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Lavender fest top fundraiser for local nonprofits
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
East Oregonian
The Purple Ridge Lavender
Festival has officially become the
top fundraiser for Agape House
and Martha’s House, bringing in
about $6,000 this past weekend
for the Hermiston nonprofit orga-
nizations.
Executive
director
Dave
Hughes said the event stepped
into the top slot after the last A
Very Poplar Run was held this
past fall. Featured in “Runner’s
World” in December 2012, the
popular event came to an end
after the sale of the tree farm at
GreenWood Resources.
Buzzing with activity, in addi-
tion to the multitudes of bees that
were busy in the lavender fields,
an estimated 800 adults and 600
kids attended the Saturday event.
Held at Purple Ridge Lavender in
Hermiston, Jim and Sheri Konnin-
grud have hosted the fundraiser
for seven years. All vendor fees
and gate receipts were donated
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Ali Hanson
takes a
photo of her
daughter,
Maggie, 5,
among
various
types of
lavender
Saturday at
the Purple
Ridge
Lavender
Festival in
Hermiston.
to Agape House and Martha’s
House.
In addition to enjoying the
lavender fields, festival-goers
were treated to live music, art
displays, vendor booths, a quilt
display, food, a visit by Penelope
Pendragon and her Whimsical
WiSH Wagon, and an opportunity
to shop at the farm boutique.
Agape House and Martha’s
House serves those in need in the
community. For more informa-
tion, call 541-567-8774.
Staff photo by
Tammy Malgesini
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