Josh Harrison
Photo: Nance Carter

On December 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 2021, the High Prairie Community Center had its first Christmas Bazaar. Josh Harrison and Tami Woodruff coordinated the event. Tami handled all the phone calls and set up the building for vendors, and Josh handled advertising. Josh designed the flyer for the event. He posted it on social media in 35 local Facebook groups. He also spent 20 hours putting up flyers in Goldendale, Lyle, The Dalles and Hood River. 

The event was a raging success. There was a great turnout of people, and every vendor we spoke with was very pleased with their sales. We also had a good variety of vendors. We had vendors with jewelry, knitted items, homeopathic remedies, desserts, handmade leather items, handmade cutting boards, handmade baskets, and handmade wood crafts among other things. 

For this year’s bazaar we decided to go from 10 am to 6 pm each day; but we noticed that starting at about 4 pm there were very few customers. For next year we will probably do 10 am to 4 pm. Going so late was the only thing that vendors were unhappy with, which will change next year. 

In case you didn’t have a chance to come to our event, here are photos that Josh took of the vendors. He used the photos for his Facebook group posts to entice people to come after the event had started. Whether you are a would-be vendor or just enjoy buying handmade quality items for family and friends for Christmas, we hope to see you again next year! 

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