Tree Town Festival

“The event was cancelled due to the COVID 19 Pandemic, but we did still award our yearly Scholarships to two Riverdale Highschool Seniors at $250 each for a total of $500. We also had already paid for some lighting improvements for our local Gormley Park prior to being notified by the State of Ohio that events such as this needed to be cancelled. The amount for that was $3871.95 and was included in the expense line 16.”

“As stated, we had already made some purchases for the event prior to the cancelation. This includes: Plaques for Community Spirit and Grand Marshals $131.30 Administrative expenses $47.52 Advertisement bill from 2019 event $192 (bill was not sent until after January 202) Bounce House Deposit $2781 (non-refunded but applied to the 2021 event Fireworks $5285 New Lighting $3871.95 Let's Make a Deal Game prizes $1110.86 (were used for 2021 event) Parade mailing $55 Vender deposit refunds $570”

“The festival did receive one grant for $2000 from the Hardin County Foundation and there were several businesses that donated money to help offset the expense of the fireworks which were shot in December of 2020 for the community to help celebrate Christmas. No donations were $5000 or more”