Ranfurly 125 event co-ordinator Kristina Wills thanked sponsors. They managed to make almost every event free during the weekend-long celebration and still have $39,000 to distribute in the community, she said.
As part of the celebrations a community orchard was planted using trees grafted from old varieties found on surrounding properties. The group caring for the orchard had been given $3000 towards maintenance.
The idea had intrigued other communities and there was one being established at Bannockburn, Ms Wills said.
Contributing to a purpose-built 4WD vehicle for the Ranfurly Volunteer Fire Brigade was one of the fundraising aims of the events and $11,000 had been given towards that.
A Ranfurly history was written for the centenary and the next 25 years would be recorded in a book written by relatively new Ranfurly resident Gail MacKenzie with a grant of $10,000.
Signs to welcome people to Ranfurly were a work in progress and $10,00 had been allocated for that. The Ranfurly Lions club were managing that project and Ms Wills and Ranfurly photographer Janyne Fletcher were
The remaining $5000 was given to the Maniototo Art Deco Museum. Secretary Karen Munro said they were commissioning a sculpture of coloured steel to sit outside the building.
Ranfurly 125 Family Fun Day co-ordinator Shirley Clark said it had been an amazing weekend and the community was "just buzzing" afterwards.
