At 6pm on December 2nd, 2019, Deliciously Vivid gathered at Town Hall to reflect on the gun show, and to discuss upcoming events.   In just 20 days, they had to plan everything for the gun show. Once again, in short order, they were successful at setting up a very fruitful event. They were able to raise over $2,300 for their organization. Add more donations, and deduct some for purchasing Christmas gifts, decorations, and miscellaneous, they have $3,585.08 in the bank.
   The first Annual Christmas Festival will be held on December 14th. So far they have over 300 gifts to distribute to children 9 and under. For those age 10 through 18 will be able to win one of the twenty $10 gift cards. Adults will get a chance to win one of the 2 family baskets.
   They were happy to announce that they will be finalizing a grant of around $5 thousand to $7 thousand to set up a larger, and more informative Geocaching through the county. It was stated during the meeting that people plan their vacations around geocaching, and they want to draw more attention to the town to promote tourism.
   Deliciously Vivid finally received their 501 3 C certificate, and are officially a non profit organization. They will now have access to a larger amount of resources to promote activities and give to the community.
   A real Christmas tree has been donated for the celebration by Ralph White. This is the tree the children will be decorating ornaments for that very day. There will be tons of ornaments and pine cones to decorate! They are still receiving donations for more of each.
   Clay Middle School teacher, Tracy Wayne,  will be bringing the “Monday Night Players” to play in the evening after the parade.
   The Board wants to encourage people to decorate the parking meters for Christmas. Refer to the flier for the phone number to contact for the activity. Also the Clay County Light Fight is now on. Decorate your homes for Christmas, nominate yourself, nominate a friend to win the competition. Check out :   https://www.facebook.com/groups/1588577604579551/?multi_permalinks=2345067858930518&notif_id=1575380153935823&notif_t=group_activity This is the link to the event page on Facebook.  or the Clayberry.org EVENTS page
The members plan on creating a prom night for adults towards the end of February. More details for that, as it unfolds and plans are made. They are currently accepting ideas, so head over to their Facebook page called “Deliciously Vivid” to stay up to date.
   January 18th, 2020 there will be a class to learn how to make bows by Mickey’s bows over at Valley Fork.
  March 21st, 2020 Deliciously Vivid will be host another gun show.
   During the summer of 2020, they plan to hold an exotic animal exhibit.
  The next meeting will be held January 6th at 6pm, at Town Hall.
JM