ENSHRINEMENT FESTIVAL FUN FACTS/TRIVIA

• More then 4,200 volunteers help the Festival and the Museum plan and stage 15 events over a 10-day period, for the enjoyment of nearly 700,000 people.
  
• More than 350 meetings are held by the Enshrinement Festival's 26 committees and 64 sub-committees.
  
• Committee sizes range from 15 to 190 volunteer members.
  
• Just one example of volunteer commitment is reflected by the Communications Committee members who volunteer nearly 700 manhours of service. There are surely many, many other instances of volunteers taking vacation from their jobs, time away from their families, and offering countless hours of volunteer service to attend to the myriad details involved in planning and staging the Festival events.
  
• An estimated 225 volunteers from 35 different Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agencies expended more than 2,276 hours and treated approximately 300 patients.
  
• The EMS committee typically uses more than 2,550 pounds of ice just to provide 9,100 cold towels and 10,200 cups of cool water to event guests and participants.
  
• An additional 85,000 pounds of ice are utilized by other outdoor events for food and beverage service.
  
• Volunteers utilize well over $225,000 worth of loaned equipment, including cell phones, radios and free air time.
  
• The Timken Grand Parade is nationally broadcast, including coverage by Fox Sports Net Ohio, giving us the potential to reach 100 million households.
  
• Well over 2,500 volunteers and sponsors attend the Appreciation Party, to celebrate a full year's worth of planning.
  
• Nearly 1,600 gallons of propane are used to refuel the 75 hot air balloons that participate in the Balloon Classic Invitational, and more then $25,000 spent to house and feed the pilots during their three-day stay in Stark County.
  
• Volunteers from six community organizations expend 2,600 hours to man the beverage booths at the three-day National Ribs Burnoff.
  
• The six members of the 2007 Class of Enshrinees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame brought the total to 241 inductees.