Blue Ridge presents beneficiaries with annual Blue Ridge Fest funds

Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative employees Cindy Leslie and Zach Hinton present Samaritan Health Clinic of Pickens County a check totaling $16,000 from the 19th annual Blue Ridge Fest. Accepting on behalf of the organization was Executive Director Tobias Vogel. Craig Ragsdale and Will Ragsdale, representatives of Blue Ridge Fest sponsor Martin Printing Co., were also in attendance. Pictured from left: Tobias Vogel, Craig Ragsdale, Will Ragsdale, Cindy Leslie and Zach Hinton.

Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative employees Kandy Brooks, Kathy Ellenburg and Alan Stephens (far left) presented Feed a Hungry Child of Pickens County a check totaling $16,000 from the 19th annual Blue Ridge Fest. Accepting the check on behalf of the organization were Rebecca Warlick, Mike Parrot and Millage Cassell (far right). Also in attendance were Blue Ridge Fest sponsors Bart Turner of South State Bank; Tommy Bearden of Bearden Landscaping; and Davey Hiott of Hiott for House. Pictured from left: Kandy Brooks, Kathy Ellenburg, Alan Stephens, Bart Turner, Tommy Bearden, Davey Hiott, Rebecca Warlick, Mike Parrot and Millage Cassell.

Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative and Blue Ridge Security Solutions presented Emerson Rose Heart Foundation a check totaling $17,000 from the 19th annual Blue Ridge Fest. Accepting the check on behalf of the organization were co-founders Susan and Jason Smith. Also present were Blue Ridge Fest sponsors, Trehel Corporation and RSCT Architecture and Design. Pictured from left: Jason Smith, Susan Smith, Terry Ballenger, Sen. Thomas Alexander, Neal Workman, Will Huss, Christina Tedesco, Jessica Stone, Gabe Bolding and Robby Merck.

Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative employees Tony Kelley and Mark McCall (far left) recently presented The Dream Center of Pickens County a check totaling $17,000 from the 19th annual Blue Ridge Fest. Accepting on behalf of The Dream Center, from left, were Michael Barnes, Joey Turner, Ashley Cox, Amanda Taylor, Chris and Jim Wilson, co-founders, Aimee White and Shannon Leatherwood. Since the inception of Blue Ridge Fest, the event has raised more than $2.2 million for Upstate charitable organizations.

Blue Ridge Security Solutions employees Dusty Reeves and Gabe Bolding recently presented the Cancer Association of Anderson a check totaling $17,000 from the 19th annual Blue Ridge Fest. Pictured from left: Lynn Buchanan, Connie Pickens, Carrie Binnicker, Angie Stringer and Stanley Cole of Cancer Association of Anderson; Rick Steele of Fairway Outdoor Advertising, Blue Ridge Fest Sponsor; Dusty Reeves of Blue Ridge Security Solutions; Shane Bowers of McCall Thomas Engineering, Blue Ridge Fest Sponsor; Becky Busby-Maiello of Systems Distributors Inc., Blue Ridge Fest Sponsor; and Gabe Bolding of Blue Ridge Security Solutions.