The second annual Holiday Craft Fair will be held on Friday, Nov. 7, and Saturday, Nov. 8, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the student center. The student center will be filled with handmade items by artists from several states across the midwest. Debbie Howard, vice president of Women for Harding, is in charge of the craft fair.
“We have whimsical snowmen painted by Sara VanHorn, an artist from Missouri,” Howard said. “We have beautiful Santa (figurines) painted by Harding employee Deb Johnson, and there will be wreaths made by Neely Wolf.”
Howard said that there will be antiques, T-shirt quilts, stained glass, scripture windows, crocheted scarves and headbands for sale.
Neely Wolk, assistant director of admissions, said she will be selling handmade burlap wreaths at the craft fair.
“Some are holiday themed, some are fall, some are just fun,” Wolf said. “Every one is unique.”
Twenty-four vendors will be displaying and selling their crafts this year, compared to last year’s eight vendors.
“We had eight vendors for a one day event,” Howard said. “We are so excited about the growth this year.”
This year, there will be a special vendor for a book written by the senior officer of the Harding fund, Ken Bissell.
“We will also be selling Ken Bissell’s new biography about John Prock, the late Bison head football coach, ‘Many Sons to Glory — The John Prock Story’,” Howard said. “A portion of the proceeds from the sale of his book during the craft fair will benefit the Women for Harding scholarship fund.”
According to Howard, 100 percent of the proceeds will be given to the Women for Harding fund to be handed out on need-based scholarships. The Women for Harding will also have a booth and will be selling many Harding logo items, in addition to a brand-new cookbook called “All The Good Stuff – The story of Charlene Prock and her lifetime collection of recipes.”
