August 23, 2025 Saturday
The Greenwood Community Center welcomes you to the 49th Great Day in Elk to be held on Saturday, August 23rd!
As always, Great Day will begin at noon with a parade through town. The afternoon festivities include children’s carnival games, the raffle, the silent auction, a craft fair including face painting, spin art and sew-your-own stuffed animal, the cake auction, the famous $100 greased pole, a watermelon eating contest, sack races, and live music and entertainment on the outdoor-stage featuring the Americana and bluegrass band, 2nd Hand Grass, and Trillium Tribe Belly Dancers.
There will be lots of food and drink, including George Montag’s New York-style hot dogs, focaccia bread from the Vincent Carleton Bread Oven served with Moroccan-style lentil soup as well as tamales and chicken Caesar salad from the kitchen. For dessert, you will find yummy treats at the Civic Club’s Sweet Shack. Quench your thirst with Greenwood Gold fresh pressed apple cider, a soft drink, coffee, local beer from the North Coast Brewing Company, local wine, or a margarita from Elk’s World-Famous Margarita Bar. Dinner starts at 4:00 p.m. On the menu is Garlic Udon Noodles with Spiced Chicken or Tofu by Chris from Gnar Bar.
Raffle tickets are $3 each or six for $15. All proceeds this year will go to putting the finishing touches on the Community Center’s new professional grade kitchen. You can also make a donation to our PayPal link at elkweb.org under “Greenwood Community Center.” Your name, address, and phone number will be put on tickets and added to the raffle jar for a drawing at Great Day, however, you need not be present to win.
Thank you for your continued support. We look forward to seeing you on GREAT DAY! And please leave your dogs at home.
