GoFourth! fundraising needs $5K more
POTTSTOWN >> As July 4th creeps ever closer, so too does the deadline for contributing to Pottstown’s signature GoFourth celebration — complete with fireworks.
This year, donations and sponsorships for the event — which requires no taxpayer money — are up and organizers say they are within $5,000 of the fundraising goal.
This year’s event has also signed up the maximum number of food vendors — 21 in all — that in addition to the usual festival fare, also includes things like dumplings and egg rolls, pizza cones, roast beef, banana whips, gourmet tater tots, cheese curds, Korean fried chicken, empañadas and more.
The event, held in Memorial Park on Thursday, July 4, will also feature musical acts such as Anakai and the Grooveyard, Stephanie Grace, Afrobear; Hector Rosato and Orchestra Hache and Funktion.
This year, a change will make it possible to bring the offerings from the SlyFox beer tent into the audience area for the music performers.
The Colebrookdale Railroad will conduct “short-runs” as well as a special train for the fireworks.
Free kids activities include Grandpa Bubbles, Rainbow the Clown, inflatable rides and attractions, and the raingutter regatta.
There will be a hot air balloon launch
Fireworks begin at 9:15 p.m.
Sponsors:
• American Heritage Credit Union — Bronze, $1,000
• American Keg Company, LLC — Silver $2,500
• A. Jackson Ecker Plumbing — $500
• AJ Ecker Heating, Plumbing & Air Conditioning, Volunteer Shirt Sponsor — $500
• Catagnus Funeral Home & Cremation Center — Neighbor $100
• Clark Industrial Supply — Copper $500
• Colebrookedale Railroad Preservation Trust —$1,000
• Dallas Data Systems, Inc. — Friend $250
• David Garner, Esq — Friend $250
• Dischell, Bartle & Dooley — Copper $500
• Dolan Law Group — Friend $250
• Fox Rothschild — $2,500
• Friends of Joe Cerisi — Friend $250
• Heritage Coach Company, Inc. — Friend $250 • Hobart’s Run — $3,000
• Independence Planning Group — Copper $500
• J&K Foam Fabricating Copper — $500
• Jay Lanes — Copper $500
• Keeping it Classy with Christine — Vendor $ 72.52
• Kelly Real Estate — Neighbor $100
• Key Bank — Silver $1,500
• Klein’s Bus Service — Neighbor $ 100
• Lawrence J. Gribb DMD General Family Dentistry — Friend $ 250
• Mishock Physical Therapy — Friend $250
• Montgomery County Community College — Copper $500
• O’Donnell, Weiss & Mattei, PC
— Silver $1,500
• PA Industrial Supply
— Bronze $1,000
• PART — Neighbor $100
• Passananate’s Home Food Services — Copper $500
• PECO — Bronze $1,000
• Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation — $100
• Pottstown Hospital/ Tower Health
— Copper $500
• Pottstown Parks & Recreation Foundation
— $ 300
• Precision Polymer — Gold $2,500
• Professional Pharmacy — Neighbor $100
• Reading Orthodontic Group Kids Corner — $2,500
• Renewal By Anderson — Copper $500
• Sager & Sager Associates — Silver $1,500
• Sanatoga Grange No. 25 — Neighbor $100
• Schumacher & Benner Funeral Home — Neighbor $100
• Schuykill River Greenways NHA — Neighbor $100
• Splitting Edge Axe Throwing — Friend $250
• State Rep. Tim Hennessey — Copper $500
• Tri-County Area Federal Credit Union — $250
• Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board — Silver $1,500
• Victory Bank — Silver $1,500
• Tompkins VIST Bank — $1,500
• Wells Hoffman Holloway and Medvesky LLP — Friend $250
• Whitegate Contracting — Neighbor $100
• Wolf, Baldwin & Associates — Gold $2,500
• Yergey, Daylor, Allebach, Scheffey, Picardi — Friend $250
• Three Daughters Inn Bed & Breakfast — Neighbor $100
• Virtual Farm Creative — Neighbor $100
• Gatsby’s at Sunnybrook Ballroom — Bronze $1,000
Donations:
• $25: Molly Swift
• $50: Clare Ann Schilling
• $25: Heather Herbine Gelting
• $10: Laura Groth
• $10: Danielle Tiller
• $10: Juliann Wade
• $25: Bill Robertson
• $40: Stephanie Robertson
• $20: Amber Davidheiser
• $25: Amy Auwaeter
• $50: Kelly Trahan
• $25: Dan Bryan
• $20: Michael Morrison
• $20: Holly Parker
• $20: Laura Johnson
• $5: Rachael Riker-Williams
• $50: Missy Weber
• $10: Laura Groth
• $100: Bruce Baldwin
• $100: Denise Challenger
• $25: Magen Haraczka
• $100: Benjamin & Erica Mayerson
• $300: Andrew & Sue Monastra
• $100: Barry & Terry Muhlenberg
• $150: Kenneth Picardi
• $50: Sanatoga Fire Co. Auxiliary
• $100: Frank & Pam Strunk
• $500: B. Douglas Trainer
• $100: George & Joan Wausnock
• $100: W. Ronald Williams
• $300: Levi & Amy Wolf
• $50: Joe & Debbie Zlomek
• $50: Suzy Marcucci Kennedy
• $100: Kathleen Bortz
• $25: Anita Lucidi Reed
• $50: Cathy Phillips Skitko
• $40: Ted Coffelt Donations can be sent to: GoFourth! PO Box 1362, Pottstown, PA 19464.
Checks should be made out to TCN with “Pottstown GoFourth!” in the memo.
Or donate online by visiting pottstowngofourth.com/donations