Sequim hosting holiday bazaars
Published 1:30 am Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Bazaar season is once again upon us, offering Sequim shoppers a multitude of opportunities to stock up on holiday gifts and decorations from local nonprofits and other organizations.
Here are some of the upcoming bazaars scheduled for Sequim in the coming weeks. Organizations with upcoming bazaars on their schedule are encouraged to send information to editor@sequimgazette.com for notice in the Gazette.
P.E.O. Holiday Bazaar
Set for 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, at Sequim Community Church, 950 N. Fifth Ave., the P.E.O. Holiday Bazaar features crafts, gifts, books, baked goods and more.
All proceeds from the bazaar will go to P.E.O. International’s scholarships, grants, and loans for women of all levels of education. Credit cards and checks with current ID will be accepted.
“Our holiday bazaar gives community members an opportunity to shop early, find unique gifts, support a great cause, and learn more about P.E.O.,” said Anne Mauger, president of Chapter JC-Sequim.
Chapter JC began holding its Holiday Bazaar in 2008, and has become an annual gift-shopping destination for the holidays.
Items for sale include an array of home-baked goods; handmade and hand-painted jewelry & crafts; hand-stitched gifts; canned goods; and a good assortment of fiction, children’s books, games, puzzles, and bookmarks. New to the bazaar this year are gently used handbags and totes.
Raffle tickets will also be on sale for $2 each, or six for $10. The drawing will take place at 1:50 p.m.
In addition to shopping, the Holiday Bazaar is an opportunity for members of Chapter JC to talk to prospective members about P.E.O. and its mission.
For more about P.E.O., visit peowashington.org and peointernational.org.
Shipley Center
The annual Holiday Bazaar & Craft Show at the Shipley Center, 921 E. Hammond St., is set for 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 3-4.
The event features handmade and unique gift Items from local vendors along with baked goods. Raffle tickets will be $1. Leo’s Café will have lunch available both days.
Table rental proceeds and bake sale benefit Shipley Center activities. Call 360-683-6806.
Gardiner bazaar
The Washington Peninsula/Sequim Chapter Project Linus is sponsoring the upcoming Gardiner Holiday Bazaar scheduled for 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Gardiner Community Center, 980 Old Gardiner Road.
Fifteen local vendors will be selling many handmade gifts which include such things as: leaf pottery, quilts, wrapped bracelets, painted feathers, place mats, bee balm candles, journals, lazy Susans, crystal nail files, chocolates, wooden turned pens, scratch art, fabric crafted items and goodness, so much more.
A Cincinnati chili lunch will be served from 11a.m.-2 p.m., will all sale proceeds going to Washington Peninsula/Sequim Chapter Project Linus — a nonprofit organization providing blankets to kids in need from Brinnon to Neah Bay and East Bremerton to Spokane Sacred Hearts Children’s Hospital.
The group had a recent request from Sequim Community Aid to provide 300 blankets to children in need; this fundraiser will help provide materials to meet those needs and others in the community, organizers say.
This local bazaar that has been held for more than 25 years.
Young entrepreneurs
Danielle Keith of Port Angeles Photography is hosting a Holiday Market from 2-7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 10, at the Sequim Prairie Grange, 290 Macleay Road.
The event is for youths of ages 8-18; local school districts are off in observance for Veterans Day.
The vendor fee is $20 and will be used to rent out the hall.
Any funds above the grange rental fee will be used to make the event more festive, Keith said. Set-up is between 9 a.m.-1:45 p.m.
Visit portangelesphotography.com/holiday.
Yuletide Bazaar
The 2023 Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church Yuletide Bazaar is scheduled for 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18, at 925 N. Sequim Ave.
The event features baked goods, vintage silver, crystal and ceramics, and such handcrafts as table and kitchen linens, jewelry, baby gifts, decorative items, note cards, knitwear, holiday ornaments and gifts. As in past years, all proceeds support community nonprofits, especially those that assist women, children and veterans.
Recipients of funds from the 2022 bazaar included Clallam-Jefferson Pro Bono Attorneys, Mariposa House (Forks Abuse Program), Unbounded Horizons/Nature’s Academy, North Olympic Foster Parent Association, ParentLine, Peninsula Behavioral Health, Planned Parenthood’s Port Angeles Health Clinic, Sarge’s Place/NORVHN, Sequim Food Bank, TAFY/The Answer for Youth and Voices for Veterans.
The Yuletide Bazaar originated decades ago when a group of Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church members formed a craft circle.
This group, which meets at least twice monthly throughout the year to create items, is open to all, regardless of church membership.
