Not to berry the lede, but this festival was great

“I’m cutting short cakes so they can go on the line to be filled with berries, ice cream, and whip cream,” Beth Aldrich said. “We’ve been going [to Saint Michael’s] for about 25 years. I’ve been helping with the festival all 25. Today started out with a great big rainy downpour, so it’s a little slow but it’s picked up. I think if the weather holds out, we’ll do better as the day goes on. I like to hang out and talk to people in the community, just chitchat, hang out and feed them sweet treats.”

“I’m a parishioner and a reader [with Saint Michael’s],” Joe Gabrielli said. “We’ve been doing the festival for years now – many, many years. This is my first year helping out with it. I’m out here greeting people. I’ve been here since early morning, and I’d rather spend time out here than at home.”

“We’re out here representing robotics in the Noblesville community,” Mia Vendt said. “I myself am a founder, but we have students here representing from the high school down to the middle school. We have activities representing a lot of the middle school robotics, especially because those are a lot easier to dip your toes into.”

“I’m out here selling crochet items,” Liz Campbell said. “I have a lot of lovies and stuffed animals – I make all of them myself. This is my third year at the HATCH Festival. It was a little rainy earlier but now it’s beautiful.”