2012 Community Day

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A Chilly Day for Chili (and Pie and Cupcakes)!

This year's Fall Fest/Community Day event was held on Saturday, October 13th.  Despite the chilly weather, it turned out to be a beautiful fall day that drew many people to Grove City Memorial Park.

We would like to say THANK YOU to all of our contest participants and our judges for helping to make this our most successful Community Day so far!  Thanks to all who visited our pavilion to sample the goodies we had to offer.  All proceeds from the Community Day contests will be used to fund our Day of Caring in the spring.

Our winners in the Pie Baking Contest are Tucker Pavelek (Best in Show), Heather Baker (1st Place - Fruit), Maddy Urey (1st Place - Cream), Becky Hinterlang (1st Place - Nut), and Trenton Clauss (1st Place - Other).  Honorable Mention awards go to Emily Egley, Rani Nicodemus, Tucker Pavelek, Becky Hinterlang, Heather Baker and Maddy Urey.

Our winners in the Chili Cook-Off Contest are Lisa Boesch (Best in Show) and Terry Pokrant (1st Place), with Honorable Mention awards going to Stacia Mason.

In the Youth Cupcake Contest, our winners are Alyssa Clouse (Best in Show) and Hannah Foley & LIllian Harvey (1st Place), with Honorable Mention awards going to Destany Mason and Ally Ziegler.

Many thanks to our esteemed panel of judges:  Greg Merkle, Grove CIty Fire Department; David Valenza, Nonni's Corner Trattoria; Mark Arnold, Chef; Madge Tambor, retired GCHS Consumer Science Teacher; Traci Turner, Director, Grove City Community Food Pantry; John Inman, Dean of Enrollment Services & Registrar, Grove City College; George Pokrant, GC Borough Council President; Jeff Black, GC Borough Council Vice President; Dean Osborne, Grove City Chief of Police; Doug McMullen, McMullen Travel; Jim Baker, GC Community Member.  Also, thanks to Ithen Global for generously donating the prize aprons for our contest winners!

The following member agencies were on hand with information about their mission in our community as well as some children's activities:  Children's Aid Society of Mercer County; Community Counseling Center of Mercer County; Girl Scouts Western Pennsylvania; Grove City Community Food Pantry; Grove City Community Library; Grove City Education Center;  and Grove City YMCA.  Additional children's activities were provided by Helping Hands, a Grove City College student organization.

We look forward to seeing you all at Community Day 2013!