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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Thousands of shoppers browsed the more than 200 vendors throughout the day at the Canfield Senior Class Craft Show Dec. 3.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Canfield High School students volunteered to help with the 28th annual Canfield Senior Class Craft Show, sponsored by the senior class, Dec. 3. Senior class co-advisors Anthony Holben and Candy Reed (back center) helped the senior class officers plan the event.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.The Canfield Senior Class Craft Show Chinese Auction offered a huge variety of items and baskets to be won Dec. 3.
By ABBY SLANKER
The Canfield High School class of 2017 hosted the school’s 28th annual Senior Class Craft Show on Dec. 3. The show, which offered 202 vendors, is the sole senior class fundraiser and attracted thousands of shoppers throughout the day.
The vendors offered a variety of wares, including holiday items and crafts, jewelry, homemade baked goods, handmade hats, scarves, gloves and mittens, doll clothes, homemade soaps and lotions, wooden signs and primitive artwork, framed original prints, homemade candles and handmade clay miniatures and fairy houses.
Senior class co-advisors Anthony Holben and Candy Reed helped the senior class officers plan the event.
“We have about 200 students helping throughout the day today. The students are from all grade levels and they can earn community service credits as members of service clubs, such as the National Honor Society and Leos. I have about 36 kids who I refer to as our A-Team because they will help out, between yesterday setting up and today, a total of about 17 hours,” Holben said.
Holben also said the Craft Show would not be possible without the help of the senior class parents.
“The senior class parents spend countless hours volunteering in all aspects of the show. They are also in charge of the Chinese auction and the 50/50 raffle. Without their support, none of this would be possible,” Holben said.
The money raised from the craft show is used for several activities at the school, including two dances sponsored by the senior class, the graduation ceremony, the senior class gift to the school and donations to local charities which benefits local families.
“In the past three years, we have given about $27,000 raised at the Craft Show back to the school in updates, including renovations at the front of the school, such as rejuvenating the high school sign in the southeast corner of the school and several trees around the parking lot. We are also helping with the upgrade of the sound system for the auditorium. This year, our goal is to use the money raised to replace the sign at the entrance of the school,” Holben said.
Holben said the all money raised at this year’s Craft Show won’t necessarily benefit the senior class.
“These senior class students are paying it forward. They won’t be here when the new sign is installed. They know this project won’t benefit them, but it will benefit future students,” Holben said.