First Friday - Gettysburg Style! Themes

GARMA encourages members to have some fun in planning and celebrating First Friday events around monthly themes. In providing support to the community in which we live and work, we have identified a local nonprofit organization for each month. We hope you will join us at participating First Friday businesses to SHOP • DINE • STROLL • STAY • ENJOY!  Donations can be made online via the Community Support page under First Friday or, directly, by contacting the nonprofit organization (links are below).

September 6th

• National Library Month: Books / Reading
• Nonprofit: Adams County Library

October 4th

• Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• Nonprofit: Adams County Cancer Center

November 1st

• Veterans Appreciation and Awareness
• Nonprofit: MC Vets out of MD – continue collection of items for Vets

December 6th – Also the Gettysburg Christmas Festival Weekend

• Cookie Walk
• Nonprofit: United Way

2020
January 3rd

• Inventory clearance - New Year Gettysburg Style!
• Nonprofit: Gettysburg CARES

February 7th

• Fire & Ice Fun
• Nonprofit: American Heart Association

March 6th

• The Love of Art: Shakespeare / Ides of March / Youth Art Month
• Nonprofit: Adams County Arts Council

April 3rd 

• Spring has sprung! National Pet Adoption Month
• Nonprofit: Adams County SPCA & Forever Love Pet Rescue

May 1st

• Hollywood  (Example is May the 4th / Star Wars)
• Nonprofit: Big Brother’s Big Sisters

June 5th

• Summer Solstice: Recycle
• Nonprofit Partners: Gettysburg Green Gathering / Land Conservancy

​July 5th

• Take Me Out to The Ballgame Family Fun: Concessions / Treats / Ice Cream
• Nonprofit: Gettysburg Fire Department

August 2nd

• 60’s Feelin Groovy Theme – Everybody Come Together
• Nonprofit: South Central Community Action Programs (SCCAP)