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| November 2008
Art • Craft • Recycle
The fair opens at 11:00 am, and amateur radio operators will make contact with Santa at the North Pole as he boards his jet-sleigh bound for Astoria. Santa will keep in touch by radio as he speeds towards Clatsop County. When Santa arrives at noon, he will be greeted by a bagpiper and directors of the Astoria Children’s Museum and the gift fair. Then, he’s ready to pose for pictures with children and pets until 4:00 pm. With nonprofits from throughout the county participating, shoppers may make donations for nearly anyone on their gift list. You can donate to the rehabilitation of wildlife on the north coast in the name of someone who loves helping animals, support the arts in the names of art lovers, donate to children’s organizations, and give to organizations that provide food and services of all kinds, education and entertainment to the people, the animals, the land and waters of our county. Most of the participating nonprofits are tax-exempt 501c3 organizations, so donations may be partly or fully tax-deductible, as well. The Titanic Lifeboat Academy, sponsor of the event, encourages everyone to stop by, visit with Santa, and see the incredible work being done by our areas’ volunteer organizations. TLA also provides information about the importance of supporting our local economy through donations to nonprofits and purchases from local merchants. Nonprofits may still sign up for the fair at by phoning 325-6886, or by email at LifeboatAcademy@aol.com. GRACE BAZAAR • GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH Don’t have time to bake your favorite holiday goodies? Let Grace Episcopal Church in Astoria help you. Cratchit’s Kitchen Table, Northern Lights, Cedar Greens, and Tiffany’s Treasure Table will provide a variety of handmade and vintage treasures for holiday gift giving. The Tea and Symphony Lounge will provide tea and homemade holiday baked goods accompanied by lovely music to set the holiday mood. Several local artists and crafters from Trails End Gallery will provide art, stationery, and jewelry. Additionally, a table-top “Frosty the Snowman” fully decorated Christmas tree will be raffled. Tickets will sell for $1 or 6 for $5. Proceeds from the bazaar support Grace’s hunger ministries and provide preschool scholarships. For more information call the church at 503-325-4691 or Allsion Cellars, Chair of Episcopal Church Women. Friday - 11am to 4pm, Saturday - 10am to 3pm. 34TH ANNUAL SEASIDE HOLIDAY GIFT FAIR The North Coast Creative Arts Association with assistance from the Seaside Chamber of Commerce presents the 34th annual Holiday Gift Fair featuring works created by artists from the Northwest featuring a variety of mediums from oil to watercolors to mixed media, original pottery, stained glass, jewelry, accessories, toys, pet gifts, packaged food treats, home gifts and décor, glassware and other unique gifts. Lynn Patterson, of the NCCAA stated, “Our Fair is a wonderful place to find gifts for everyone on your list. It is sure to put you in the holiday mood and you will be supporting the talents of artists and artisans from the Northwest.” In the spirit of the season, visitors to the show are encouraged to bring a durable food items for the food bank barrels. A food bank cash deposit receptacle will also be in place in the lobby for those who wish to donate money. The barrels will be in the lobby. Children are encouraged to bring their lists to Santa Claus and to pose for a picture with him. Santa Hours: 3pm to 5pm - Friday and noon to 2pm on Saturday and Sunday. FAIR TIMES: Friday, Nov. 28, 2 to 8 pm, Saturday, Nov. 29, 10 am to 6 pm and Sunday, Nov. 30, 11 am to 3 pm at the Seaside Civic & Conventions Center, 415 1st Avenue. Admission and parking for the Gift Fair are free. Stay for the Pacifc Power Parade of Lights: Friday, 7pm through downtown Seaside. 8TH ANNUAL HELP FEED THE HUNGARY Proceeds from this Holiday Bazaar go to local charity organization Pennisula F.I.S.H. Emergency Services in Ilwaco, to help people in need. If you would like to drop off contributed items, and/or volunteer, please call Tara Jarrett, (360) 642-4987. SIXTH ANNUAL HOLIDAY ABUNDANCE SWAP The Holidays are here again, and millions of Americans will be stressed out and overspent buying billions of dollars of new stuff, created with new resources from the earth. But some of the good stuff we already have isn’t being well used or fully enjoyed. And giving gifts for the holidays is fun. Most of us want to continue giving gifts. This is it. Find 2 to 5 quality items in your home, shop, or office that someone would enjoy as a gift, and bring them to the Abundance Swap! Don’t just drop them off--bring the present of your presence. Stick around to visit, tell a story about what you brought, and find some things that you’d like to take away to give as gifts to others, or for yourself. Then, use the gifts to take home to reduce your new gift purchases. This will be our own Holiday shopping event, that includes no money and no new demands on resources. For more information, call 503-325-1935. 