Jeanie Robinson will be one of the return vendors at the Xi Nu craft fair Nov. 13. Courtesy photo
Quilt to be raffled at Xi Nu craft fair on Nov. 13. Courtesy photo
COMMUNITY News:
The Xi Nu Chapter of the Beta Sigma Phi International Women’s Sorority is holding its 34th annual craft fair, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, at Crossroads Bible Church at 97 East Road.
Beta Sigma Phi is a service sorority, and this event is the only annual fundraiser of the Xi Nu chapter. All proceeds are donated to charities, local, regional and international.
The event includes a raffle (not a silent auction) of items donated by the vendors, as well as a quilt.
COVID restrictions:
Masks are required, social distancing is urged and this year the number of vendors has been reduced to increase distance between adjacent booths.
- Who – Xi Nu Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
- What – 34th Annual Craft Fair (not held in 2020 due to COVID)
- When – 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday Nov. 13
- Where –Crossroads Bible Church
- Why – Fundraiser
There will be many returning vendors not usually seen at other Los Alamos craft fairs.
About Beta Sigma Phi
Beta Sigma Phi is an international woman’s service (not academic) sorority founded in 1930, with 5 chapters in Los Alamos. The other chapters assist us on the day of the craft Fair. There are about 50 members in town, prior to COVID there were about 70.
Fundraising – All of Xi Nu’s profits are donated to charities and are used to help support the Chapter’s designated community service projects in Los Alamos County and throughout Northern New Mexico. This is our only fundraiser of the year and the other local chapters support our craft fair. There will be a raffle. Each vendor is asked to donate an item of their choosing to the raffle. Xi Nu member, Alice made a Christmas quilt (56×72 inches) of a red pick-up truck in the snow (photo attached). Need not be present to win (we deliver). Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5.
Recipients of funds raised include but are not limited to:
Local – Alpha Zeta Chapter of BSP – for the Adopt -a-Family program, BESC – Festival of Trees, LA Self Help, LA Cares, LAHS Senior Appreciation Night, Los Alamos Museum of Art, LA Council on Cancer, LA Heart Council
Regional – Friends of Bandelier, Land of Enchantment Wildlife Foundation, Espanola Wildlife Center,
National & International – TOTH Mexico Mission – House Building, Red Cross, Wounded Warriors, National Federation of the Blind, Organizations for Research or treatment of Breast Cancer, Leukemia, Childhood Cancers, Heart Disease. We previously donated specifically to a girl in Africa whose parents both died of AIDS until she finished High School.
For more information, contact Craft Fair Co-Chairs: Judy Lovejoy at 505.670.0823 or email xinu2014craftfair@gmail.com.
