First exciting piece of news: The Red Sox Foundation has sent the "item" I was promised and it is an autographed picture of Tim Wakefield. Sox fans, get ready for bidding war! My parents and I are working to divise a method for those of you who will not be able to make it to the fair to send in a bid.
Second exciting piece of news: the amazing folks at AAMDSIF have helped me find a way to work around the limits corporations have on donating to individuals. They make it so easy to do this work for them! Many thanks to all of them for their support. From the first time I contacted the former Executive Director Marilyn Baker to my most recent e-mails with staff members evryone has been so supportive of my efforts.
Third exciting/mildly terrifying piece of news: the craft fair is in only 7 days and 11 hours from now! While I am very excited, since the fair is such a fun day, I have quite a bit to do in the next week. Between the craft fair and school, I am going to be very busy. It all ends up being completely worth it when I get to enjoy the day of the fair with so many family and friends. Thanks again to all of you who make the craft fair so much fun and such a success every year.
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Updates on the planning and execution of Catherine's Craft Fair.
Introduction
Catherine's Craft Fair was started in 2000 by then nine year old Catherine. It grew out of Catherine's desire to give to charity by selling crafts fhe had made while recovering from a course of drug therapy intended to treat the aplastic anemia she was diagnosed with at 4 1/2. the first year, $60 and a dozen cans of food went to the local food pantry. The next year, Catherine recieved a bone marrow transplant which finally cured her aplastic anemia. She decided to donate the proceeds of that fair to the Aplastic Anemia and Myelodysplasia International Foundation, which helps patients and doctors fight bone marrow diseases. Since then, Catherine has raised more than $7000 for the foundation with the annual one day fair, which still takes place in her yard! Last year, the fair included live music, cotton candy and popcorn machines, games and craft activites for kids, and hand made crafts for sale, many of them still made by Catherine herself. For more information on the Fair, the foundation, or Catherine, please visit our website: http://catherinescraftfair.googlepages.com/.
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About Me
- Catherine
- I've been running the fair since 2000, with help from my very supportive family and friends. I absolutely love everything about the fair, from writing sponsor letters, to teaching volunteers how to make cotton candy, to counting the proceeds, to writing thank you notes (67 last year!). When I'm not planning craft fairs, I go to school, and I enjoy reading, playing clarinet in the band, and hanging out with friends. If you would like to help with the fair, please e-mail me: c7a8t9@aol.com.
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