3rd annual Makers Market brings community together on a sunny October day

We have 8,400 reasons to be grateful and too many pics to show it all 💗

Thank you to everyone who came out to support our 3rd annual @egh.makersmarket at @springglenchurch

This year was a record breaking fundraising year for EGH which demonstrates the strong community support behind our mission to create a healing garden for community members impacted by violence.

To everyone who came for the market and stayed for the mission. Thank you. If we just met at the market, thanks for being here and spending time meeting us! We hope to see you at another event soon.

To the 50+ makers, participating nonprofits, dozen+ volunteers, bakers, board members, musicians, food trucks, and sponsors – thank you! This isn’t possible without your support.

We were thrilled to donate the remaining pumpkins from our pumpkin patch fundraiser to a local daycare down the street from where the healing garden will be located. The daycare shared that the kids loved them!

This year we gave to awards of recognition to people very special to EGH and the Makers Market.

First, the founder of the Makers Market, Marcia Thomas, who was the visionary behind the event for two years.

After that we gave Pastor Jack from Spring Glen Church an award for hosting the makers market fundraiser for three years running. We are so appreciative of the donated use of space, and the community sure seems to love it too!

Thank you returning vendors:

  • JustByJaylyn (3rd year)
  • Maxwell’s Silver (3rd year)
  • Megan Shaughnessy: Photography, Illustration, and Children’s Books (3rd year)
  • No Water Necessary Photographic Art (3rd year)
  • The Shard ‘N the Stone (3rd year)
  • Black Goat Milk Clothiers (2nd year)
  • Couragious Faith (2nd year)
  • Hamden Youth and Family Services Bureau (2nd year)
  • Light With a Purpose (2nd year)
  • Radiant Art (2nd year)

& new vendors:

  • Acure
  • Amano soaps
  • Angels of Mine
  • Bright Raven Studio
  • Cat Haven Collective
  • Comfort Cubs
  • Cookie Girl
  • Cosmically Carley Creations
  • Covered Adire Collective
  • Cream Puff Pal
  • Dexterity Letterpress
  • Dr Ray Botanicals
  • Dusk Til Dawn Collective
  • East Street Arts
  • Eve’s Creations
  • Flame and Echo
  • Fluft Candy Co
  • GFaf Bakery
  • Glossed In Gems
  • Hamden Democratic Town Committee
  • Henna Designs By Morgan
  • Home Haven
  • Home in Hamden – CONECT
  • JRS Creates
  • Juicebox Industries
  • JUICEE BRANDS
  • JustinWDraws
  • Knit By JC
  • Lala Lucindas Indigenous Beadwork
  • Leos Art
  • Make Haven
  • Max Farinato Art
  • Nutmeg Craft Works
  • Original print proxies
  • Peace, Love, Books
  • Pot Gurl
  • Quinnipiac School of Nursing
  • Sandra Malan Designs
  • Something to Root About
  • Spotted Hawk Healing
  • Strange Charm Glassworks
  • Studio Canea
  • Sunny Daze Studio
  • The Sassiest Crafter
  • Twisted Tide Press
  • Venus Amphi Boutique
  • Youniverse Holistic Wellness

Entertainment provided by:

Music by Christina Meadows, William Parr Music, Seth Adam (second year supporter), and Hamden Mainstage Ensemble (second year supporters)

Event photos provided by Sonjae Kim

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