The media was convinced. But the sun popped through, bringing with it hordes of garlic lovers. Because only 15,000 tickets had been printed, volunteers sold tickets, collected them and ran back to the ticket booth to recycle them. Local women frantically cooked pasta in a house on Bloomfield Road. Start sending us the trucks.
Volunteers spend hours cooking delicious pasta for hungry festival goers.
Volunteers from all parts of the community work hundreds of jobs, earning an hourly wage for their charity of choice. Oh, there are still bake sales and magazine subscription drives. And it's true. Rod Kelley School parents work with Gilroy Hispanic Chamber of Commerce members. Boy Scouts sell programs alongside 4-Hers.