Advent Wreath Workshop and Alternative Giving Marketplace

On Sunday, December 2, the first Sunday in Advent, NHCC held its annual Advent Wreath Workshop and Alternative Giving Marketplace.  The entire Highlands community is invited to buy craft items and make direct contributions that benefit charitable organizations.  In addition, families can make their own Advent wreaths.

The event this year was again held in the Great Hall.    The pictures below give a sample of the day's activities and opportunities.

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The hall was nearly filled with tables.

Here some of the middle youth are waiting for customers for the Heifer Project (www.heifer.org).

A customer investigates the City Mission Society of Boston (www.cmsboston.org/) table.

The senior youth group prepared and served lunch as a fund-raising activity.

These folks seem to be enjoying the food.

One table sold products from San Juan del Sur, Newton's sister city in Nicaragua.  The youngster on the left already has the frame for her Advent wreath.

Wreath-making requires teamwork.  Who is supervising  whom in this picture?

Here are other wreath-makers at work with organization tables in the background.