Letter to the Editor: Thank you to all who made Art in the Park a success

We wish to express appreciation for the success of the 13th Annual Art in the Park, held on Sept. 21 in Memorial Park.

Although presented by Heart of Sumter Neighborhood Association, the event was a collaboration involving an array of vendors, entertainers, volunteers and hundreds of patrons.

The following provided financial support, goods and/or services: Affiche Advertising & Photography; Charlie Fossett; City of Sumter; Creech Roddey Watson Insurance; Curtis and Croft LLC; Dunkin'; FTC; Food Lion; Grace Baptist Church; Harrelson Press Publishing; Kim and Sep Harvin; Sammy Way; Healthy Minds; John and Susan Bennett Arts Fund of the Coastal Community Foundation of S.C.; Main Street Society; Michaels; National Endowment for the Arts; Walter Newman; Pavkov Contracting Co. Inc.; Simpson Ace Hardware on Liberty Street; South Carolina Arts Commission; South Carolina Just Right; Sumter County Cultural Commission; Sumter County Library; Sumter Parks and Recreation; Sumter Police Department; and The Sumter Item.

HSNA is grateful to all who helped create a wonderful day in the park.

CLEO KLOPFLEISCH, ANNETTE DOYLE, SALLY OSBORNE, SARAH JANE GIBSON, KATIE GIBSON, JEANNE HODGE,

STEPHEN WINN

Art in the Park Committee