Get ready for the 2011 Festival of Trees

Christmas is just around the corner and the Carl Perkins Center would like to invite everyone to participate in the 2^nd Annual Festival of Trees. The Festival is a great opportunity to promote your business, school, organization, company, and church. To enter all you need is $30.00, a tree and a little imagination. This is a contest so DREAM BIG! Trees will be displayed in the College Hill Center on Grand Avenue in Brownsville. The deadline for entry fee is November 7, but space is limited so act quickly.

A Preview Gala will be held Tuesday, November 15, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Tickets may be pre-ordered or purchased at the door for $10 per person. For more information and an application to enter a tree, please contact the Exchange Club-Carl Perkins Center at 772-8378.

The Festival of Trees will be free to the public Wednesday, November 16 through Saturday, November 19, from 9 am -7 pm.  Come join in the celebration for a spectacular tour of the beautiful trees that represent hope, faith, and unconditional love to those in need.  Vote on your favorite trees.

Local Business Owner Honored with Community Service Award

February is Community Service Month for the Brownsville Exchange Club and they are celebrating by honoring local leaders who are making a positive difference in our community.

Albert Campbell (left) and Brownsville-Haywood County Chamber of Commerce Director Joe Ing.

Albert Campbell, owner of Lock, Stock and Barrel in Brownville, Tenn., was honored with an Outstanding Community Service Award Wednesday, February 2, 2011, at a meeting of the Brownsville Exchange Club.

Chamber Director Joe Ing presented the award and thanked Campbell for all he does for Brownsville and Haywood County. Moments earlier Campbell had presented a program on the benefits of belonging to the Brownsville Business Association.

Campbell speaking about the Brownsville Business Association.

Campbell currently serves as president of the Chamber of Commerce, president of the Chamber Ambassadors, Board of Director of the Brownsville Business Association, and is a member of the Tennessee Downtown - Brownsville Steering Committee.

"He cares about our community and the people in it and he helps wherever he is needed," says Marty Williams, member of the Exchange Club Program of Service Committee.