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I can hardly believe that it is less than a week to our PTA's First Ever Craftacular Craft & Vendor Fair. Signs are going up. Flyers are being passed around. I'm hoping that word of mouth is spreading. This has the potential to be an AMAZING fund raiser for Southwest Elementary School. The money that we earn from the rental of tables, donations from the food trucks, raffle ticket sales and SWE merchandise will all be helpful to us in upgrading our school's technological services. When all is said and done we will let you know what EXACTLY we are doing with the proceeds.
I hope you will consider coming out for the day. We have 40+ vendors selling a little bit of everything from makeup to art items to chocolate! There is bound to be something for a number of folks on your gift lists.
There will also be FIVE food trucks. Yep, I said FIVE food trucks. The good people of Will & Pop's, Chirba Chirba, CJ's Street Food, Mac-Ur-Roni and Little Dipper's Italian Ice are coming out to help support our school. Come and feed your family for a good cause. It's easier than cooking.
Even the Southwest Branch of the Durham Public Library will be coming out to join us.  Make sure that you stop by their table to say hi! We will also be graced with some wonderful entertainment options. A list of performances will be posted tomorrow.
A complete list of vendors will be available on here later in the week as will a list of businesses that don't have tables but have graciously donated items for our bucket raffle. You could win big! Tickets are $1/each OR $20 for your age in tickets. We will start pulling names at 1:30.

Hope to see you there. If you come out, make sure you find me and say hi!

It's a Craftacular Countdown!

As you may have heard on Saturday, November 23, 2013 Southwest Elementary School's PTA will be holding our first ever Craftacular Craft & Vendor Fair. You will find the event at Southwest Elementary School which is located at 2030 Cook Road in Durham. That's not too far from 40 right off of Fayetteville. We will be there from 9am to 2pm for all your shopping fun.
You will find a wonderful assortment of items both handmade and from nationally known companies. You can find something for everyone on your shopping list.
I know that shopping can make you tired so we will have a variety of food truck options available to you. You will find scrumptious goodies from CJ's Street Food, Chirba Chirba, Will & Pops, Mac-Ur-Roni and Little Dippers Italian Ice. These are all local guys who are as excited to feed you as you will be to try out their offerings. Just click on their names and find out the deliciousness they have in store for you.
Each of our vendors will also be offering an item for our bucket raffle. Tickets will be a dollar each or six tickets for $5. You get to choose the prizes you want to win. There promises to be some amazing things offered.

If you are still interested in a booth please CLICK HERE for more information. Deadline for applications is November 1.

  

Please come join us and bring your friends!!!!

Time is Drawing Near...

... and I couldn't be more excited. We are still getting applications from artists and crafters as well as business owners. At this point we have more than 20 booths for your shopping pleasure. We also have FIVE food trucks. Will & Pops, Little Dippers Italian Ice, Mac-Ur-Roni, CJ's Street Food and Chirba Chirba will be gracing us with their presence. It should be a yummy, good time.

The Craftacular Craft & Vendor Fair will be held to raise money for Southwest Elementary School's PTA. The PTA will be putting the money to good use by using for the school's technology fund. Along with the booth fees and monies donated by the food trucks we will also be selling raffle tickets. Raffle items will include donations from the vendors as well as other local businesses and restaurants. As it's a bucket raffle you will be able to choose which items you want to win.

There are STILL booth spaces available. You can find the forms HERE. Keep in mind that you need to have your forms post marked by October 15 in order to take advantage of the reduced rates. As of the 16th booth spaces go up by $10.

I also ask that you tell your friends about this event. It should be a great opportunity for community members to get out and meet one another while supporting a very good cause.

Paging All Foodies

We have confirmed our list for the food trucks that will be joining us on Saturday, November 23, 2013 at the SWE PTA's CRAFTACULAR Craft & Vendor Fair.
The line up is as follows:

Will & Pops

Mac-Ur-Roni 

Little Dippers Italian Ice 

CJ's Street Food

&

Chirba Chirba

You can click on any of the names to go to their website and find out what they offer. There should be something for everyone. Please tell your friends and come to support all the local business owners who will be there while also helping out Southwest Elementary School.