A team of Bridges of Hope volunteers attended the Fair Trade Federation
Conference in Louisville, KY, held at the Seelbach Hotel, March 29-31.
They were privileged to meet other Fair Trade retailers, wholesalers and artisans, attend a variety of informational/educational workshops, and (the most fun of all) attend the EXPO to meet old and new vendors offering new items for the BOH store.
Team members included — Virginia Alldredge, Nancy Case,
Rosa Lee Deig and Donna Juncker.
♦ Donna Juncker was so inspired by one of the informative sessions that
she attended, she got busy rearranging the store as soon as she arrived
back in Mt. Vernon. Everyone needs to visit the store and see what she
has done so far. And, she has just gotten started! Also, new to the
store will soon be items purchased at the Fair Trade Expo including
jewelry, bags, whimsical baby items and new tagua nut items from
Ecuador.
♦ The Trustees have agreed to extend Wi-Fi into Wesley Hall. This will
enable BOH to upgrade a point-of-sale program sometime in the future.
♦ On a trail basis through April and May, Thursdays: 5:00pm -7:00pm
have been added to the shopping hours at BOH. Teresa Rynkiewich
has agreed to organize the volunteers needed to assist with these
additional hours.
♦ Teresa Rynkiewich has also taken on the task of leading the activities
to organize Bridges of Hope’s International Bazaar to be held this
year on Saturday, November 4th. Like always, many hands are
needed to host this always very successful event.
♦ Donna Juncker has volunteered to begin maintaining BOH’s Face Book
presence on the web.
♦ Nancy Case and Rosa Lee Deig announced at the March BOH Board
meeting that they plan to retire from their leadership roles at the
conclusion of the scheduled Christmas events in December 2017.
They will stay and assist with the annual inventory held in January
while the store is closed.
If interested in any of the above see:
Nancy Case, Rosa Lee Deig, Virginia Alldredge,
Julie Pfister, Donna Juncker or Terri Kendall.
♦ Planning for the future of Bridges of Hope’s mission,
They are looking for volunteers interested in one of the several areas below.
Training can take place over the remainder of 2017 and assuming
responsibility beginning February 2018.
â–º Assisting with sales
(once or twice a month, Tuesday 9-2, Thursday 5-7 or Saturday 9-2)
â–º Purchasing merchandise (on line)
â–º Maintaining the monthly volunteer calendar
â–º Merchandising
(attaching price tags and rearranging merchandise as it arrives in the store)
â–º Serving as treasurer paying for purchases and reporting finances
to the Board monthly.
