Non-Profits

Each year, several non-profit groups are invited to DelFest to educate people and gain support. While you’re strolling through the music meadow, don’t forget to pay a visit to these wonderful non-profits. Each of these organizations makes positive strides toward addressing compelling social, environmental, and community needs. Your grassroots support is integral to their success: Stop by and learn about the issues they focus on that make our world a nicer place in which to live.

Love Hope Strength – lovehopestrength.org

At Love Hope Strength we save lives, one concert at a time by registering people to the National Marrow Donor database at concerts and music festivals nationwide. All it takes is a simple cheek swab and consent form to be added to the national registry. The most incredible aspect is that every time a match is found, we can pinpoint it back to the very concert it came from, thus knowing if your concert saved a life. Through support at shows, we have registered more than 100,000 people to the national registry and helped locate more than 2500 potentially lifesaving matches for patients in need of a transplant. Truly an amazing accomplishment!

Rock the Earth – rocktheearth.org

Rock the Earth is committed to protecting and defending America’s natural resources through partnerships with the music industry and the world-wide environmental community. Thanks to the support of music artists such as The String Cheese Incident, Phish, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Bonnie Raitt and Jack Johnson, among others, Rock the Earth serves as a fan education and engagement platform, and advocates to help ensure the existence of a sustainable and healthy environment for all. Stop by and ask them about this year’s Mobile Device Recycling Drive. Bring in your old mobile phones, tablets and USB-based WiFi/MiFi devices, help the environment, and win some prizes!

Food Drive

When you’re packing for DelFest don’t forget to grab some non-perishable food items for the Del’s Army Food Drive. Beginning in 2011, Del’s Army has collected more than two and half tons of food at DelFest from their table at the entrance to the Music Meadow. They’ll be open at 2pm Thursday and 10am Friday through Sunday to receive food donations or contributions for the Western Maryland Food Bank. Please join them in doing good works through music at DelFest.

DelFest Foundation Raffle

Don’t forget to purchase your DelFest Foundation raffle tickets, either at the Merchandise Tent or from one of the volunteers in the crowd. DelFest Foundation donates all proceeds to local charities that make a difference in Allegany County. The prizes are awesome, such as a 4-Day pass for two to DelFest 2017 and a Martin Guitar with a value of nearly $5,000, vendor gift certificates, and an Eastman mandolin gently played by Ronnie McCoury. Winners will be announced by Joe Craven from the main stage at approximately 8pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Mobile Phone & Device Recycling Drive

Mobile Phone Recycling Drive

Rock the Earth is calling on all DelFest fans to gather up their old, unwanted mobile phones, tablets and USB-based WiFi/MiFi devices and bring them to the Rock the Earth booth at DelFest for proper recycling. Each person recycling a phone will receive one entry into the on-site sweepstakes drawing for cool prizes like CDs and DVDs, Rock the Earth t-shirts, digital downloads, DelFest commemorative posters, plus many more great prizes!

The more phones you bring to DelFest for recycling, the less toxic chemicals end up in landfills and the bigger your positive impact on the environment (while also increasing your chances of winning fantastic prizes)! All devices are purged of information, with working phones re-distributed via non-profits, domestic violence shelters, and other positive community-based support groups. Outdated devices have all the toxic chemicals and heavy metals removed for re-use and all other components disposed of properly.

Camp Traction

Camp Traction consists of music fans who choose to experience festivals and shows without the use of drugs or alcohol. Our primary purpose is to provide a safe environment for clean & sober music fans. We are not affiliated with AA, NA, DelFest or any other organized recovery group. We are simply a group of people who share the common bond of enjoying musical events in a clean & sober state. We take no position on drug and/or alcohol use and leave those decisions to the individual. We offer support, strength and hope to those who seek what we share. Our location at DelFest is noted on the festival map.