Charleston , Kanawha County , West Virginia

The capital city's biggest party of the year officially kicks off Friday evening.

FestivALL is a ten day event featuring lots of live music, shows, art work, food, and fun.

The opening ceremonies will be held at Hadadd Riverfront Park at 5pm Friday. That's when nearly 30 non-profit organizations will be celebrating milestones this year -- many of which are also involved in FestivALL 2012.


The 2012 milestone celebrating organizations include:

� Girl Scouts-100 years

� YWCA-100 years

� Kanawha Players-90 years*

� Charleston-Kanawha Housing Authority-75 years

� Charleston Chamber Music Society-70 years*

� Charleston Civic Chorus-60 years*

� The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation - 50 years*

� Prestera Center for Mental Health Services-45 years

� Central Child Care of WV, Inc. - 40 years

� Community Development Outreach Ministries-35 years

� Women's Commission-35 years

� Taste of Charleston (Taste-of-ALL Charleston)-30 years*

� Capital City Striders-30 years

� WV Health Right-30 years

� Read Aloud West Virginia-25 years

� Religious Coalition for Community Renewal-25 years*

� Tyler Mountain/Cross Lanes Community Services-25 years

� Charleston Stage Company-20 years*

� Community Access-20 years

� Regional Family Resource Network-20 years

� WV Statewide Independent Living Council-20 years

� The Gabriel Project of West Virginia-15 years

� Believe in West Virginia-10 years

� Downtown ArtWalk-10 years*

� East End Family Resource Center-10 years*

� Just for Kids-10 years

� Schoenbaum Family Enrichment Center-10 years

960 Total Years of Service to the Kanawha Valley (27 nonprofits)

*Involved in FestivALL Charleston 2012


This is the 7th year for the Charleston celebration. Check out a complete list of activities by logging onto http://www.festivallcharleston.com

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