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SPECIAL EVENTS
For additional information on the
following Special Events, please call Groveport Town Hall at
614.836.3333.
To be held on Saturday, March 31, 2012, the
Groveport Wellness Fair offers health screenings
and sample sessions at traditional and alternative practices on
all three floors of Groveport Town Hall.
- Village
Independence Day
festivities
feature the Main Street Parade at 1:30 pm and fireworks at dusk. Next year's festival
will be held on July 4, 2012.
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KidsFest & Back to School Expo was held on
Saturday, August 13 from 1-4 pm. The event annually offers children ages 5 - 12 an
end of summer festival just for them, while parents
appreciate the valuable information designed to help prepare
little ones for school.
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Groveport's
Hometown Classic Car Show,
co-sponsored by the Southeastern Franklin
County Chamber of Commerce, features the finest vehicles in the area from eras past. Held
on the third Sunday in September. Featuring a juried show of cars at least 25 years old, awards
are presented to the Top 30 entrants at 3 pm. Other
vehicles are welcome to participate but are ineligible for
awards. For additional information, click
here.
- Apple
Butter Day,
held each year on the
second Saturday in October offers music, homemade crafts and
skilled craft demonstrators, all located in and around the
grounds of the Village's 1820's Log House on Wirt Road.
For information on becoming a vendor at Apple Butter Day, please
click
here. For a vendor application, please click
here.
For a schedule of 2011 entertainment, please
click
here.
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Make a Difference Day
is a national day of service that is coordinated
locally by the Community Affairs Department in Groveport Town
Hall.
Co-sponsored by the Groveport Madison School District, in
partnership with McGraw Hill Companies, M.A.D.D. 2011 included
the collection and packing of toiletries and home products to
benefit the Homeless Families Foundation and the YWCA Family
Shelter.
- Halloween
was held on Thursday, October 27 from 5:30 - 7 pm.
A
community Halloween Block Party, sponsored by the Groveport
Madison Lions Club, followed at 7 pm in front of Groveport Town Hall. Other Halloween-related special events and programs
are annually sponsored by Groveport Town Hall, Heritage Park Nature Center
and Groveport Recreation Center.
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A
Salute to Veterans is held
annually on November 11 at 4 pm at Veterans Park, 421 Main Street.
The tribute recognizes all recent sponsors of
engraved bricks in the park's Honor Court. Speaker for
Friday, November 11, 2011 at 4 pm will be E-4 Daniel M.
Hutchison, Director of Ohio Combat Veterans. A reception
follows at Motts Military Museum, 5075 S. Hamilton Road.
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Santa
Claus
visits Groveport on the first Friday in December beginning with
the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony across from Town Hall
at 6:30 pm and the
arrival of Santa on a fire truck to officially welcome the holiday season.
For a flyer featuring December 2011 activities, please click
here.
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