For Bare Feet plans open house
MARTINSVILLE — For Bare Feet LLC, also known as FBF Originals, will open its doors to the public for its annual open house on Tuesday, July 16 from 5 to 7 p.m. Guided tours of the sock factory building will be offered, and a brand new For Bare Feet Shop retail store will be open inside the building at 1201 S. Ohio St. in Martinsville.
For Bare Feet was founded in 1984 with a retail shop in Nashville; then, a manufacturing factory was established in Helmsburg. An accidental fire in 2011 destroyed the production facility, which led to the company moving to Martinsville. For Bare Feet used to be one of the largest private employers in Brown County.
The company’s staff is now comprised of 110 full-time and part-time factory and front office employees.
Fire, police and other safety personnel will be on site with their vehicles for Touch-A-Truck activities, offering opportunities for the public to enjoy up-close views and for children to sit in the driver’s seat. There will also be stations for children such as face painting and other activities.
FBF Originals is the longest-tenured sock licensee of the National Football League, and is also licensed with hundreds of colleges, the National Hockey League, NASCAR, and Fortune 500 companies and other businesses such as chocolate manufacturer Hershey, Wrangler, and Mossy Oak, among others. The company also offers its products for purchase online at forbarefeetshops.com.
Required ServSafe class offered in July
A ServSafe Food Manager Certification class will be taught Tuesday and Wednesday, July 23 and 24 in the Salmon Room at the County Office Building, 201 Locust Lane. Start time for both days is 8:30 a.m., concluding at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday and 2:30 p.m.
ServSafe Food Manager Certification is good for five years. All retail food establishments must have a certified food manager on staff unless they are a nonprofit or serve only pre-packaged food.
The cost is $125 for the text, class and test. The class is limited to 12 participants.
For more information or to register, call the Brown County Health Department at 812-988-2255.
Game library available at the local Toy Chest
The Toy Chest, 125 S. Van Buren St., has created a game library that locals can use for a $10 annual membership fee.
Game library members can check out one game at the Toy Chest register. Games can be kept for a week or they can be renewed for another week. If the game is late, $1 will be charged each day up to the price of the game.
See the Toy Chest Game Library Facebook page for new game and other announcements.
