Lane Wilbert gets a cheer from the crowd during the kiddie tractor pull at last year's Callery Community Day. This year's event will be July 7 and 8.

CALLERY — Old neighbors, new friends and festival enthusiasts are invited to attend the second annual Callery Community Days event in July.

Festival coordinator Barbara O'Barto said this year's event is expected to be twice as big as the inaugural event held in July 2016, and the Callery Volunteer Fire Department will have plenty of Wholey's fish to fry.

“They ran out last year,” O'Barto said, “but they're getting more this year.”

Callery Community Days will be held from 4 to 10 p.m. July 7 and from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. July 8 on Main Street in Callery.

In addition to the firefighters' fish fry beginning at 4 p.m. July 7, O'Barto said a booth near the fire hall will offer ham barbecue sandwiches, hot dogs, french fries and all the fixings at small-town prices.

Vendors with funnel cakes, apple dumplings, fudge and shaved ice will round out the food selections, along with two bake sales.

Activities will include a Sponge Bob bounce house, children's games, face painting, a selfie booth, bingo at the fire hall, basket raffles, jewelry and craft vendors, and business and nonprofit vendors.

“We have a good 28 vendors coming this year,” O'Barto said.

One vendor O'Barto is especially excited about is a booth with information on how to get a military banner for a loved one or friend.

O'Barto said she talked with Evans City Mayor Dean Zinkhann, who started the military banner program that has blossomed throughout Butler County, about putting banners on the light poles in Callery.

“We are going to hang the banners in Callery,” O'Barto said.

She said the best thing about the event is the reunion of former neighbors.

“People do come home for it,” O'Barto said. “The new people trickle in and out, but a lot of people do try to come home because they see a lot of people they haven't seen in a long time.”

Local musician and singer Donny Clark will emcee Callery Community Days and provide a little entertainment, too.

Callery Fire Chief Curt Huffman grew up in Callery, and recalls the annual, weeklong Callery Street Fair. That festival ended several years ago, and Huffman is happy to see an annual community celebration return.

“It's a lot of work,” Huffman said of O'Barto's effort. “It's hard to find people to do something like that for the community.”

He said people should come to Callery Community Days to meet their neighbors, have fellowship with others in the community and raise funds for a good cause.

Proceeds from Callery Community Days will benefit a project to build a picnic shelter at the playground near Crestview Community Church.

“Come and enjoy yourself,” O'Barto said. “It's a good thing for the town.”