The 13th annual Shopper’s Paradise Holiday Expo sponsored by the Montgomery County Extension Homemakers will feature artists, crafters and commercial booths from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 7 at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds.
The free event is the group’s major fundraiser of the year and offers a majority of hand-crafted and homemade unique one-of-a-kind items. The event is held in one building at 400 Parke Ave. on one floor for one day. It is handicap accessible. Along with the vendor booths, Homemakers will offer a bake sale, noodles for the holidays, nuts by the pound and Rada cutlery. Due to COVID-19 restrictions there will not be any food service this year.
The Montgomery County Extension Homemakers is an educational association through Purdue Cooperative Extension Service. Educational resource material is provided by Purdue University.
Celebrating over 100 years, the mantra of the association is believing that the greatest institution in the world is the home. The mission statement of the Association is to strengthen families through continuing education, leadership development and volunteer community support. Each county in the state is made up of individual clubs that comprise the membership. The Homemakers goal is to nurture families and homes across the state of Indiana with lessons in good nutrition, child development, family relations and management of time, energy and money to name a few.
The Montgomery County Homemakers depend on fundraising events to help provide backpacks and school supplies through the Family Nutrition Program, promote early childhood literacy through First Books reading program, Riley Cheer Guild, nutrition programs, donate to the Purdue Center for Cancer Research, provide educational scholarships and support the 4-H program, Ronald McDonald House and more.
Find out about the Indiana Extension Homemakers at www.ieha-families.org. Also check out their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/IndianaExtensionHomemakersAssociation.
