It was packed downtown today. There was umpteen separate events: the local Santa Claus Parade, craft fairs, photographic exhibitions and Christmas sales.
Jeff and I made our way into this shopping scrum around one o'clock to see how his mom was doing running her Childhaven fund-raising tables at the Fiesta World Craft Bazaar.
We had to squeeze our way through the crowds, which is always a good sign when you are a vendor. We took over Jeff's mom's place while she took a little lunch break.
Oh, how I missed the indoor flea-market today! Back in the old days, when good old Norris ran the big flea-market in this very building, it was a thrilling sight for this flea-marketing girl to see a crowd like this milling about with Christmas shopping on their minds.
On the tables today there were Buddhist thangkas, Indian saris, caftans, and embroidered cushion-covers.
And check out these hats from Nepal: you'd never get lost in a crowd wearing one of these.
She made about eleven hundred dollars for the ChildHaven orphanages today. She's a whirlwind of energy and enthusiasm, is my mother-in-law. she's already into planning next years fund-raisers.
3 comments:
Your mother in law sounds like a special person! Doing fund raising is hard hard work, I have done my share working with Greyhound rescue.
Looks like a fun and colorful day!
ChildHaven is a non-profit organization that runs six orphanges/programs for single women with children in Nepal, Tibet, India, and Bangladesh. My mother-in-law volunteered in one for three months and got to know a lot of the people there.
I write to a little girl named Ritika who lives in one of the ChildHaven homes and so I'm so glad when a fund-raiser is successful. The kids I know here in North America are so lucky in comparison.
And Mel, good for you. Helping animals is always good in my book. :)
That's gret news for the kids in Nepal or Tibet or whomever that money will eventually help.
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