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Calling all crafters

It’s coming up sooner than you think – craft season at the HPS Network. For those who don’t know, the HPS Network maintains a “craft bank” full of hand-made items made by HPS’ers or their family and friends. These items are then sold to raise money for the Network.

This fall we have at least two craft selling opportunities, provided we have enough items to cover both events. One will be at a craft fair in Greensboro, NC and the other will be at the HPS Christmas Concert in Oyster Bay, NY.

We need a wide range of items. Do you make anything? What about your grandmother, aunts or uncles or even the sewing circle at your church? We need more crafts than ever before.

Last year was our first attempt at selling crafts as a fundraiser. We sold crafts at the Christmas concert and the HPS Conference in New York. In total, we made around $800. We can get that number up with more and a wider variety of items to sell in all price ranges.

Crafts should be sent to the HPS Network home office at: One South Road, Oyster Bay, NY 11771. They should be received by Nov. 1st, however, if you finish anything earlier please go ahead and send it so we’ll have a better idea sooner if we can really do both of these events.

Comments

Kathryn said…
I'll have to think about making the craft-making idea. How many do you need?
We need as many as we can possibly get together!

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