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Fall Festival celebrates community spirit

James Geitzen has a lot of experi- festival, said. “There is nothing like
ence with local festivals and public ” seeing families enjoying the events and
concerts, but he readily admits that the The heart and soul knowing that we have provided a good
Plymouth Fall Festival continues to of the Fall Festival time and really helped a good cause,
impress him. well, several good causes,” Joy said.
“The heart and soul of the Fall are the non-profit In addition to the traditional
Festival are the non-profit and commu- and community Chicken Barbeque, the Spaghetti
nity group members,” Geitzen said. Dinner, the Pancake Breakfast, Bingo
“They work hard all year preparing for group members. and the Taste Fest, other groups, too,
the weekend event.” set up smaller booths during the festi-
He isn't exaggerating in that estima- val attempting to generate funds to
tion. Volunteers from both the morn- help fund their group activities.
ing and noon Rotary clubs, the As Geitzen and Plymouth Fall “It takes a lot of people to make a
Kiwanis members, the Lions Club and Festival Chairman Eric Joy are proud community work,” Geitzen said. “Some
the Civitans have been planning the to explain, this is the largest festival in are called to volunteer for a communi-
weekend activities since last year. the area and is the major fundraiser ty group, others make donations to our
The groups' activities have become for most of the civic groups. service organizations, but the simplest
a tradition at the event which will Participation in the various events pro- way to make an impact in the commu-
mark 64 years in the community Sept. vides donations, scholarships and com- nity is by buying a chicken or spaghetti
6, 7 and 8 and draw more than 50,000 munity benefits all year long. dinner, go to the pancake breakfast or
people to downtown Plymouth during “The festival is about community,”
the weekend. Joy, in his fifth year at the helm of the See Community, page 5