Crystal Valley Exchange Club

10/07/2026

We want to thank our recent guests for joining us at the Crystal Valley Exchange Club.
Pictured below is Northridge High School Choir Director Matthew Brown with Club President Scott Crist.

Also pictured below, Northridge teacher, Theatre and Drama Team Coach/Mentor/Director and legend Mrs. Ellen Augustine with Student Scholar of the Month Elliott Hoard. Congratulations to Elliott on this recognition!

Best wishes to all students, teachers, and staff for a wonderful school year!

09/12/2026

Thank you to all who participated and helped with the 2026 Crystal Valley Exchange Club Skillet and Anvil Toss at the Town of Middlebury, Indiana Fall Festival!

Congratulations to our Age Group and Overall Winners!

Anvil Toss
Overall Winner: Lucas Wickey (Age Group Winner for 30-45 yrs old) with his longest throw at 44 feet! Runner-Up was Terry Jones (Age Group: 46-64) with his longest throw at 33 ft. 3 inches.

In the Skillet Toss
Overall Winner: Ellie Wickey (30-45 yrs. old Age Group) with a throw of 29' 5".
Age Group Winners Kathy Hamilton (46-64 years old) placed 2nd with a throw of 20'9" and in 3rd was Connie Williams (65+ Age Group) with a throw of 19' 7".

Congratulations to all!
See you Next year at the Elkhart County 4-H Fair and the Middlebury Fall Festival!

09/11/2026

See you downtown tonight for the Skillet and Anvil toss! Registration at 4pm, throwing at 4:30pm so that we can all participate and then join the Memorial Wall dedication at the Cemetery.

Fall Festival is just around the corner! Join us on Friday for vendors and activities in Memorial Park and East Park. Friday evening, head over to Grace Lawn Cemetery for the Veteran Memorial Wall Dedication. At dusk, bring your lawn chair and find a spot at Essenhaus to watch the FIREWORKS! Saturday, find us at Memorial Park for breakfast and East Park cheering on the runners in the Rise'n Roll Run! Finish your afternoon off with more vendors and activities at the parks as well as live music! Contact the Middlebury Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center with questions!

08/26/2026

We extend our best wishes to all Students, Parents, Teachers, Staff and Administrators as the new school year kicks off! We also welcome Coach Chadd Blasko to our great Town of Middlebury, Indiana Community as the new Northridge Baseball Coach. Thank you for joining the Crystal Valley Exchange Club this morning!

08/02/2026

Well folks, hopefully by now everyone has gotten a nap and slept off their fair food comas, but we did it!!! Thanks to the incredible support of our ✨️AMAZING ✨️ community, another successful Crystal Valley Exchange Club Taco 🌮 Stand season at the Elkhart County 4-H Fair is in the books!

Your consistent and generous support of our efforts helps us raise money that goes right back into the community and benefit the youth of Middlebury and beyond!

We have so many people in our tribe of volunteers to thank for pulling off the 9 day stretch that is THEEE FAIR🎟🍀! THANK YOU Crystal Valley Exchange Club Officers, Members, family members, friends and coworkers, volunteers from the Middlebury Schools Admin team, Teachers, Coaches, staff, scholars and athletes, Town of Middlebury, Indiana Manager Mary Cripe, the Middlebury Optimist Club, Priority One Construction, The Pathway Church Middlebury, Miller-Stewart Funeral Home in Middlebury and many more!

Additionally, we appreciate the support of these Middlebury businesses that are pivotal for our successful season, THANK YOU
Old Hoosier Meats , Hawkins Water Tech - Water Treatment Solutions , and the Village Inn Restaurant.

We are so grateful for you all and when we get our number wrap up, we'll report back, but for now, please receive our sincere appreciation for supporting us with your time, energy, bellies and pocketbooks! We are so appreciative! 💙💚...and before you know it, we'll be back for 2027!

08/01/2026

Thank you Northridge Boys Basketball for once again working the Crystal Valley Exchange Club Taco Stand! We appreciate your hard work and continued support!

08/01/2026

It's not too late!

Come on down tonight and support the Crystal Valley Exchange Club on the last night of the Fair We'll be serving up delicious food and refreshing drinks, all for a great cause. Every purchase helps us give back to our community through various service projects.

08/01/2026

Saturday #2 of the Elkhart County 4-H Fair means get it while you can from the Crystal Valley Exchange Club Taco Stand! We so appreciate everyone's generous support of our Taco Stand. Whether it is your money buying food and drinks, your time volunteering, or just being advocates for the work we do, we appreciate you! Thank you to the Dr. Barrow family for holding down Shift 1. We appreciate this veteran crew that faithfully serves each year!

08/01/2026

Thank you to the great crew from Old Hoosier Meats and Northridge Lacrosse for handling shift 3 on Friday night.

07/31/2026

New this year, we dedicated our dining room area to Cecil Yoder and Rosalene Long. Cecil and Rosie were two of the pioneers of our dining area hospitity crew, helping keep the eating area picked up and clean for our customers. Their warm hospitality was a welcome addition to our team. Although we recently said goodbye to Cecil at 96 years of age and Rosie is currently in a memory care facility, their presence still is with us in the Crystal Valley Exchange Club Taco Stand.

Rosie joined our club later in her life, but even at 100 years old would be sharp as a tack and keep us on our toes chipping in wherever possible! She was one of the most outgoing and kind people, asking about what people were doing at work, their family, and remembering the details that made people feel seen.

Cecil was a humble servant and very handy man. He was known to take on tasks that just needed to be done even into his later years. He would come out to the Stand and help however possible or just sit and visit with folks coming thru the line. His gentleness and warmth was always evident.

His son, Dr. Craig Yoder, is our existing Club Secretary (Thank goodness for his years of service!) and responsible for the ordering and management of stocking the Taco Stand with all of the supplies needed to make the magic happen. Craig and his family spend hours upon hours helping get ready, evaluating inventory, and running shifts throughout the week.

A few photos of Cecil's family are below, and the multi-generational legacy of service and excellence he leaves behind continue to remind us of the man that started it all. Thank you Cecil and Craig and the entire Yoder family for all you do to support our Club! Thank you Rosie for sharing your light with us and the community!