On the 19th and 20th of November, WWT hosted its annual craft show. During the craft show, people within the community rent tables for a small fee and try to sell a variety of things. Much of the craft show revolved around the holidays, since many tables were selling Christmas ornaments or other holiday decorations. It is also tradition for groups within the school to participate. Many of the sports teams at our school set up the tables for the crafters and helped them put together their displays. Many groups within the WWT community had their own tables.
One such group was the girl’s dance team. This was the dance team’s 18th year participating in the craft show. Every year they sell caramel apples and cider. They were kept buys with a slew of buyers which made their sale a success. The dance team will be using their profits for a variety of things that they need throughout the year.
For the first time, Interact sold cotton candy at the craft show. Last year, Interact sold candy bars, but made very few sales. This year, the club decided to take a different approach rent a cotton candy machine. Cotton candy sales, which totaled about $100, were much more profitable than candy bars. Interact has already used the money to purchase winter jackets for needy families within the community.
The special education department has been participating in the craft show for about 20 years. They have always sold gift bags and tags, cards, candy, and stepping stones. However, this year marked the beginning of their sale of pens that are fabricated from blocks of wood. Much of the money that they earn is used to cover the cost of their materials, but the rest is used to have a party and a Secret Santa for their students.
The drama club devoted their time at the craft show to selling wristbands for the Day of Giving sale at Oakland Mall as well as concert tickets for their fundraiser on December 9th. Anyone wearing the wristbands is entitled to a variety of sales in most of the stores in the mall on Thursday December 2nd. With budget cuts based primarily in the fine arts department, the craft show was a much needed opportunity for the drama club to make some extra money to fund the school musical.
Many of the crafters would agree that they had seen more success in years past, but others were able to sell out their entire stock. Regardless of how well the craft show went for our school groups, this was an opportunity to bring some much needed money back to our school to keep these groups going for another year.
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