Enshrinement Festival Fun Facts/Trivia

  • More than 4,200 volunteers help the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce and Pro Football Hall of Fame plan and stage 19 events over a two and a half week 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 man hours 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 Enshrinement 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 $350,000 worth of loaned equipment, including, radios and free air time.
  • The Timken Grand Parade is widely broadcast on Fox Sports Net Ohio, along with extensive local and regional cable coverage.
  • 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 65 hot air balloons that participate in the Balloon Classic, and more than $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 Ribs Burnoff.
  • The six members of the 2012 Class of Enshrinees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame brings the total to 273 inductees.
  • The $27 million "Future 50" Expansion and Renovation Project at the Pro Football Hall of Fame is well underway and will be completed just in time for the 50th anniversary celebration in 2013!  It is truly "America's Premier Sports Museum and Showplace!"
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