A celebration of trust, generosity, and the spirit that built the Core.
The Unity Festival is the Core of Volunteers’ largest and most meaningful annual event — held every July near Independence Day to commemorate the Texas flooding that first united neighbors, veterans, and volunteers into the movement now known as the Core.
It is a free, community-powered festival designed to remind people what can happen when collaboration replaces competition, and generosity replaces transaction.
Every element — admission, parking, food, music, and entertainment — is completely free.
Every person, business, and volunteer participates by choice, not obligation.
The Unity Festival is not about fundraising or recognition.
It is about proving that trust, when organized, can sustain an entire celebration for thousands — powered purely by people who care.
The Unity Festival embodies the Core’s founding truth: we are strongest when we give freely.
It celebrates the freedom that comes from service, the unity that follows crisis, and the belief that generosity itself is a renewable resource.
Every July, this event stands as living proof that no one needs to be rich to make a difference — only willing.
We were built in the flood. We rise through the fire. We celebrate through unity.
The Unity Festival follows four unbreakable principles: