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A Huge Thank You to Everyone Who Pitched in to Make the Sweet Summer Celebration Possible!

It took months of planning and flew by in a matter of days.  In between, many, Sweet Summer logomany individuals and businesses gave money, in-kind services, and hours and hours of enthusiasm and volunteer time to bring the Sweet Summer Celebration to the Ludington area.

The goal was to create a festival of arts and culture and fun with something for everyone, while raising funds for the Center for the Arts.  From the kick-off concert by Aaron Meyer, Tim Ellis and friends at Epworth to the ice cream social and variety show to the art exhibition and more, it was a whirlwind of Sweet Summer activities.  And, we reached our goal of raising $30,000 for the Center for the Arts. 

We'd like to recognize everyone who helped make the first annual Sweet Summer Celebration a great success!

The lead sponsors of the Sweet Summer Celebration: Bob Neal of House of Flavors and Jim Reynolds, the Cherry Man, of Gray & Co., who provided the vision and seed money:

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Major corporate sponsors:

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Other Corporate Sponsors:


Caswell LaTocha
Hardman Construction
Metalworks
Northwestern Bank
Shelby State Bank

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