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Letter: Thanks for making the Anderson Farm Fall Fair a success

Thanks to visitors, vendors, sponsors, bands and partners, the annual fall fair at the museum out in Lively was a great event
Letter to the Editor
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After three years of having to cancel our free annual events at the Anderson Farm Museum because of COVID-19, an archaeological assessment and a capital repair project, the AFM Heritage Society was very excited to once again host our 12th annual Rock The Farm free concert and farmers’ market August summer series.

The weather co-operated every Wednesday in August and hundreds of people  from Greater Sudbury and out of town enjoyed our farmers’ market area and listened to our 5 free Rock the Farm concerts.

The Heritage Society would like to thank everyone whose generous long-term support helped us host our 12th Rock The Farm.

Thank you to Sudbury Tourism for providing a $2,500 grant towards renting Jim’s Portable Toilets and GS Heritage Museums’ staff and summer students.

Thank you to PURE Country 91.7 and their Tailgate Team of Sophie and Shana, media sponsor since 2011 and the ongoing media sponsor of our three free annual events at the AFM.

Thank you to our 15 long-term business, corporate and community sponsors: Sudbury Credit Union, Morris Group of Companies, DSI Underground Canada, Walden Lions Club & Rintala Construction; the Sound System- Keystone Real Estate, Doyle Family -Timmins, Walden Srs. & Pensioners Inc., Labrecque-Fisher Optometrists & Fuller Industrial Corp. and the Heritage Society’s Farmers’ Market Booth: Bridson Process Control and NC Industrial Ltd., as well as Leisure Farms, Freskiw’s, Mountain Maple Products & Perogy Princess who sold their products at wholesale value to the Heritage Society, raising close to $2,000 towards ‘Rock The Farm’. We also thank our in-kind sponsors Hia Media, St. Louis Bar & Grill & Adam Lopatka.

Thank you to the Walden Lions Club who organized the 50/50 draws, raising over $1,000 towards the costs of hosting Rock The Farm.

Thank you to our seven community partners providing free childrens’ activities and displays: Cambrian College  Let’s Talk Science and Street Team, Sudbury Manitoulin Childrens’ Foundation, Introduction to Precision Sports, the Benoit Family, Walden Community Garden, Kiwanis of Northeastern Ontario, CGS Leisure Services and the Copper Cliff Skating Club. 

Thank you to our local artists and bands who really ‘Rocked the Farm’: Wild Horses, Stephanie Fyfe, Tom Fyfe & Whiskey River Blues Band, Dual Play, SEVEN + ONE, Pop Machine and Outsider.

Thank you to our 13 arts and craft business, and snack food vendors: Lesa’s Creations, Cloud 7, Joyful Home, The Flannel Couch, Terra Luna Jewellery, A Little Bit of Penache/Douglas Apiaries, The Awesomes’ Soap Company, Hazel & Rosemary Micro Bakery & Kitchen, Cotton Candy Man, Spud n’ Grill, Saturn Hot Sauce and Slushie Truck.

And special thanks to our volunteer AFM Heritage Society Board and Rock The Farm Committee and to all our volunteers, who helped us make this year’s 12th Annual Rock The Farm summer series a huge success.

For more information, please like the AFM Heritage Society, Greater Sudbury Museums & Sudbury Tourism on Facebook and to see photos of ‘Rock The Farm’ taken by Abigail Oshell. 

Leslee Salo
VP AFMHS Co-Chair 2023 ‘Rock The Farm’