Sand Creek Festival, Inc.

Sand Creek Festival, Inc. is a 501c3 originated in 2017 in order to promote and establish fun, endearing and educational local community based events in the Newton, KS area.

Sand Creek Festival, Inc has supported the following charities indirectly by asking organizations and clubs to take an active part in the Sand Creek Summer Daze Festival. These charities include: Ember Hope, Heartspring, Paw It Forward, Lexi’s Lambs, the Movember Foundation, Ronald McDonald House, Red Dirt Military Moms, CASA. Heart to Heart, Knights of Columbus 976 Newton, Knights of Columbus 3114 – Clonmel-Schulte, New Hope Shelter, Harvey County Big Brothers & Big Sisters and the Harvey County United Way.

Sand Creek Festival, Inc also uses its physical inventory and resources to help other local festivals and organizations which include: The Newton Kiwanis Club, Sedgwick Fall Festival, 2019 Newton High School Graduation Party, The Newton Now Blues, Brews & BBQ Event, Koerner Heights Youth Group and the Harvey County United Way Chill Cook-off.

 

2018-19 Committee Members

Executive Committee

Chairman – Greg Hanson  B&B Lumber

Vice Chairman – Rick Toews  Midland, a division of Union State Bank

Secretary – Melody Spurney  Newton Convention & Visitors Bureau

Treasurer – Rod Kreie  Great Plains Bio-sciences Group

Media Director – Kevin Geraci  Visivo Agency

 

Sub Committee Members

Tara Goering  – Grand Central (formerly Newton Area Senior Center)

Michael Lunsford – Kemper Sports / Newton Meridian Center

Nate Regier – Next Element

Greg Nickel – City of Newton

Tim Gaynor – Gaynor Electric

Patrick Charlsen – Charlsen Insurance

Zach Newell – Newell Signature Homes

Clint McBroom – First Church of God

David Yoder – Harvey County

Ashley Bridgeman – The Bridgeman Group

Ariana Kauffman – Bluestem Communities

Jeffery Graber – Edward Jones Financial Adviser

Arlan Newell – JP Weigand – Newton

Andy Harder – City of Newton