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May Fest
Written By: Luke Osteen | Issue: May 2024
May Fest, set for Saturday, May 11, on Frank Allen Road in Cashiers, is an anniversary celebration for the entire Plateau, courtesy of the Boys and Girls Club of the Plateau and a full slate of supporters.
Ten years of service is a milestone for any organization, and for as active a bunch as the Boys and Girls Club of the Plateau, a fun celebration for the entire community seems in order.
You’re invited to May Fest, a fun party for the entire family set for noon to 3:00 P.M. Saturday, May 11, at the club’s headquarters on Frank Allen Road in Cashiers.
Admission is free and it’ll be a day of fun and educational activities by BGCP and its community partners.
“This year marks our 10th anniversary, and the club has grown by leaps and bounds. We started with about 100 kids, and now are over 450 and growing,” says Merrel Hattink, who serves on the BGC Board. “This year we will open an additional Club in Highlands and are beginning to build a Teen Club building at the Cashiers site.”
Participants that have committed so far (with more added nearly every day) are: Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library; Bee Kind/Highlands Counseling Center’s Youth Mental Health Initiative; Big Brothers Big Sisters of Western North Carolina; Cashiers School of the Arts; Cashiers Glenville Volunteer Fire Department; Glenville-Cashiers Rescue Squad; Highlands Biological Foundation (which will be bringing one of its animals to observe); Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society; JAM; Cashiers/Glenville Recreation Center; MAMA Medical Helicopter; Highlands Hospital (with popcorn and snowcones: Rescue Squad vehicle tours; Unidxswnc – a local nonprofit working to address social, economic, educational, and cultural inequities in Jackson and Graham Counties for the Hispanic and Latino community; Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust; Cashiers Historical Society; Jackson County Health Department; Vision Cashiers “Walk Cashiers Pathways”; Tiny Trail Farms (offering a frame of worker bees in a vented display case; and representatives of Gorges State Park.
Boys and Girls Club of the Plateau Presents May Fest
This free family fun event includes storytelling, crafts, music, and wildlife.
