Indiana’s Largest Apple Pie, Made With Love “Nope, I know what you’re going to ask me and, no, I don’t make apple pie the rest of the year, and never, ever do I eat it,” says Mim Hartman, of Wakarusa, with a laugh. “Won’t touch…
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Helping Every Way He Can “I grew up in a part of Kansas that is known for volunteerism and service work, where people would help out at a local level and they’d also travel great distances to be of service to others,” says Billy Holdeman-Bass,…
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Trails and Treats Back For Year Two “Trails and Treats was something we decided to do last year to commemorate the upgrades we made to the Nappanee Art Path—we had a ton of people and it was just a wildly successful event,” says Brian Van…
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A Community-Driven Life “I was looking for opportunities, and I came from Guatemala to Goshen in 1992,” says Oscar Molina Jr., a volunteer for the Hispanic Heritage Festival in Goshen. “I think because I’m someone who went through a lot of challenges to get here—someone…
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“The rodeo that we host here at the Elkhart County 4-H Fair isn’t just a little county rodeo for fun,” says Dewey Miller, the volunteer coordinator for the Elkhart County 4-H Fair Rodeo. “Our rodeo at the Elkhart County 4-H Fair is the real deal.…
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“The Summer Festival Parade is always a big deal for us, we actually shut down State Road 13 during much of the day for the parade,” says Levi King, a volunteer coordinator for the Middlebury Summer Festival. “Our parade is one of the larger festival…
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“We see about 200,000 people come through the gates every year at the Elkhart County 4-H Fair. It’s a big event, and there’s a lot to it – and it seems like every year, a few weeks before the start of it, there’s a point…
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Kreider's Example Lights Her Way “I like volunteering at the Goshen Theater because I support the mission, and I enjoy meeting the people who come in," says Goshen's Julia Gautsche. "I really enjoy the energy in the theater for family events, before a concert or…
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“I’ll be coordinating the crafters and vendors this year for the Bristol Homecoming Festival,” says Jon Riggs, 55, who works for Jayco in Middlebury, Indiana. “Last year my role as a volunteer at the festival was sort of the jack of all trades; doing different…
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“I’d say we probably had between five and six thousand people come out to the Salute to Veterans WWII Reenactments and Airshows. It was at the Elkhart Municipal Airport on the Saturday and Sunday before Memorial Day, and it was just amazing. It was just…
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