Keep Chester County Beautiful held a Community Celebration at Gene Record Park Friday, May 6. Many community leaders, groups, individuals, and businesses came together to celebrate CCHS/TCAT Welding students and former Henderson Parks Director, Dena Azevedo.
During the event, Keep Chester County Beautiful held an Unveiling Ceremony for the 2022 Recycled Sculpture Project and celebrated the CCHS/TCAT Welding students, United Auto Body’s Mary Gobelet, and FHU’s Department of Fine Arts for the hard work and skill put into this year’s Recycled Sculpture Project. The welding students put over 500 hours of work and over 350 horseshoes into their wing sculpture. Gobelet and FHU Art students put in over 42 hours hand painting the sculpture.
Former City of Henderson Parks Director, Dena Azevedo was also celebrated for her dedication to Henderson’s parks with the planting and dedication of a pin oak tree and Dena’s Butterfly Garden. Over 50 members of the Chester County FFA Chapter and instructor Teresa Crouse planted the butterfly garden around the pin oak tree. Keep Chester County Beautiful and Keep Tennessee Beautiful donated the tree and plants to honor Azevedo. The students prepared the plants and used their own compost during the planting.
Keep Chester County Beautiful partnered with many local and state leaders, groups, businesses, and individuals to make their Community Celebration a success: Chester County and Mayor Barry Hutcherson; City of Henderson Mayor Bobby King; aldermen; parks board; public works department; Eric Miller; Chester County High School; Chester County FFA; Eagles Garden Shed; Teresa Crouse; Tennessee College of Applied Technology Crump, Tori Parrish and Derick Gibbs; United Auto Body, Michael Zamora, Mary Gobelet; Freed-Hardeman University; Department of Fine Arts; Henderson Arts Commission; Bramblett Group; Keep Tennessee Beautiful; Chester County Eagles’ Edge; Heather Griffin; Superior Nursery & Landscaping; Nick Bridges; bus driver Henry Brown and community members that donated horseshoes for the sculpture.
