It is time to start thinking about the Red Ribbon Competition at the upcoming Chestermere Country Fair, September 9th and 10th 2016. A lot of planning and preparation go into this amazing event, and the core Red Ribbon committee is looking for a few new energetic and interested volunteers to help get this show on the road! Last year the Red Ribbon was pleased to distribute over $6000 in prizes, and one position that is open is the donations coordinator. A job description is posted on the Chestermere Country Fair FB page (see below) and if you think you might like to help with this volunteer job, or any other as we move along to Fair day, please let us know. Thanks to Jennifer Zambory who has taken over Country Fair Baking from Rosemary Clysdale who expertly looked after these prizes for many years!
At the first organizational meeting last week there were interesting new suggestions for new categories in the booklet including fermented foods, and a new category so that kids of ALL ages can grow their own veggies and compete for prize money. The Chestermere Ag Society is hard at work looking into starting Honey Bee 4-H for youth in our area. This will encourage more bee keeping in our district and more entries in the ever expanding honey competition at the Red Ribbon. For more information on this 4-H email chestermereagsociety@gmail.com The 2015 honey entries were 100% over 2014! And Farmers Markets will be starting again, first one will be May 28th at Country Connections.
We are pleased to announce that Steve Jeffrey, Publisher of The Anchor City News, will once again be helping with the formatting and printing of our exceptional Fair booklet. Thank you Steve and The Anchor for your ongoing support. We hope that this year we might be able to make our online version searchable. The Red Ribbon will be at Country Connections, which will be held May 27th and 28th at a great new venue, Camp Chestermere. There will be activities for people of all ages, and even some lake cruises –the water will be well in by then if this beautiful weather continues.
The next Red Ribbon Committee meeting will be on Monday March 21st, if you are interested in joining us to take on the donations coordinator, or any other job ( the snacks are amazing!) please PM from the FB page https://www.facebook.com/ChestermereCountryFair/?ref=hl or call Jen 403 272 3764 or Pat 403 273 5108.
