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Continuing to Feel Bazaar: Your local roundup of Holiday Hoorah! - Dec. 10

Continuing to Feel Bazaar: Your local roundup of Holiday Hoorah! - Dec. 10

CCC Holiday Bazaar Roundup 2021

The Holiday Season is Here!

The Holiday Bazaar Roundup is your source for the latest information on The Gorge’s schedule for Holiday Bazaars and other Holiday Activities! 

Check Back Often for Updates!

Have a Bazaar you need to get the word out on? - email Jim Drake at gorgeentertainment@gmail.com

HOOD RIVER COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS

LAST CHANCE HOLIDAY CRAFT SHOW

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, DEC. 11-12, 10 A.M. - 4 P.M.

Browse local vendors for Fine Clothing, Accessories, Pottery, Photography, Jewelry, Home Goods, Arts and Crafts, Baby and Kid Items, Decorations, Baked Goods. Located in the Community Building at the Hood River County Fairgrounds. 


THE DALLES TOY SWAP

SUNDAY, DEC. 12, NOON-5 P.M.

SOROSIS PARK, THE DALLES

If you would like to donate toys beforehand please contact Alison Hansen:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/684214638361451/user/100005152486485/

Donations can be dropped off Sunday, Dec. 12, at the covered area at Sorosis Park between 8 a.m. and noon. The giveaway happens from Noon to 5 p.m.

BINGEN BAZAAR AT MOONMOUNTAIN HIGHWAY 

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, DEC. 11-12, 11 A.M. - 5 P.M. 

113 W. STEUBEN ST. BINGEN WASH. 

20 Unique Artisan Vendors in the beautiful MoonMountain Highway studio.

MILL A BAZAAR

SATURDAY, DEC. 11, 9 A.M.-3 P.M.

Don’t miss the Mill A Bazaar in Cook, Washington at the Evergreen Community Church for all of your Holiday needs.

Hood River County Christmas Project

When: Card distribution events on December 11, 12, 17, and 18. Registration closes on Nov. 27

Hood River County Christmas Project is a local non-profit that has been serving those in need in the county for 99 years.

The Hood River County Christmas Project is providing food cards and gift cards for children to those who meet certain income guidelines (SNAP recipient, WIC, or Oregon Health Plan). Details are on the website, where you can also register. 

We Need Volunteers!

 Volunteers will help staff our card distribution events on December 11, 12, 17, and 18. Volunteers (must be over 18; kids 13 to 18 are welcome if accompanied by 1 adult per child) will be working outside for a few hours helping direct traffic, greet clients, "run" registration info and then gift cards back and forth between cars and registration tables and more.

Find out what slots are open and consider volunteering! It's a great way to share your care and concern for others during the holiday season. 

You can find available spots here (https://docs.google.com/.../12CL2SFmAO4YFM7bNqZ4d.../edit...) and then sign up on our website (Volunteers 2021). Or email us for more info to info@hoodrivercountychristmasproject.com www.hoodrivercountychristmasproject.com

The Dalles Civic Marketplace

When:

Dec. 11 Two Week Countdown Marketplace

Dec. 18. Who’d I Forget Marketplace

Where: The Dalles Civic 323 East 4th Street, The Dalles - across from Shannon’s Ice Cream.

Shop local hand-crafted gifts arts, crafts home goods, photography, jewelry, metal, woodwork, beauty products and specialty food items.

Cascade Singers Christmas Concert

When & When:

Sunday, Dec 12th at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Saturday, Dec 18th at St. Peter’s Landmark

The program features choral holiday favorites (“with a twist of course” said Director Garry Estep), as well as solo, trio, and quartet performances and ending with a sing-along. Each concert is free and open to the public, and families are encouraged to attend. All donations will remain with the location of that day’s performance to support their music program.

Winter Bazaar in Maupin

When:
Saturday, Dec. 11 opens 10 a.m.

Sunday, Dec. 12 opens 5 a.m.

Where: Maupin Legion Hall

Crafts - Bake Sale - Clothing Exchange. Just in time to get those Christmas gifts on your list, hundreds of Gifts to choose from! For Clothes Donations and Baked Goods Donation Contact Leslie at: Keyofsea78@gmail.com  Don’t Forget: Local craft/gift shop Juniper Creek Gallery (502 Deschutes Ave) will be Open! 

ART AT THE CHAMBER - GOLDENDALE

Over 50 Local Artisans are represented in the Goldendale Chamber of Commerce! Open Year Round Monday - Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Open Christmas Eve from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. 

(Closed Christmas day through New Years Day)

903 E. Broadway, Goldendale, Wash.

Questions? Email Kathy Baldwin - kathy.letmedesignitforyou@gmail.com

or Call the Chamber of Commerce - 509.773.3400

BINGEN BAZAAR at MoonMountain Highway

Saturday, December 11, 2021 11:00 AM
Sunday, December 12, 2021 5:00 PM
MoonMountain Highway113 West Steuben StreetCook, WA, 98605 United States (map)

MoonMountain Highway will be hosting the first annual BINGEN BAZAAR on December 11 & 12 from 11A-5P both days. This will be a weekend of merriment, makers of the best gifts, and local artisans filling our studio. The Bazaar will be a wonderful place to support local gorge creatives while finding unique gifts for the holidays!

Don’t see your event included? Send us an email with your details! Email Jim Drake at gorgeentertainment@gmail.com




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