Volunteers Make Major Activities Happen in Hartsville South Carolina

This weekend has been packed with things going on in Hartsville, South Carolina and every time I reflect on so much happening, something else pops into view that some might not have known was going on.

For example, I forgot about the singing group that was going to be at Emmanuel Baptist Church on Saturday night. I think they are called Tenth Avenue. The Hartsville Advent Christian Church is having Homecoming on Sunday and they will have the Tim McCLendon Trio as the featured group.

The Morning News had a page of pictures of a couple of things going on Saturday in Hartsville including the Butts and Blue Jean event sponsored by Black Creek Arts, the Kayak and Canoe festival on Prestwood Lake and Black Creek sponsored by the Darlington County Tourism, the Good Living Marketplace sponsored by the Hartsville Downtown Development Association, and on the Sports Page a note that the Florence-Darlington Tech Stingers are still alive in the softball conference tournament at Byerly Park.

There are still more than a dozen events not mentioned in this post but the idea of this post is to remark on the number of people needed to make all these events work. Sure, there may be one or two people who get a little compensation from a job to help out but the backbone of this type of activity is the Volunteer. I must have talked to 20 people on Friday who just casually mentioned that in addition to the things they were doing they were also working at this event or another event or another event over the weekend. It is always amazing the number of people willing to give of their time and their talent to help make their communities greater places to live and raise families. A strength of Hartsville is the legacy of volunteerism that has been part of this community -- probably even before the small city was incorporated.

Thanks for all those who were working and volunteering for all the events this weekend. Your efforts keep the pride flowing.