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
Sunday, August 30, 2026
Saturday, August 29, 2026
Friday, August 28, 2026
Thursday, August 27, 2026
- One seriously injured in Union Township crash
- President Sider introduces Reinvest, Reinvent, Reimagine framework in State of the University
- Bluffton girls tennis loss vs. Wapakoneta
- Pirate volleyball sweeps Rockets
- EMS Chief Noah Babcock is Sept. 1 Bluffton Lions speaker
- Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology): Air pollution and rheumatoid arthritis
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
- Ohio fall hunting season begins Sept. 1
- Aug. 24 Bluffton Council recap: MHCO duplexes and long range Village planning
- Beaverdam installs AED at village park
- Pirate girls tennis edges St. Mary
- Pirate boys soccer tames Bearcats
- WIP Wednesday: Window on your world
- OPEN POLL: What do farmers wish non-farmers knew?
- 2026 PorchFest preview: LeBlanc Zepplin, CAWZ, Marlena Rock