It’s easy to find one-of-a-kind holiday gifts at Goodwill’s Holiday Bazaar, hosted by our Goodwill Day Services participants! This year, they created and sold a variety of craft items such as hand-painted ornaments, hand-made aprons, teacup candles, knitted hats, crackled marble necklaces and much more, as well as and yummy baked goods.
The event was held last month at our Waukesha Community Service Center and has considerably grown over its 10 + years. The Bazaar originally started with our Waukesha County center, but now includes the Milwaukee County centers—six centers now participate in the annual event. The Holiday Bazaar helps to raise funds for each center and proceeds from the sale are utilized for participant activities and other materials needed to enhance the success of our programs.
In order to make the Bazaar successful quite a bit of planning is needed. Each year, our participants have decided what kinds of crafts and baked goods they have wanted to make and sell, and this year was no different. They shopped for all of those items, enhancing their decision-making skills, and the members who worked at the event improved upon their customer service skills.
If you missed our event this year, don’t worry. Just send me an email at Leslie.Chisholm@goodwillsew.com if you are interested in attending the Holiday Bazaar next year. A special thank you to all who organized and shopped at our Holiday Bazaar! Hope to see you next year.
