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comfest.com community Festival <strong>2013</strong> 51Every Community Festival volunteer cares deeplyabout the festival.But there are those who immerse themselves in theidea, and ideal, of the festival. They keep taking on moreresponsibility and carve out their own niche. They createa role that becomes so much a part of the event that youwonder how ComFest existed without them.Janis Hott, longtime ComFest volunteer and nowwidely known as the Food Fairy,is the ultimate ComFest volunteer,devoted to ComFest, to GoodalePark and to her community. Thisyear, ComFest recognizes Janis asan "Honored Volunteer."Janis came upon ComFest 37years ago."My high school friend and Iwandered into this little campusgathering and found live musicand real hippies," she said. "Therewas stuff to take home and read,thus providing my first exposureto truly alternative press and ideas.This was when my teen-agedself began to understand therewas a whole world I needed tolearn about, besides putting morepatches on my elephant bell hiphugger jeans or buying the newQueen record."Years later Janis attended ComFest intentionally andafter a few years of drinking ComFest beer on variousblankets, she decided to volunteer, pulling a few beershifts until the late 90's and then helping with Securityand Safety committee projects."I met Micki Pike, and around 2000 we began todevelop the Food Fairies," she said. "That has turned outto be where I could be of the most service."The Food Fairies are a critical component ofComFest. Janis and her contingent of volunteers keepthe unsung "extreme" volunteers fed throughout theweekend. These are the volunteers who work multipleshifts in a row, work late nights on clean up and recyclingduty, and perform the set-up and tear-down work.honored comfest volunteerJanis HottJanis manages relationships with the many fooddonors, mostly local restaurants, who provide food forComFest volunteers. She also choreographs the foodprep in the kitchen, packaging meals and managingdistribution throughout the park.She has become more and more involved inoverall planning for ComFest and admires the unlikelycoalescence that results in the city's best event."Thirty adults debating acourse of action can make fora stressful meeting, but whenpeople who may hold passionatelyopposing views have to worktogether and trust each other toreach agreement, a more equitableresult is achieved. I’m a fairerperson and more thoughtful aboutothers’ ideas because of it."When ComFest isn'thappening, Janis is a Realtor (withAlex Macke at Carriage TradeRealty), painter, webmistress forcolumbusart.com, and the selfappointedwildlife ranger for SayAvenue in Italian Village."That’s slightly more accuratethan saying I’m the crazy cat ladyof my street."Janis is passionate aboutGoodale Park, ComFest's home now for over 20 years.Being a Realtor and researching the history of the ShortNorth, Janis learned that ComFest is kind of a fulfillmentof Dr. Lincoln Goodale’s intent when he gave the Park tothe City of Columbus in 1851."It’s his bronze statue that we affectionately putthe tie-dyed ComFest shirt on at the gates to the Park,she said. " I think he would be well satisfied with theinvolvement we have with the park...throughout theyear."Janis Hott epitomizes the spirit of ComFest. Makean effort to thank a Food Fairy this weekend, and if youare lucky to catch her on her cart, be sure to congratulateJanis as an Honored Volunteer.—Marty Stutz
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