5,000: Pounds of sausage ordered for this year’s festival.
1,000: Pounds of chicken.
1,400: Pounds of pork ribs.
4,800: Potatoes.
7,000: Ears of corn.
800-900: Volunteers needed each year to run the festival.
1,790: Volunteer shifts over the three-day weekend.
400: Number of students who will benefit from the fundraiser.
What: Vancouver Sausage Fest, with food, carnival rides, beer garden, arts and crafts, entertainment and bingo.
Where: 6500 Highland Drive, Vancouver.
When: 5-11 p.m. Sept. 7; 10:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sept. 8; 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sept. 9.
Cost: $2, or $1 with a donation of nonperishable food for the Vancouver Fire Department Christmas Food Drive.
Information: vancouversausagefest.com.
A new sausage is coming to the Vancouver Sausage Fest this year.
But the popular festival, which draws between 25,000 and 30,000 people each year, will still only have one type of sausage.