TomatoFest is no longer in the red.
"It's a go, we met the goal," said organizer Gilda Brower while driving home from a festival committee meeting Tuesday night.
After finding themselves short the necessary $15,000 to $20,000 to hold TomatoFest, the committee met to decide the annual tradition's kismet.
"It's amazing, we were jumping up and down," Brower said.
Earlier this month, only $10,000 had been raised this year from community members for the event compared to last year's $20,000. More sponsorship and an outpouring of smaller donations put the festival back on track.
The shortfall in funding is not due to community inaction, but because of increasing fees.
"The festival is growing, but our fees are increasing, and our sponsorship has to grow accordingly," she said. "Insurance costs alone are $10,000, not to mention payment for the entertainers. They need to be paid for what they do. The festival is a very costly thing to do."
Read the full report in Wednesday's edition of The Citizen.
After finding themselves short the necessary $15,000 to $20,000 to hold TomatoFest, the committee met to decide the annual tradition's kismet.
"It's amazing, we were jumping up and down," Brower said.
Earlier this month, only $10,000 had been raised this year from community members for the event compared to last year's $20,000. More sponsorship and an outpouring of smaller donations put the festival back on track.
The shortfall in funding is not due to community inaction, but because of increasing fees.
"The festival is growing, but our fees are increasing, and our sponsorship has to grow accordingly," she said. "Insurance costs alone are $10,000, not to mention payment for the entertainers. They need to be paid for what they do. The festival is a very costly thing to do."
Read the full report in Wednesday's edition of The Citizen.
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