By rssfeeds-admin “We are putting our final touches, you know, getting all the rides in working order. We are getting all the booths set up today,” Tristen Miller, chairman of the Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival, said.
Miller said preparations for Strawberry Fest are year-round. The festival attracts more than 500,000 visitors, making it a major money-maker.
“Every single vendor we have on festival grounds is a local nonprofit. There’s over 50 of them, and they all sell something different,” Miller said.
One of those booths is the Charlie Landry Memorial Scholarship booth, in honor of Charlie Landry, a 1996 Ponchatoula High School graduate who died in a car accident.
“We give $12,000 to $15,000 in scholarships depending on how much we raise at Strawberry Fest, this is why this is our huge fundraiser. It is the most important one we have. The more money we raise, the more we give,” Darron Landry, Charlie Landry’s brother, said.
A sweet cause at this fest, where there’s no shortage of sweetness. Strawberry wine, strawberry daiquiris, strawberry shortcakes, strawberry beignets, chocolate-covered strawberries, deep-fried strawberries, and even bacon-wrapped strawberry burritos are sold at the festival.
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