Update: The costume is being made (you can see the five attachments for the costume here). We are looking for $275 more donations to complete all the necessary funds. The costume should be ready for the 2027 event, but we need your help in raising the last amount of funds. We are 81% of the way there. I would like to give thanks to everyone who donated so far to help keep this tradition alive!

My name is Adam Phelps, a former Hebron resident. I am the original Maple Leaf mascot from the Hebron Maple Festival. I started this to spread cheer to the Maple Festival. It was a lot of fun since around 2010, and the kids absolutely love the mascot. Originally, it was my idea and I purchased the two costumes to start the idea of the mascot. Now, I am passing on the tradition to the Flour Girl Cafe and Town Center Project.

What started as a costume at a pancake breakfast led to walking around town, dancing, spreading cheer, and riding hayrides during the tractor pull. Now, I currently live in Florida. Thankfully, Michelle from the Flour Girl Cafe has helped keep the Maple Leaf mascot tradition alive the past few years.

I am starting this GoFundMe to raise money to get a new costume for the new volunteers for the Maple Festival. The older costume is slowly falling apart and needs some repairs. I intend to donate the costume fully to the Maple Festival, primarily Michelle, since she has taken the role the past few years. I also intend to put "some" logos on the costume to show sponsors for those who have helped me throughout the years to promote the Maple Fest, though this will be limited. This will make sure that the mascot is officially a part of the Maple Festival moving forward.

After talking with Michelle and others about the Maple Leaf costume, it was suggested that I start a GoFundMe page, so please contribute if you can. If you would like your "relevant" logo on here as well, please ask, though I intend to keep these limited so they do not take up much space on the costume. Your help will be greatly appreciated in this process to keep this tradition alive!

The Maple Leaf has been a popular mascot and has accumulated 650 followers over the past year on Facebook. The Facebook page is here: https://www.facebook.com/hebron.leaf

Furthermore, you can read my story here: https://thehebronharvester.blogspot.com/p/about-me-story-behind-maple-leaf.html