Friends of the Cheat's annual Fundraiser and Outreach event for river enthusiasts, families, musicians, and artists!
Friends of the Cheat just accepted the 2018 Watershed of the Year for the 20th annual Watershed Celebration Day!!! FOC has been working to restore and protect the Cheat River Watershed for decades, and is fortunate to have an engaged and caring community of river-lovers who help in this effort. Click here to read full […]
Cheat Fest is truly a community effort – so many river lovers come out to make the festival magic happen. Now in our 25th year (Can you believe it!?!?) we are looking to invite several more folks who are looking to dig deeper into the fest. Right now, we are looking to fill openings for Lead Volunteer […]
Donate here for a chance to win a Cannondale Mountain Bike donated by our friends at Pathfinder! The bike will be sized to the winner. The winner will be drawn at Cheat Fest on Saturday night.
Visit the silent auction at Cheat Fest at the fest to bid on a Residential or Commercial Landscape Plan complete with site visit, scaled drawing, and plant palette donated by Heather Olson. -Local clients include private residences in and around Morgantown, Cheat Lake, Philippi, and projects at Pete Dye Golf Club, as well as schools […]
“Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in elections once a year, but when you volunteer, you vote every day about the kind of community you want to live in.” ~ Marjorie Moore Over 360 Cheat Fest volunteers exchange four hours of their time for free entry, free parking, free camping, and access […]
Here’s how it works: When you purchase a presale ticket for Cheat Fest here you will be entered into a raffle every two weeks. The earlier you purchase, the more chances you have to win the goods! We will pick each week from out entire pool of ticket holders, so purchasing now sets you up […]
How do you make having to wear four layers of clothing to stay warm and maneuvering through soft pools of oozing, brown mud into fun? Well, you call it Cheat Fest. You call it family. This 23rd year of the festival that celebrates the beloved river, the Cheat, is just past, and I, a […]
Did you ever wonder what we do with all the $$ love that funnels through the races? Let’s break it down. Follow the links to online registrations! Cheat Fest 5K – all proceeds from this race go to the Preston Rail-Trails Committee, a sub-committee of FOC that has been wheelin’ & dealin’ for nearly 15 […]