Amerifest 2011 activities include Relay for Life, Festival of Wheels, and more
Bluffton's Amerifest 2011 will be hosting a wide variety of events June 24-25. The schedule of events follows:
Relay for Life of Bluffton - Bluffton University
Friday, June 24
4:00 pm Silent Auction Opens
4:00 pm Celebration Station Opens
(INFLATABLES,GAMES,ETC. $5/wristband)
4:30 Concession Stand Open
5:00 OPENING CEREMONY
Flag Presentation Bluffton American Legion
Post #283
Vocalists: "Shirts and Pants" from Bluffton
High School
Welcome: Fred Rodabaugh and Eric Fulcomer
5:30 Survivor's/Caregiver's Lap
Survivor/Caregiver Reception
immediately following the Survivor's Lap
6-9:00 Duck Races
5:45 - 7 Pie Auction by Trinity Lutheran
6:30 Birthday "party like it was 1861"
Fun Old Fashioned Games!
7:00 Entertainment
Wendy and Girl Scouts
7- 8:00 Cake Walk
8:00 Entertainment:
KDK Dance Team
Project Runway (after dance team)
8:00 Man vs. Food
Surprise Eating Contest
8:45 Lighting of the Luminaria
Individuals may begin to light the Luminaria
they purchased for their loved ones - Track
9:00 Introduction of Teams and Team Lap
Bring Team Banner
9:15 Luminaria Ceremony --Laura Huffman
Main Stage
10:15 Fireworks
11:00 Silent Auction Ends
Sponsored by Trinity Lutheran
Saturday, June 25
MAIN STAGE ENTERTAINMENT/THEME LAPS
12-7:00 am Karaoke and Music by DJ All Night!
Theme laps to take place
8-10:00am Pancake Breakfast
Campus Life Building 111 W College
Ave , $3 donation (survivors eat free)
(Times Subject to Change)
Stories Posted This Week
Saturday, September 19, 2026
Friday, September 18, 2026
- September 18 Bluffton Schools athletics lineup, streaming
- Bluffton welcomes incoming class from nine states
- September 2026 Bluffton Lions Club update
- Pirate volleyball sweeps Lima Central Catholic
- Pirate boys soccer win vs. Kenton
- Ramseyer shares grandmother’s fight for citizenship during Bluffton Constitution Day Forum
- How Dillinger robbed a Bluffton bank
Thursday, September 17, 2026
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
- Phyllis Ann Reynolds, 77, worked at Citizens National Bank
- Jane Ann (Diller) Thurman, 75, was a nursing home administrator
- Julie C. (Field) Amstutz worked for Putnam County ESC
- Pirate volleyball sweep vs. Wayne Trace
- Findlay Patrol's Donovan promoted to sergeant
- Pirate girls soccer win vs. Delphos Jefferson
- Sept. 14 Bluffton Council: Request for RTA bus signs, pre-1950s unused Maple Grove plots tallied
- Mornings with Mommy resume at Trinity Lutheran