‘PioneerFest’ Slated for Camp Jordan

The East Ridge Needy Child Fund is planning a unique event this fall at the amphitheater at Camp Jordan Park.

PioneerFest – a community event bringing area residents, civic groups, schools, religious congregations and businesses together for entertainment, food and fun – is scheduled for October 13 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Organizers of the event are actively seeking “sponsors” to set up booths inside the area to promote their organizations. As a sponsor you will be provided with a space (10X10 or 10X20 depending upon sponsorship level) and have your business or organization listed on flyers, Facebook promotions and sponsor boards at the event. The cost of sponsorship levels range from $50 to $500. As the East Ridge Needy Child Fund is a 501(c)(3) organization, contributions are tax deductible.

Setup for the event will be from 8 to 9:45 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 13.

For more information contact Alicia Stanfield at amstanfield1313@gmail.com, or Mimi Lowrey at lmimi@comcast.net.

The mission of the East Ridge Needy Child Fund is to ensure every child in East Ridge is not forgotten at Christmastime. The organization’s goal is to provide a warm winter coat, shoes, toys and a family food basket for the neediest youngsters in the community. The organization also provides support to school children throughout the year providing some school supplies and clothing.

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.