Here’s a great example of leveraging local assets. The popular Banff Mountain Film Festival hits Suffern and the Lafayette Theater this Tuesday and Wednesday and will draw people near and wide to these parts.
Folks at the Suffern Chamber of Commerce and New York New Jersey Trail Conference teamed up with Ramsey Outdoors to create the Great Gear Raffle event at the Suffern Community Center, which will run both Tuesday and Wednesday before the Banff Film Festival.
See the Banff film schedule here.
The big tent event of outdoor vendors and displays and activities expands the film festival with creative local programming while providing an opportunity to engage the community.
Alexandria Lopez Evans of Kreative Juice House is the energy behind Explore Harriman showcase. The free event was able to solve the riddle of growing the Banff Festival and involving more partners without crowding out the Lafayette Theater and selection of films themseles.
The Community Center adventure showcase is free and takes place from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m., when the action moves to the Lafayette Theater for a night of adventure films.
Proceeds from the Great Gear Raffle go to support the Trail Conference — that Darlington Schoolhouse place that blazes the parks for people to play.
The Raffle includes all sorts of participation by local businesses and outfits.
Purchase a $20 Great Gear Raffle ticket and get, well great gear and prizes, plus contribute to a great cause — the New York New Jersey Trail Conference. The Trail Conference helps keep parks people and trail friendly.
On Tuesday evening Suffern-based Michael Malandra Photography and destination photographer Susan Magnano will raffle off a Landscape Photography Workshop which will be held here in the NY area and has a value of up to $300. Malandra and Magnano also just launched a new adventure photography effort — Pro Tour Adventures, which had an outing at Reeves Meadow on Sunday morning.
On Wednesday, Malandra will raffle a 20×30 framed print from his portfolio of Harriman State Park images.
The Gravity Vault joins in the effort with rock climbing information, and even the Hudson Valley Boy Scouts will be on hand.
Check out all the latest Suffern Banff Film Festival here.
Note: The Gravity Vault will not have a rock climbing wall at the event as reported earlier.
