By Robin Tarnowetzki
Journal Staff Writer
rtarnowetzki@humboldtjournal.ca
Over 60 vendors came out to help the region get a head start on Christmas shopping at the Humboldt and District Kinette craft show at the Humboldt Public School on Oct. 18.
"It brings people to Humboldt," said organizer Alana Crozon. "People from all over have heard about it and they're here. They're checking out the Humboldt Public School too, so that's good. It's one great event for people to come to."
Many of the vendors - which included crafters and home-based businesses - were local, but Crozon said some sellers came from as far away as Alberta.
"There's everything from baby items to pottery, to wodworking, to kitchen items," Crozon said. "You name it."
In past years, the craft show has been held in conjunction with Humboldt's annual trade show and was held at the Uniplex, but this year the Kinettes wanted more space and so changed venues.
"I would say that we just wanted to have more space, we wanted to have more tables," Crozon said. "We had kind of limited space there, so we went on our own."
And the move paid off: the public school gym was packed with attendees on Saturday afternoon.
"There were hundreds and hundreds of people," Crozon said. "It has been a full house."
The craft show had a silver collection at the door, and all the money went back to the Kinettes for community projects. In past years they have donated to the spray park and the hospital, as well as helping individuals who need some assistance. Coming up, the Kinettes are planning Telemiracle fundraisers as well as the Christmas Cheer Campaign. Crozon took on the project of planning the craft show because she said the event has been dying and she wanted to bring it back.
"Next year we plan on probably going bigger, because we had lots of people wanting to get into the show," she said. "So next year will be even bigger."
