The Great Delta Bear Affair provides a great venue for your next class reunion. There's great live music, easily accessible food, games and activities for children and we will provide you a space for your class to gather and reminisce! There are a limited number of spaces available for reunion groups to rent on the courthouse lawn. For a $30.00 fee, we provide the space, you bring the tent and chairs and anything else you may want or need. For more information contact the Great Delta Bear … [Read more...] about Have your Class Reunion at the Bear Affair
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The 2017 Great Delta Bear Affair
On Saturday, October 28, Rolling Fork will once again play host to the Great Delta Bear Affair. This fun festival commemorates President Theodore Roosevelt’s famous bear hunt that led to the creation of the Teddy Bear and was guided by Mississippi native, Holt Collier. President Roosevelt and Holt Collier (living historians) will be in attendance at the 16th annual festival. Additionally there will be a great many activities, something for everyone, throughout the day. At 9 a.m. the Teddy … [Read more...] about The 2017 Great Delta Bear Affair
A BearCentennial Celebration
In the year 1817, Mississippi became the 2oth state to join the Union. In 2017, Mississippi is celebrating its Bicentennial with a variety of events across this great state. The Great Delta Bear Affair will be a part of that celebration by hosting its own "BearCentennial" . Join us in Rolling Fork on October 28 for "A BearCentennial Celebration". There will be food, fun, music, vendors, and more - all capped off with an awesome fireworks show. So, mark your calendars and make plans to … [Read more...] about A BearCentennial Celebration
Teddy Bears for Kids
Each October during the week of the Great Delta Bear Affair, volunteers join with Teddy Roosevelt impersonator Case Hicks to donate Teddy bears to the patients at the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s Blair E. Batson Children’s Hospital in Jackson. In character, “Mr. President” hand delivers bears to patients and visits with them and their families throughout the hospital and its cancer clinic. Since 2012, the students at Sharkey-Issaquena Academy in Rolling Fork have helped raise money … [Read more...] about Teddy Bears for Kids
Youth Education Day
On the Friday before the Great Delta Bear Affair festival, Youth Education Day is held for over 500 area fourth graders. School children are led through different stations where natural resource professionals engage them in discussions, games, activities and presentations related to wildlife, our environment and our natural resources. The Sharkey/Issaquena NRCS Soil and Water Conservation District partners with the Great Delta Bear Affair planning committee to coordinate the event. … [Read more...] about Youth Education Day
