(10/17) Woodsboro Days, the town’s annual festivities celebrating the local community, saw a 5K walk/run, musical entertainment, vendors, and yard sales galore on October 15 and 16.
Led by nonprofit Woodsboro Historical Society, the weekend kicked off Saturday with a grand 5K. The weather managed to remain pleasant through Saturday afternoon, allowing the 5K to go on without a hitch with 50 participants.
Dogs, casual walkers, even a mom with two children in a stroller participated in the event starting at the town park, despite a steep hill, stated Historical Society President Joel Rensberger. Taking the race by storm, first place finisher went to a female, a first in the race’s ten years of history. The event was broken into age brackets, with the oldest finisher at over 80 years old. The 5K is far and away the nonprofit society’s biggest fundraiser, Rensberger said.
Throughout the weekend, the society also offered expanded hours at the Train Station Museum highlighting local history, including town homes and businesses, "Maybe yours," Rensberger said.
The historical society is grateful to see the community weekend event expand to become a "multi- organizational event" that now includes the town council, churches, scouts, and others, all coming together.
The society is continually grateful to everyone who supports the historical society and makes an enormous difference in bringing the family events to the community year after year. "Large or small it all makes a difference," Rensberger said.
More information about Woodsboro Area Historical Society, including museum hours and events can be found at woodsborohistoricalsociety.org.
Meanwhile, inside the Woodsboro Evangelical Lutheran Church, volunteers were hard at work providing a welcoming atmosphere as visitors perused countless items generously donated by the community alongside delicious hot and cold kitchen offerings.
Church member Robin Delauter worked inside at the yard sale booth and said she has been amazed every year by the output of community support to raise money for the church. The church saw a successful weekend, according to Delauter, with ten vendors renting space on the church lawn for personal yard sales Saturday. "It’s a lot of fun every year," volunteer Diane Reever said.
Last year Woodsboro Days welcomed the inclusion of live entertainment with a music festival as well as a wine and beer garden in the park Sunday afternoon. All tastes and styles of music wafted from the park this year, beginning with Truly Unruly, a band that covers popular music of the 1950s through the 1980s. The Forever Young band took to the stage covering older country, with Patsy Cline in particular. Closing out the evening was the Milton J. Band performing 1990s to current cover hits.
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