The Heart of Fall Festival Returns to Carrollton 

Emma Swales

On Oct. 19, West Metro Board of Realtors (WMBOR) is hosting the 2nd annual Heart of Fall Festival at the Oak Mountain Pavilion in Carrollton to raise funds for local charities and bring the West Georgia community closer together. 

The Heart of Fall Festival, hosted at 10 Mountain Oaks Dr., is free to attend and will have fun activities and opportunities for Carrollton community members of all ages. The fall-themed event will include games, live music, food and beverage trucks and local vendors. There will be free candy, chances to win prizes and Halloween themed gift baskets. 

“We are going to have a few of our West Metro realtors set up a Trunk-or-Treat and supply some candy to go around for the kids,” said WMBOR Special Projects Committee Chairman Nicole Perezcassar. “There will also be a fun costume contest that will be sponsored by Barnes Store. They are going to give three prizes for children and 1 prize for adult winners. 

“Alongside the kids’ activities, we will have multiple local food vendors.” continued Perezcassar. “LocoMex, Leopoldo’s Pizza, and Samba Loca are going to be attending, and all are providing beer tables to bring an Oktoberfest feel to the festival. There will also be multiple craft tables and booths for people to shop around as well.”

All of the proceeds, donations, and sales made from this event will go to three organizations in the West Georgia area. WMBOR wants to raise more money than last year’s event and add more organizations that will benefit from community donations. 

“Last year we did this festival for the first time but it was in August,” said Perezcassar. “We raised over 4,000 dollars for the Carroll County Child Advocacy Center. This year, we decided that we wanted to reach more people in need and make the festival bigger and better. We decided to go above and beyond and chose three charities to fund towards.”

This year’s Heart of Fall Festival will be raising funds for Carroll County Child Advocacy, My Turn Sports League, which is a baseball league for children with special needs and disabilities, and Operation Carrollton Christmas Child, which provides Christmas gifts for less fortunate children. All three of these are West Georgia-based organizations and WMBOR aims to support these local children in need by tripling the funds made from last year’s event.

“We want to continue the event every year on the same date,” said Perezcassar. “It’s just an awesome way to get the community together and have some prize opportunities and fun activities. It brings awareness to lots of organizations and businesses and everyone benefits from it.”

For more information about the event, visit: wmbor—heart-of-fall-festival