The 50th annual Hope Heritage Days will offer a $1,000 dollar twist this year to encourage local not-for-profits to get in the historical spirit of the event.

Organizers will be offering that prize to the food booth with the best historical costumes. The festival features a Town Square full of food vendors, each of which represent one of 17 local not-for-profit groups. Organizers say that for many charities, the festival is their largest and only fundraiser for the year.

This year the Town Council offered organizers at Heritage of Hope a $1,000 grant to encourage the historical observation for the 50th anniversary event.

The annual festival, held the weekend of Sept. 22nd, draws more than 30,000 people and is the largest festival in Bartholomew County. You can get more information at hopeheritagedays.org.