The Friends will have home-baked cookies and treats donated by some of the best bakers in the area. The Gift Boutique offers unique gifts for the busy shopper.
Gift choices include: Rocky Top Farm (handspun yarn and related knitted items); The Beckoning Cat (handcrafted jewelry including chainmaille, paper beads, and wire rings); Mementos to Cherish (crafts fabricated from vintage quilts, linens, buttons, lace, etc.); Norwex (natural cleaning and body products);
Tapestry Totes & More (knitted hats, mitts, and scarves); Jean Anthony Designs (fine art jewelry handcrafted in silver and gold, with precious and semi-precious stones); Sue’s Wood Craft (wood cutting boards, hand-turned bowls, rolling pins, wooden games, twig pots, and holiday decorations); Leaf Impressions (botanical printed scarves and other items);
Peggy Douglas (hand-thrown pottery bowls and mugs, all food-safe glazes, microwave and oven safe); and Friends of the Riegelsville Public Library (an assortment of purchased and handcrafted items).
Over the last 13 years, the nonprofit Friends group given greater than $27,000 in combined cash and non-cash donations to the Riegelsville Public Library as a result of its fundraising efforts.
Additional volunteer bakers are needed: Two raffle tickets for gift-wrapped baskets will be given to bakers for every one dozen cookies donated toward this event. Non-bakers will be able to purchase raffle tickets at the event.
Donated cookies can be dropped off between 1 and 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, at the Riegelsville Borough Hall building, or before 9 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 18. Donated cookies need to be placed in disposable containers, and information needs to be provided as to whether or not they contain nuts.
For information, call Debbie Jo Mitchell at 610-749-0633 or Nancy McEvoy at 610-749-0790.
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