$26K profit from grassroots Soybean Festival to be donated to Martin Fire Department
Organizers of the grassroots Soybean Festival in Martin are donating over $26,700 in proceeds to the local fire department. The funds were raised through volunteer efforts following the cancellation of the traditional festival.
More than $26,700 in proceeds from Martin’s Grassroots Soybean Festival will be donated to the Martin Fire Department, according to John Sellers, the festival’s lead organizer. Sellers and other community members poured thousands of hours of volunteer work into the grassroots version of the traditional festival after the Tennessee Soybean Festival Committee announced in May […]
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