1st Ethnic Heritage Festival: A Celebration of our Diversity! - October 7, 2006 Gallery

"Dear Donna, You did a fantastic job with the ethnic heritage festival. Good venue, great participants, good food, good programs, good publicity. Everything went well!

It's not your fault that we had beautiful weather, or that the public doesn't honor ethnicity yet! All the best. Wilma"

- Wilma Lass, Historical Society of North German Settlements of Western New York, Bergholz, October 8, 2006


"It was a great event. Unbelievable amount of work on your part.

On behalf of North Tonawanda, thank you.
Peggy"

- Margaret L. Waite, Library Director, North Tonawanda Public Library, October 8, 2006

"Congratulations on another successful event! Comments I heard from people in attendance were very positive. I thought Sportsplex was a wonderful venue for this event. Everything seemed to run very smoothly. I was happy to be a part of it.....Overall, I think the event was wonderful. Good job, everyone."

- Linda Hankinson, North Tonawanda

"Just a short note to thank you very much once again for having me perform for your event last weekend. I was very impressed with the diversity of vendors, presenters, and performers that you brought together. Best wishes for many successful future events."

- Dave Ruch, Buffalo, NY

Museum volunteers Dawn Barr and Danielle Oney work on theme basket preparation on October 6.

The Museum's tables.

Part of the Museum's exhibits. Plaques on table were proclamations by Senator George Maziarz, North Tonawanda's three County Legislators (Malcolm Needler, Peter Smolinski, and Joseph Vacanti) and Mayor Lawrence V. Soos, proclaiming October and Ethnic Heritage Month in North Tonawanda and October 7 as Ethnic Heritage Day.

A view of the Ethnic Food Court area the night before the event.

Entrance area in process of set up the night before.