Dewey Hall Dahlia Festival

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SHEFFIELD, Mass. — The second annual Dewey Hall Dahlia Festival will be held on Sunday Sept. 15, 2024 from noon-4pm. 
 
Attendees can view dahlia displays submitted for the homegrown dahlia contest, view bouquets available for purchase at the bouquet bar, and enjoy floral foods and beverages. There will also be facepainting, an assortment of local vendors, a garden information booth, and a raffle of fabulous horticultural prizes. 
 
The workshop room will feature workshops in floral arranging with dahlias, creating biodegradable flower crowns, and overwintering dahlia tubers (the workshops are ticketed and registration in advance is encouraged). Harpist Marie Hamilton will provide live harp music to accompany the event. 
 
To enter the homegrown dahlia contest fill out these forms by midnight on Sunday Sept. 8, 2024. Blooms will need to be dropped off at Dewey Memorial Hall on Saturday Sept. 14 between 2pm and 4pm. 
 
To enter the contest fill out this form by Sept. 8: https://forms.gle/G8xPEtFJVq89bviS7
 
 
Workshops
 
ASL interpretation services are available for the workshops if requested prior to Sept.1 by emailing deweyhalloffice@gmail.com. This service will be offered subject to interpreter availability. 
 
The Dewey Hall Dahlia Festival is sponsored by Webster Landscape Inc, One Mercantile/Sett, Windy Hill Farm, Clark, Green, and Bek, Campo de Fiori, John Field Tree Service, Ward’s Nursery, Acrisure, Race Mountain Tree Services, Inc., and Berkshire Mountain Distillery
 
All proceeds support the operation and preservation of the nonprofit Dewey Memorial Hall, an historic community and arts center in Sheffield since 1887.
 
 

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Pickleball Tournament to Benifit Berkshire Bounty

GREAT BARRINGTON, There will be a fundraising pickleball yournament to benefit Berkshire Bounty, a 501(c)(3) food recovery organization that provides food to those in need throughout the county.
 
"We're excited to support Berkshire Bounty. We hope that people will come and support this important Berkshire County resource and have fun!" said Joan Ury and Susan Ferlauto, event committee co-chairs.
 
The size of Berkshire County's food-insecure population continues to grow. According to Feeding America's Map the Meal Gap, the food insecurity rates in Berkshire County grew by almost 2.5 percent between 2021 and 2022—from 8.9 percent to 11.2 percent. Since then, food price inflation has pushed the percentage of people in Berkshire County suffering from food insecurity even higher, according to a press release.
 
The pickleball tournament will be held at Bard College, Simon's Rock Kilpatrick Athletic Center Courts, in Great Barrington, on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024 (Rain date: Saturday, Sept. 28). All tournament proceeds will go directly to Berkshire Bounty. The tournament is open to advanced beginner, intermediate, and advanced players.  Each player must sign up with a partner. Teams will self-rank when registering.
 
"These benefits are gratifying to our organization and show how our community pulls together. We're so thankful," stated Mark Lefenfeld and Jay Weintraub, Berkshire Bounty co-founders and Board members. 
 
Registration began on Aug. 1, 2024, and will close on Sept. 1, 2024.  There will be a registration fee—a tax-deductible donation—with proceeds going to support the work of Berkshire Bounty's emergency food distribution programs countywide. The event will be limited to 32 teams of two players each, and prizes will be awarded to the two top winners in each division.
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