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It's time for the Mount Airy May Fest held in historical downtown Mount Airy. The annual event is this weekend, starting at 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. 

Food, arts and crafts, live entertainment and a children's park will be available both days. To facilitate parking, a free shuttle bus will run every 10 minutes from the Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Company Carnival Grounds located at the intersection of Md. Route 27 and Twin Arch Road to the downtown area. 

Crafters at the May Fest will offer a variety of merchandise for all ages. Items include furniture, pottery, jewelry, and quilts. Merchants will also offer information on home-based and commercial services. 

Food including hamburgers, hot dogs, barbecue, chicken tenders and pork sausage sandwiches, along with sweet treats like funnel cakes, deep fried Oreos and ice cream will be served. There will be live entertainment both days, and a spaghetti-eating contest will be at 1 p.m. on Sunday.

Organizer Ben Gue said the Mount Airy Lions Club is sponsoring the event this year.

Gue, who is the president of the club, said the entire group will be involved in one way or another, from set up to tear down.

May Fest will center around 2 S. Main Street, Mount Airy. Main Street will be closed between Hood Street and Prospect Road  7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call Gue at 301-829-2112.

Urbana High students create awareness

Urbana High School students and the Frederick Rotary Club recently teamed up to raise money for a new program at Goodwill Industries of Monocacy Valley, Inc. 

On April 30, the Interact Club of Urbana High School sponsored a run/walk marathon to benefit the Acquired Brain Injuries Vocational Program. The event was held on Mckeever Farm in Ijamsville. It offered designated running paths and accommodations for this event, as well as hayrides for the kids. 

"The focus of this Interact project is to create awareness and raise development funds for an emerging program for individuals with Acquired Brain Injuries offered by Goodwill." said Victoria Glover, an Urbana High School junior and active member of the school's Interact Club, in a press release. "Approximately 3.17 million American civilians (more than 1.1 percent of the population) live with the consequences of traumatic brain injury."

 In a four-year period there were more than 124,500 brain injury emergency room visits in Maryland. Goodwill Industries of Monocacy Valley provides services for adults diagnosed with Acquired Brain Injuries.

The program, designed and delivered by professional staff and counselors working with a clinician under the supervision of a psychologist, is available at no cost for residents in both Frederick and Carroll Counties. It offers vocational and cognitive training to improve quality of life, functioning in families and relationships, as well as learning new skills to re-enter the work force.

Through group and individual counseling the program focuses on improving executive functioning like planning and daily living skills like listening. Program participants are empowered with new knowledge that enhances their recovery and improves life outcomes. Staff begins to work with participants instantly to begin work experience activities in the community that will continue until a job has been obtained.

"This is our first fundraiser for the Acquired Brain Injuries Program, and it's an honor that the youth of our community have taken such initiative in their efforts to help support this cause" said director of marketing for Goodwill Leigh Sauter in a press release.

To find out if this program can benefit someone who has been clinically diagnosed with acquired brain injury, contact Haywood W. Evans, Program Manager, by email at hevans@gimv.org or telephone at 301-662-0622, ext. 228. 

Healing Horse Spirit

Pow Wow this weekend

The annual HorseNet Horse Rescue Healing Horse Spirit Pow Wow is set for this weekend in Mount Airy. Music, drumming groups, and an honor guard are all part of the event where a variety of Native American dance styles will be presented, and there will be educational tepee displays.

Native American vendors and foods will be available, and HorseNet's horses will participate in the grand entry ceremony at noon each day.

The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday.

Auxiliary nets $2K for needy children

The Salvation Army Women's Auxiliary raised $2,375 at their Eighth Annual Parade of Fashions.

The event was held April 30 at Dutch's Daughter restaurant. Fashions were presented by Christopher and Banks from the Francis Scott Key Mall in Frederick.

The money raised from this event will be used for local children's activities and community outreach. Funds will be used to send local, needy children to Camp Tomahawk for a week in July and other local children to the Salvation Army day camp held June through August.

The Salvation Army Women's Auxiliary holds several fundraisers for needy youth throughout the year including a geranium sale on Mother's Day weekend. Funds will be used for future local needs and community-wide Thanksgiving dinner held in November.

For more information call 301-662-2311.