Florida Fair News
South Florida Fair honored with 10 statewide awards and director’s award
ORLANDO, Fla. –– The South
Florida Fair was among the big winners at the Florida Festivals & Events Association’s (FFEA) annual SUNsational Awards during its 23rd annual convention and tradeshow. The program recognizes members’ innovation, individuality and creative col- laboration. The fair won three first place awards for its website, sponsor
program and advance fair tickets; four second place awards for an event photo, the fair’s Facebook page and radio ad, and Yes- teryear Village’s education program; and three third place awards for the fair’s Instagram, Spookyville’s Facebook page and the fair’s Event Guide (daily schedule). In addition, FFEA CEO Suzanne Neve presented Rita De Mier,
the fair’s director of marketing & creative services, with the first director’s award for consistently going above and beyond with her FFEA volunteer support. (see story on page 30)
OUR FAIR CARES
By: Tasha Hyder, Manager, Clay County Fair
The Clay County Agricultural Fair announces
their “Our Fair Cares” program aimed at making a differ-
ence in the Clay County community. The program will include the Blue to Pink Campaign (turning our blue ribbon to pink for breast cancer awareness), supply donations, pet adoption event, canned food drive, scholarships, charity ticket donations, com- munity sponsors, Adopt a School (we chose Charles E Bennett this year), volunteer recognition and more! “The purpose of this program is to shine light on our commit-
ment to our community and to show appreciation to those that have given so much to us.” –Sheryl Hartzog, Marketing Direc- tor.
“As cheesy as it may sound, our heart beats green for agricul-
ture, but we hope that beat is felt throughout our community after the fair has come and gone. We want to be a good neighbor and give back to our community!”
The Florida Agriculture & Wildlife Expo is excited for its upcoming 3rd annual expo to
be held January 19-21,2018 at the Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport.. The Expo will offer a PCA Rodeo this year on Saturday Night and Sunday afternoon. The expo will also offer open youth beef, horse, and goat shows this year as well. Come out for a great time and to learn what all Florida's agriculture has to offer.
To learn more information please visit our website at
www.fawexpo.org. Hope to see you all at the Expo!
Florida Agriculture & Wildlife Expo By: Deanna Naugler
“The branding and design that you see throughout the confer-
ence and leading up to the event would not be possible without her,” said Neve. “Her marketing and design expertise has helped FFEA reach new heights in membership, conference registration and overall branding. She has been a leader in her organization and her industry as well as a leader for FFEA and several other nonprofit organizations.” FFEA accepted nominations in nine categories: Printed Materi- als, Outdoor Advertisement, PR/Media Campaign, Photo, Pro- motional Item, T-shirt, Broadcast Media, Multimedia Marketing and Programming. Each category included three budget levels. A total of 130 events submitted their materials for consideration. Nominations were judged by a blue ribbon panel representing
media outlets, printing companies, website designers, photogra- phers, promotional marketing professionals and social media experts. For a complete list of winners, visit
www.ffea.com/ sunsational-awards. “The SUNsational Awards have recognized and celebrated the
talents of our members for more than two decades,” said FFEA Executive Director Suzanne Neve. “We’re proud of our members and their events – and excited to recognize them in this way each year.”
To take pictures to submit
To take pictures for “What A Great To take pictures for
for the Year End in Review Idea”
the Directory Cover Photo Contest
To nominate a member for Hall of Fame—by March 1st To nominate a person for Associate of the Year—by March 1st To submit news for
the Faircracker by February 1st To submit names for “Remembering Those” as they occur 16 FAIRCRACKER-FALL 2017
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