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Indiana
State Fair
17 Days of fun and laughter
Another great year at the Indiana State Fair and The Beekeepers of Indiana booths. Hope to see you next year in 2020. Each club that signed up and filled the volunteer slots earned money for their clubs. The amount will be posted in our State Fair Financial statement. If your club would like to sign up for a day next year, contact the Chairperson, Robert Duffy.
What can you do at TBoI State Fair booth?
- Talk beekeeping with fair goers
- Work and have fun doing it!!!
- Assist in booth operations
- Sample and sell TBoI members hive products
- Get a free pass for admission to the Fair
- Help at the demonstration area
- Help find the Queen in the observation hive
- Meet and visit with other beekeepers
- See the Indiana State Fair
- Sell honey ice cream
- Present beekeeping topics on stage
- Members can sell their honey and hive products
Honey and hive products with your own label can be brought to sell at the fair.
- Producers take total responsibility for warranty/complaints of their products.
- Labels must have Name, weight and contact information including phone number
- Honey MUST be from Indiana based hives.
- Honey must be the main sweetener in all food products.
- You must bring an extra bottle of honey to be used for taste testing.
- You must work at least one shift during the fair or setup.
- You must be a member in good standing of The Beekeepers of Indiana.
- Place all inventory in a stackable box with all 4 sides marked with your name and the contents of the box.
For more information, contact:
Robert Duffy, Chairperson
2762 E CR 100 N
Danville, IN 46122
317-726-6122
beekeeperin@aol.com
State Fair Committee:
Lacy Alderson 812-208-3352 (cell)
email: clarkalderson@gmail.com
Michael Barrett
Email: mbarr6466@gmail.com
Kristy Dooley 812-201-6836 (cell)
email: clctrolley@1791.com
Robert Duffy 317-726-6122 (cell)
email: beekeeperin@aol.com
Dan Heilman 765-414-5785 (cell)
email: dheilman05@yahoo.com
Alan Morrow 317-281-7486 (cell)
email: birddogs.1@netzero.com
Clubs that provided volunteers to work the TBoI booth receive a portion of the profits.
Schedule
Date | Staffed by | Contact | |
Friday, Aug. 2 | Various Volunteers | Robert Duffy |
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Saturday, Aug 3 | Clay County | Sophia Lohrman |
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Sunday, Aug 4 | CIBC | Greg Peterson |
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Monday, Aug. 5 | East Central | Steve Doty |
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Tuesday, Aug. 6 | White Lick | Dale Turner |
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Wednesday, Aug. 7 | Indy Southside | Ron Jones |
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Thursday, Aug. 8 | Various Volunteers | Open |
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Friday, Aug. 9 | North Central | Jeanette Wiles |
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Saturday, Aug. 10 | SIBA | John Miller |
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Sunday, Aug. 11 | Putnam County | Bob Gruener |
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Monday, Aug. 12 | Various Volunteers | Open |
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Tuesday, Aug. 13 | West Central | Mike Schluttenhofer |
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Wednesday, Aug. 14 | Green/Bedford | David Hughes |
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Thursday, Aug. 15 | CIBA | Greg Peterson |
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Friday, Aug. 16 | Various Volunteers | Robert Duffy |
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Saturday, Aug. 17 | White Lick | Dale Turner |
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Sunday, Aug. 18 | Fair Committee | Fair Committee |
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If you cannot work when your club is scheduled, but would like to volunteer, we could use some help on the open date or Sunday August, 18th . It’s a great opportunity to meet other beekeepers and have a great time. Shifts are from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. or 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. to sign up contact Robert Duffy beekeeperin@aol.com.
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