farmers market and/or farm to table dinner to Stronghurst. There was a discussion on how to bring in vendors and people to make this a successful event.
The meeting adjourned at 5:27 p.m. with the next meeting scheduled for Monday, March 14th 4:30 p.m. at the Legion.