Blue Ridge Fest Helps Samaritan Health Clinic of Pickens County

Blue Ridge Electric employees, Michelle Watson, and Elaine Banks, who also serves on the Samaritan Health Clinic of Pickens County board, present a Blue Ridge Fest check in the amount of $13,000 to Executive Director Tobias Vogel of Samaritan Health Clinic of Pickens County.

On hand for the presentation were Craig Ragsdale, Bill Ragsdale and Will Ragsdale of Martin Printing Company, a Blue Ridge Fest sponsor. Blue Ridge Fest is a charitable event sponsored by Blue Ridge Electric and Blue Ridge Security. In its 16 years, $1.6 million has been raised for Upstate charities.

This year's fest raised $183,000 for selected charities.