A party to raise money for an even bigger party? Sounds great to me.
Deepwater’s City-Wide Garage Sales will be held this weekend, but don’t let those sales run too late. Because on Saturday, June 3rd, from 8-4, the board for the annual Deepwater Labor Day Picnic is having a Swap Meet at brown Park Building at the corner of C St. and 3rd, and it sounds like almost as much fun as the event it’s raising funds for.
You can buy BBQ and drinks for a tasty lunch and enjoy the music of the event as they you peruse the various booths and vendors of the Swap Meet, or bid on an item in the silent auction. For dessert, there’s a bake sale, or you might save your baked treat to take home and cool down instead with Lake Life shave ice, one of the vendors who will be on site. Other vendors confirmed for the event include Cowboy’s Custom Creations, AJ’s, 31 Bags, Pampered Chef, and multiple yard sale booths. While you shop, you can let the kids work off some of the sugar-rush from their shave ice in the bounce house.
A Henry County tradition since September of 1903, the Deepwater Labor and Harvest Picnic originally began as a way for farming families to celebrate together after helping one another with the hard work of bringing in the harvest–and to display some of their best produce, livestock, and handmade items, as well. Although the festivities for this year’s DLHP are yet to be announced, past years have featured a parade; the crowning of the Deepwater Harvest Queen; live music; a car show; scarecrow contest; horseshoe pitching; and fun events just for the kiddos including egg & spoon races, sack races, and a competition for the Best Mud Pie.
The Swap Meet fundraiser to support Labor Day picnic may be a new event, but neighbors helping each other and their community, and having fun at the same time? Well, that’s how this whole tradition started, and you can help it continue on in the same way: this Saturday, 8-4, at the brown Park Building on C & 3rd Streets in Deepwater. Party this weekend so you can party this fall: we hope you can keep this party going for another 121 years, Deepwater.
Plus, we bet the Picnic founders from 1903 would have loved a bounce house.
