On November 1, twenty-four of our very talented neighbors filled the Ridge Center with their beautiful creations.

 

Many of us went home with new art work, jewelry, resin work, stained glass, baked goods, soaps, pottery and so much more.  

 

Sponsored by Ocean Ridge Charities Association (ORCA), the Annual Arts & Crafts Fair was held indoors for the first time, sheltered from any potential weather issues at its prior location, the Nature Pavilion. 

 

Cards4aCause had beautiful, handmade gift tags available for a freewill donation.  And the field studies group had a table highlighting their efforts to place bluebird nesting boxes around the neighborhood.

 

ORCA also sold raffle tickets for a beautiful holiday quilt which will be raffled off on December 6 at the Holiday Marketplace Raffle.  Fair goers had the opportunity to pre-purchase their raffle tickets for the December event and International Dining Club memberships were also on sale.

 

For added convenience, the Sharper Edge Professional Sharpening Service was onsite to sharpen your knives, scissors and yard tools while you shopped.  A portion of those proceeds also benefited ORCA.

 

Thank you to all who participated... crafters, lookers and buyers.

 

Special THANKS to the many ORCA Service Club volunteers who helped us in so many ways..  directing traffic, setup, ticket sales, clean up...  We couldn’t do this without you! 

 

Proceeds will be bundled with the monies from our other holiday events and will go to support Brunswick Electric's 'Warm Homes, Warm Hearts'.