13TH ANNUAL STARVING ARTIST FAIRE Astor St. Opry Company’s traditional holiday event will be held for the first time at the new Lum’s Auto Center in Warrenton (1605 SE Ensing Lane, located right behind Home Depo). The new spacious center has lots of room and light to find the perfect gift for everyone on your holiday list (including you!). 40 venders with hand made crafts from around the region including: sculptures, jewelry makers, fabric art, ceramics, dolls, candles, soaps and much, much more! Santa will be on site too, ready to make all your Holiday wishes come true! Friday, 7:00pm to 10:00pm, Saturday,11:00 am to 4:00pm and Sunday, 11:00am to 4:00pm. So if you have been good, bring your list of Christmas requests! Santa and Mrs. Claus will also make available “Santa Photos” to take home to your family album. Live performances by local musicians including the “Scrooge” Carolers, raffles of Christmas Basket raffles, in an atmosphere of holiday flair! A small entrance donationis requested or a can donation to The Astoria Food bank. Join the Astor Street Opry Company in warming up the holidays with this annual Artist Faire and support their drive to keep their theater doors open for all of our community! Friday - Dec 5, 7pm to 10pm; Saturday - Dec 6, 10am to 6pm; Sunday Dec 7 to 11am to 4pm. INFO: Cindy Peake (503) 458-6250 or e-mail dogwater@pacifier.com. ARTIST’S OPEN STUDIO TOUR Each Year during the annual Artist’s Open Studio Tour local artists offer special bargains on artwork as gifts including hand-knitted hats and scarves, jewelry, paintings, drawings, note cards, journals and local photography. This is an opportunity to meet the artists, see their working spaces and buy original artwork directly from the artists in their studios. This year’s artists include Margaret Thierry, weaver; Noel Thomas, watercolorist; Sally Lackaff, graphic artist; Evelyn Townsend, artist and daughter Jenna, jewelry artist; Gail Evans-Hatch, watercolorist; Andrew E. Cier and LaRee Johnson, photography and custom cards. The artist studios are located on the upper floor of the Andrew Young Building; all are working studios and usually not open to the public except by appointment. This classic commercial building was built in 1916, architect John Wicks. It presently is on the National Register of Historic Buildings and is open once a year to the public. Take time to stop by the Andrew Young Building at 249 14th, come up the stairs, meet the artists and have some holiday refreshments. There is no charge and it open to the public.
The Fourth Annual Alternative Gift Market provides many globally minded shoppers with gifts for everyone on their list. For the past 3 years the Alternative Gift Market (AGM) has gathered together over 40 local and global nonprofit organizations offering shoppers a chance to turn a tax deductible donation into a gift for a friend or family member. The gifts can be made in any amount to projects that range from planting trees in deforested Haiti to helping women in crisis in Tillamook County. “In the past three years we have raised almost $20,000 for medical supplies and services, environmental protection, children’s health, human rights, affordable housing and peace and education. It is amazing how much our money can do overseas to help those in need.” Says Ginger Salkowski the organizer of the market since 2005.” At the AGM, gifts come in the form of donations made to reputable non profit projects. A shopper might donate funds that will purchase a goat for an Ethiopian family affected by AIDS, or make a donation toward planting trees at a local Land Trust. After making your donation, shoppers receive an attractive hand inscribed gift card that you can then give to a loved one informing them that a unique present given in his or her honor. The whole process takes place in a festive market atmosphere staffed by volunteers representing various local and international nonprofit agencies. Salkowski, whose fair trade business It’s Only Fair and an event sponsor, is confident that this market will out do all the others, “When times are hard in America we still have access to resources that millions in developing countries desperately need. I think once people realize that they can provide a permanent clean water supply to a village in Peru for the price of a new video game, their heart opens and they remember the true spirit of the holidays is to love and help those in need.” To volunteer to help with the Alternative Gift Market on December 7th, please contact 503-368-3044 or email fairtradediva@yahoo.com. For folks who cannot attend the Dec. 7th Market, Alternative Gifts can also be purchased online at www.altgifts.org. |
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GIFTS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE
4TH ANNUAL MANZANITA ALTERNATIVE GIFT MARKET