Auburn Farmers Market to deliver special 9/11 program

Published 3:00 pm Thursday, September 1, 2011

The Auburn International Farmers Market honors families of active and deployed military duty with a special program Sept. 11.

The AIFM Remembrance Day will be filled with activities, including the VFW Honor Guard with the opening Pledge of Allegiance, Children’s Dance Theatre performance and a chili cook-off.

Proceeds from the cook-off benefit the Auburn Food Bank.

Master Gardeners Maggie and David Greenslit will offer a $5 gift certificate as a military family’s thank you to spend at the market that day. The first 20 family members who have an active duty family member receive a gift certificate. Please bring proof of the family member’s service affiliation to the information booth.

The market, is open 11 a.m.-2 p.m. each Sunday at the Auburn Sound Transit Plaza, 23 A St. SW. It features more than 40 vendors offering a variety of fresh locally grown farm-based foods, hand-crafted items, and concession stand that are restaurant-based but feature a home-cooked taste.

The market’s closing day is Sept. 25

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SCHEDULE

Remembrance Day – For Country and Community

8:45 a.m. – Opening ceremonies (AIFM Market Manager Joanne Macnab, MC; flag ceremony – VFW Post No. 1741; National Anthem – Elizabeth Keeley; benediction – Chaplin Michael Hursh; Mayor Pete Lewis, Auburn

9 a.m. – Joanne Macnab, AIFM market manager, market opening

10 a.m.-noon – Music by Ron Fowler

10 a.m.- 1 p.m. – Chili cook-off

Noon-1 p.m. – American Karate Escrima demonstration

1-1:30 p.m. – Children’s Dance Theater

1:30 p.m. – Chili cook-off award presentation

1:30-2 p.m. – Music by Mark Wayne

2 p.m. – Market closes