Fund-raising mania

Category: Life in a small town | Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:39 am

When you live in an isolated community like ours it seems like when you are not working you are involved in some sort of fund-raising. A good part of our so called leisure time is spent trying to raise funds for the various clubs, teams, churches or boards we sit on. Just as an example of how crazy this can get our oldest daughter Laura and I spent the past week getting ready for the local Christmas bazaar at the community hall. We manned three large tables. Table one held Laura's business cards and samples of her budding cake decorating business. Table two held a sign up sheet for our P.E.O. pie sale and our selection of homemade chocolates. Table three held our crafts for missions from church including a beautiful fall rag quilt for raffle and finally homebaked cookies and decorated tree raffle for the local fairboard upon who's board we both sit! The sale went well today as all of us bought from each other. Such is life in small town America. Hope we have a good day tomorrow, maybe we will even get some customers from out of town!!! More Later ER

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eileen wrote on Sat Dec 02, 2006 10:31 am:

Let's hope you get a coach load of out of towners Englishrose!!!! I would love to have come to your Christmas Bazzar - what a shame that I live in Scotland and have to miss all the fun!!

pondlady wrote on Sat Dec 02, 2006 2:09 pm:

ER, I hope that people came from outside your county with their money and bought lots of stuff. There was a tv program on charity in America a few days ago. Rich people keep their money; poor people give much more. Especially in small towns. It figures.

Gardenstew wrote on Sat Dec 02, 2006 2:23 pm:

I think small communities will always be closer and more charitable than bigger ones. You should feel very fortunate ER. It's good for the mind to be able to do something of worth for the surrounding society.

Good luck with the bazaar!