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Chatham 250 Passport Program
Chatham 250 Passport Overview Welcome to the Chatham 250 Passport Experience! Each of the five Chatham 250 Passports - Creative Arts, Growth and Change, Community and Diversity, Agriculture and Natural Environment - offer nearly 20 safe, accessible, and fun activities designed to help you explore Chatham County in honor of this 250th anniversary. Chatham 250 Passport Chatham 250 Passport
Tiger Day Fun Run Registration
Join Carolina Tiger Rescue in its 2nd Annual Tiger Day 5K fun run, with all proceeds benefiting the amazing animals who call the sanctuary home! Register yourself or your team, then walk, run, or ride a 5K, by yourself or with friends, anytime between July 22nd and July 29th. We’ll wrap up with a virtual celebration on July 29th for International Tiger Day! Your $35 registration fee benefits all of the cats at the sanctuary AND includes a Tiger Day 5K commemorative t-shirt!
Let’s Go Local Burger Challenge!
Exactly how local can your NC burger get? Chatham Marketplace is partnering with Firsthand Foods for the Let’s Go Local Burger Challenge - and it has started! You have until July 3rd to build your local burger, and on the Fourth of July two people will win $150 in local prizes! Here’s how to enter: ? Build your local burger at home using ALL North Carolina ingredients, starting with a base of Firsthand Foods ground beef. ? Grab your local ingredients right here at Chatham Marketplace. ? Post a picture of your local burger (or of you eating it!). In your post, be sure to: Use the #LetsGoLocalBurger hashtag Tag @firsthandfoods + @chathammarketplace For a better chance of winning, tag all the local producers who made the ingredients on your burger! ? TWO winners will be picked on July 4th and EACH winner will receive $150 in gift cards to participating markets! EVERYONE who participates gets a snazzy pair of Firsthand Foods socks (while supplies last). ? ? The winner will be chosen based on creativity + quantity of local goods used in making of the burger! Let’s go local, friends! #LetsGoLocalBurger #BurgerChallenge #FirsthandFoods #MeatLocal #ShopLocal #EatLocal
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Join Chatham Community Library for a special #Chatham250 event to celebrate George Moses Horton Day on Monday, June 28 from 2 to 3PM! Don Tate, acclaimed author and illustrator of Poet: The Remarkable Life of George Moses Horton will join us to talk about the life of Chatham County's Historic Poet Laureate, and about his picture book biography of Horton. Read more about this virtual author visit and register. Learn more about this and other Chatham 250 Passport activities at chatham250.com.
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Chatham 250: Agricultural Photo Contest
Agriculture Event: Agricultural Photo Contest Submissions due August 1, 2021 Winners announced in September 2021 Sponsored by Chatham County Farm Bureau Chathamites are invited to get out their cameras and set their sights on Agriculture. The Chatham 250 Agriculture Photo Contest is the perfect opportunity to learn about the amazing farms and farm history in Chatham County. Contestants will upload one photo of their choosing and give insight into why they chose this photo in 200 words or less. Coordinating this contest is Kaley Lawing, Community Resource Development/4-H Youth Development Extension Agent with N. C. Cooperative Extension - Chatham County Center. "The Chatham 250 Agriculture Photo Contest gives both youth and adults the opportunity to share their photographs of Chatham County Agriculture with everyone,” said Lawing. “Contest participants will upload their photo submission by going to the Chatham 250 event web page. Contest rules, submission form, and updates can be found there as well and will be available in the upcoming months. Submissions are due by August 1st, and winners will be announced in September." Learn more about Chatham 250 Events and Passport Experience For more information on Chatham 250 events and activities, residents may visit www.chatham250.com, or follow Chatham County on Twitter and Facebook. People may RSVP on Facebook for the events. Facebook events can be found on the Chatham 250 website: www.chatham250.com/chatham250-events. Another great way to stay up to date with Chatham 250 activities is to register for the Chatham 250 Passport Experience through the Chatham 250 website home page: www.chatham250.com or Passport page: www.Chatham250.com/passportoverview. Registered participants will receive monthly updates throughout the Passport Experience. Already more than 100 individuals have registered to participate in the Passport Experience, and more community members are encouraged to sign up for these fun, unique and memorable activities.
