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
Friday, June 5, 2026
- Stay tuned for Pirate action at OHSSA state track and field coverage
- Ada Icon headlines, June 5
- Wheeler graduates from Ohio Bankers League Bank Leadership Institute
- Ellerbrock awarded Lima Memorial Nursing Alumnae Scholarship
- Pirate speedsters Wright and Miller each advance to 2 state finals
- Golfers, sponsors invited to support American Legion fundraiser
- Letter: Alternatives to Village mosquito fogging
Thursday, June 4, 2026
- Eileen Ruth Garmatter was a homemaker
- Elnore Ruth (Rosenberger) Yost taught at Marimor
- WGTE and WBGU create broadcasting partnership
- ICYMI: May 2026 Bluffton Icon Highlights
- Shoppers' journey with Bluffton Small Business Passport has begun
- Middle and high school student activities at BPL
- Local artist Crumrine to teach Watercolor Workshop at Library
- Lacrosse or La Crosse: Game versus virus
- 2027 Senior Center trip planning, June 11
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
- Cory-Rawson High School honor roll for fourth quarter, 2025-2026
- Bluffton High School 4th Qtr. Honor Roll for 2025-2026
- June 4 Business Collective speed networking event
- K-2 students invited to weekly dinosaur adventures
- Library program explores indigenous agriculture and heirloom seeds
- May 2026 land transfers in the Bluffton school district
- Register June 18-19-20 garage sales with Bluffton Chamber
- Create a Bike & Flowers painting at BPL
Monday, June 1, 2026
- Ada Icon headlines, June 1
- Geraldine "Gerry" Fett was a homemaker
- UPDATED Bluffton gas station employee threatened, suspect arrested May 30
- Maurice “Bill” William Croft, Jr. was a coach and high school teacher
- UPDATE Bluffton pool opening June 1
- What brings you to Bluffton, Ohio in June 2026?
- About free and paid Icon classified ads
- Mennonite Children’s Choir of Lancaster to perform June 12