Mossyrock Area Action League held the September board meeting on Tuesday September 7. One aspect of this meeting focused on the Blueberry Festival’s community impact and viability of future festivals. This year three groups shared the responsibility of keeping a tally (head count) of all visitors entering Mossyrock during the festival. The final numbers from all three entrances to our town totaled 6,800 visitors. I have more numbers but will save those for another post.
The list of people and organizations to thank is extensive but let me take a stab at it. First are the Lewis County Commissioners who are responsible for granting the money for all the advertizing and signage, also to the Mossyrock School District for donating their school grounds and Multipurpose Room. We also have to thank our entire community who came out put smiles on their faces and made all our visitors feel welcome. 
Thank you to all the local businesses that originally sponsored our very first Blueberry Festival. Other organizations are the Road Rebels Car Club, the VFW, Mossyrock Quilters, Mayfield Quilters, Topps, Lewis County Animal Shelter, Garden Club, Assembly of God Church, the Grange, Mossyrock Football Team, Mossyrock Cheerleaders, Mossyrock Cross Country Team, Junior Grange, and the 4-H Horse Club. Almost last but by far not the least is the Mossyrock Fire Department, Mossyrock Police Department, City Hall, Mossyrock Sophmore Class and MARC. All the named organizations went out of their way, donated time, and energy to make the Mossyrock Blueberry Festival a giant success. Thank you to all the individuals who have gone unnamed. You gave up spring and summer fun days to focus on making and organizing our festival into the success it is today.
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