Grantees for the Valle Crucis Fair Grants
Each fall local organizations are encouraged to apply
for grants given from the proceeds of the annual Valle
Country Fair. The Mission and Outreach Committee of
the Holy Cross Episcopal Church in Valle Crucis review
these applications and grants are awarded based on merit
and need. This years grantees are:
Grantees for 2008 VCF
Caregiver’s Haven
Community Care clinic
Gardens for Humanity
Hospitality House
Hospice of Avery County
Hunger and Health Coalition
WAMY
Watauga Humane Society
Caldwell Community College / Watauga Basic Skills/Family
Literacy Program
Western Youth Network
For more info:
See web site: http://www.vallecountryfair.org/index.html
Pac McLaurin pac911@charter.net 828-963-7883
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The Valle Country Fair will mark its 30th anniversary this
October. Traditionally held on the third weekend of October
the Fair has grown in size and significance over the last thirty
years due to the love and labors of the people of the Valle
Crucis community. Last year more than 12,000 people attended
the fair, more than fifty thousand dollars was raised for charitable
uses by the Mission and Outreach Committee of Holy Cross Episcopal
Church, and multiple grants were given to “not-for-profit”
community organizations in Watauga, Ashe, and Avery counties.
There will be approximately 150 arts and crafts vendors who
have been juried into the fair. There are food vendors both
from the Holy Cross Church as well as other organizations. There
is continuous entertainment, most of it blue grass music. Sheltered
areas in which to relax, enjoy lunch, or snacks are provided.
The Valle Country Fair was founded with the objective that
all products sold at the Fair in Church-operated booths should
be authentic representations of the traditional, simple, self-sufficient
mountain way of living, the elder members of Holy Cross Church
have for thirty years passed down their knowledge, skills and
recipes - raising up new generations in the old ways of canning,
quilting, jelly making, cider pressing and apple butter cooking,
further preserving the heritage of the mountains and the ways
of Valle Crucis.
There is no admission charge, parking is $5 in fields immediately
adjacent the fair grounds. This is a wonderful weekend activity
or day trip to the High Country of Western North Carolina at
a time when fall colors are near peak; it is still warm, and
generally fair. The Fair Grounds are located in the fields of
the Valle Crucis Conference Center on Highway 194.
At its meeting on August 25, 2008, the Watauga County Board
of Commissioners adopted a resolution naming October 18, 2008
as Valle Country Fair Day in Watauga County to recognize the
festival’s 30th year. See page 15 for a full list of fair
exhibitors.
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