By holding a Craft Fair and Mommy Market, Link Crew raised funds and took donations for Laurel House.
The event was held in the gym on March 9, and raised over $2,700.
According to Link Crew advisor Kelli Nonemacher, Link Crew does one major fundraiser per year.
“We’d like to do at least a fundraiser once a year to help out Link Crew as well as another nonprofit organization,” Nonemacher said.
This nonprofit organization has been Jenna’s Blessing Bags in past years, but the club decided to “change things up” and have a craft fair as well as take donations for Laurel House this year.
Link Crew brainstormed the idea of a craft fair over the summer.
“The ideas that we had were floating around, and it just kept growing bigger and bigger to where we could reach different parts of the community,” Nonemacher said. “We have now opened it up to craft vendors and kids clothing consignment vendors.”
The craft fair was held in Souderton’s gym where tables and stalls were set up by vendors to sell handmade crafts or lightly used items.
“This event supports a lot of the clubs here at SAHS including Link Crew, Student Government and many others,” Link Crew Commissioner Molly Goodman said.
Admission to the event was either $1 or an item off of Laurel House’s wish list.
The wish list included items such as gift cards, disposable face masks, deodorant and household cleaners.
“These items will go to donation for people leaving a situation with nothing, and it will help them out,” Nonemacher said.
According to Laurel House Director of Community Outreach, Cortney Marengo, the organization uses these donations to provide items for people “to leave their situation or to become safe within their situation.”
Along with helping those in need, Laurel House is trying to educate youth to avoid unhealthy and toxic relationships.
“We have our community education prevention team go into middle schools, high schools and colleges,” Marengo said. “We teach youth about domestic violence and healthy relationships in order to prevent future incidents of harm.”
Nonemacher said the fair sold a variety of products, “from handmade crocheted items to 3D printed toys,” with over 40 vendors and consignors.
“We have different community members as well as clubs here from the school that will be selling different things,” Nonemacher said. “It will be open to the public, not just the Souderton school community,”
The craft fair also helped out local vendors, including school clubs such as Art for Social Change who sold art pieces.
“This whole portfolio has been accumulated from this entire year,” junior Alexa Reuger said.