Kelly Kenoyer
Sweet Home’s Harvest Festival is coming up quick, and the event still needs volunteers.
This year’s festival, set for Oct. 3 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., will look a little different because of COVID. But there will be music, pie and chili cook-offs, and a beer garden.
Event Planner Angela Clegg said this year will be special because the new playground in Sankey Park will be open just in time for the festival.
“We have a ton of activities for the kids,” she added, including pumpkin painting.
The festival is separated into three events with separated gates to adhere to COVID-19 requirements from the state. Each area only allows 250 people, including volunteers and vendors.
Some proceeds from the cornhole tournament and 100 percent of the proceeds from the chili cookoff will be donated to the families of Zach Maynard and Kennedy Swenson, the two young victims of a jet ski accident on Foster Lake earlier this year.
The city is still seeking vendors, pie bakers, and volunteers for the festival, and those interested can either apply at city hall or on the city website.