Vote Here – Scarecrow Contest – A Prelude to the Harvest Festival Contest

Scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz – If he only had a brain.

Have you ever thought about making a scarecrow? Well, your time has arrived! We are having a scarecrow contest for the Good Cheer Harvest Festival on September 11th.

This is a change of pace from Harvest Festival Garden Quilt Raffle and  Garden Shed/Greenhouse Raffle.

The Scarecrow Contest is a chance to show your creativity and to win a $50 gift certificate at the Good Cheer Thrift Stores and bragging rights on South Whidbey Island. You can click here to print out an entry form.

A scarecrow is a device, traditionally a human figure or mannequin  dressed in old clothes (think thrift store), placed in fields by farmers to discourage birds such as crows or sparrows from disturbing and feeding on recently cast seed and growing crops.

Below you’ll find four scarecrows made by the staff at Good Cheer. You may have seen Chef Carly at the Good Cheer Garden and she will  be used to promote the Chef Cook Off at the Harvest Festival. We will talk to that in a later post; she is not part of the voting contest!

You’ll find contributions from the Clinton Good Cheer Two Thrift Store, the Langley Thrift Store, the Good Cheer Garden and the Good Cheer Distribution Center.

The winning group will have a pizza party prepared by the other three groups!

Jim and Larry

Our names are Jim and Larry, we are the cutest scarecrows as we were modeled after two of Good Cheer’s cutest most faithful volunteers Jim and Larry.  We wanted to be just like Jim and Larry because they bring GOOD CHEER to wherever they volunteer.  They work at  Good Cheer Two in Clinton, the Food Bank and the Distribution Center.  They are best buddies so you can NOT vote for them separately as they are a team.  When you vote for Jim & Larry you are showing your support for ALL of the Good Cheer volunteers which is the heart of the Good Cheer organization.

The real Jim and Larry!

Hi! I’m Lucky Louey.  I used to be scattered in bits and pieces all over the Langley Good Cheer Thrift Store.  When one day the good folks there decided to put me all together.  They worked very hard and put in many hours to make me just right and made me the Scarecrow I am today!!!   I get to meet and greet everyone as they come through the door of the store!!! I can really be a part of Good Cheer now!!! That’s why I feel like I am a VERY Lucky Louey!!!

Hi my name is Bunny, and you can visit me at the entrance way at Good Cheer Food Bank.  I work in the Good Cheer garden keeping their food bank cooler and shelves full of fresh vegetable.  Inch by inch, row by row, I help make the garden grow.  All it takes is a rake, a hoe and piece of fertile ground. I  was created in two afternoons by families of the staff and volunteers.  So a vote for me is voting for family fun. I’ll see you at the Good Cheer Harvest Party and Music Fest on September 11^th.

My name is Donation Dave ~ I came from all over the island I am completely made of donated items from Good Cheer’s distribution center;  right down to the safety pins that hold me together.   I feel like a clown most of the time showing my sad face because we all wish we could do more for the people using the food bank. Wanting to make Good Cheer the best food bank we can, NO money was spent in putting me together.  Please vote for the “Best Scarecrow” ~ Donation Dave!!!  Those who contributed to my creation were; Dave, Sean, R.J., Reva (the shoe lady), Gail (the linen lady) and Terri to name a few oops John too.

To vote for a particular Scarecrow all you need to do is click on response in the top right hand corner of the post. This will take you to a comment page; just indicate the name of the Scarecrow that you most appreciated. You can leave a comment if you’d like;  just be kind. If the comments section says No Responses it means that yours is the first!

Thanks for participating!

Good Cheer!