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Summer Fest Beard and Mustache Contest
Summer Fest Beard and Mustache Contest
Bring your fuzzy face to Summer Fest and enter the Beard and Mustache contest! Winners announced at 7 PM.
Summer Fest 2021
Summer Fest 2021
MARK YOUR CALENDARS for Pittsboro's Fifth SUMMER FEST Sunday, July 4, 2021 Proudly brought to you by The Pittsboro Business Association [email protected] Activities: Waterslide, Dunking Booth, Corn Hole, hula hooping, balloon animals, a duck pond for prizes (for the very young), axe throwing, and more Musical Entertainment: The Dowdy Boys (5:30-6:30), 8-Track Minds (7:00-9:00) Pie Contest- Best All Around, Best Gluten-free, and Best Sugar-free Beard and Mustache Contest Beard-Most Creative, Biggest Beard, Saddest Beard Mustache-Most Creative, Creepiest To enter, email your name and contact information to [email protected] Winners will be announced at 6:45 pm. We'll have food trucks and local vendors, too. STAY TUNED AS WE ADD MORE DETAILS!!!! Look for additional events happening at Member locations during Summer Fest. Thanks to our sponsors: BRONZE Chatham Homes Realty Carolina Tiger Rescue J & W Automotive Hobbs Architects SILVER Bold Real Estate GOLD The Sycamore Steakhouse at Chatham Mills target="_blank" Chatham Park Investors target="_blank" Mosaic Save Save
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Reboot classes for Small Businesses: Hiring
Reboot classes for Small Businesses: Hiring
Please share this information with business owners in your community. It is a free series and open to anyone! Links to register is in each session description below. *About the 3 Part Reboot 2021 Series: The Reboot 2021 Webinar Series is a 3-part workshop series on business recovery and resiliency following the COVID-19 crisis. Participants will learn from business advisors and experts in the key areas of (1) marketing, (2) finances, and (3) operations. This series is a partnership between the NC Main Street and Rural Planning Center, SBCN and SBTDC. Should have some good information that will be very applicable to your business owners. ***************************************************************** ***************************************************************** JULY 13, 2021: REBOOT 2021: HOW TO FIND, HIRE, AND RETAIN EMPLOYEES Registration and Course Description Coming Soon - Check out the Seminars and Workshop Page from the NC Small Business Center for this webinar and the MANY other offerings available to you!
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Chatham 250 Summer Flavors Cooking Classes
Chatham 250 Summer Flavors Cooking Classes
Join Tara online to learn about cooking with local summer produce! Preregistration is required; Chatham 250 passport stamps available.
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Chatham 250 Summer Flavors Cooking Classes
Chatham 250 Summer Flavors Cooking Classes
Join Tara online to learn about cooking with local summer produce! Preregistration is required; Chatham 250 passport stamps available.
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Tiger Day Fun Run
Carolina Tiger Rescue is hosting a 5K fun run to celebrate Tiger Day! REGISTRATION OPENS JUNE 1st! Join Carolina Tiger Rescue in its 2nd Annual Tiger Day 5K fun run, with all proceeds benefiting the amazing animals who call the sanctuary home! Register yourself or your team, then walk, run, or ride a 5K, by yourself or with friends, anytime between July 22nd and July 29th. We’ll wrap up with a virtual celebration on July 29th for International Tiger Day! Your $35 registration fee benefits all of the cats at the sanctuary AND includes a Tiger Day 5K commemorative t-shirt!
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Chatham 250 Summer Flavors Cooking Classes
Chatham 250 Summer Flavors Cooking Classes
Join Tara online to learn about cooking with local summer produce! Preregistration is required; Chatham 250 passport stamps available.
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Christmas in July at The Creative Goat
Christmas in July at The Creative Goat
Stop by on July 31 for a one-day only special event at The Creative Goat! Food Lion shopping plaza, East Street, Pittsboro.
