7/9/08
Plans for the Craft Fair are already well underway. This year, both the Distant Sun and the High School Jazz Combo will be returning to provide live music.
This winter, I wrote to several organizations asking for their support of the craft fair. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation sent me a very nice rejection letter (not surpising, given that the craft fair does not pertain to any of their fundraising directives). Newman's Own agreed to give a grant to AAMDSIF, and the Red Sox Foundation promised me "an item" for my event. The best response I got was from the Mia Hamm Foundation, which sent me an autographed Mia Hamm jersey! so this year, the craft fair will feature a silent auction in addition to all the usual fun. If you would like to donate to the silent auction, please e-mail me at c7a8t9@aol.com. We also need volunteers and donations for this year's fair. For more information on that, please visit the How You Can Help page.
I hope everyone is having a great summer, and I look forward to seeing you at the craft fair this 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/.
Thanks so much for reading!
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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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