Kid's Craft Fair in Fontana

 

January 19, 2010

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CHA GIVES BACK IN FONTANA
CHA partners with members, Fontana community groups to host Kids Craft Fair

ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. (January 14, 2010) – The Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) announces it will host a Kids Craft Fair to support local Kids In Need Foundation (KINF) partners, the Inland Empire United Way’s (IEUW) KidSmart’s School Tools program and the Boys & Girls Club of Fontana, Calif. Scheduled on Jan. 21, from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. at the Boys & Girls Club of Fontana on the Almeria Middle School campus, the Kids Craft Fair will provide 200 kids with meaningful, arts and crafts projects, while raising awareness for the Kids In Need Foundation and its partners that provide free school supplies to students and educators in at-risk areas across the country.

Students in the afterschool programs will have opportunities to make their own unique crafts, rotating among several craft stations, creating scrapbook art squares, personalized bracelets and discovering the fun of crafting. Clowns, balloon artists and craft experts will be on hand teaching kids about the joy and benefits of crafting fun, using materials donated by over 25 CHA member companies, including:

3M Corp.

Advantus Corp.

Beacon Adhesives

CLEAR & SIMPLE STAMPS

Crafty Dab (a division of Clarence J. Venne, LLC)

Crafty Productions

DecoArt, Inc.

eclectic Paperie

Eclectic Products Inc.

EK Success Brands

Ellison/Sizzix

Elmer’s

FloraCraft Corporation

GlueArts

iLoveToCreate

La Curacao

Michaels Stores

NaNa the Clown

Nicole Crafts

Oriental Trading Company, Inc.

Periwinkle

Plaid Enterprises

Prima Marketing Inc. (yes, that's us!! ;)

Sbars

Scotch® Brand

Stitch & Scrap/Eclectic Scrap Emporium

STIX2 - KOOL TAK CANADA

The Craft Pedlars, Inc.

CHA worked in conjunction with the Kids In Need Foundation and its partners; Fontana’s Mayor Mark Nuaimi and City Council members, Frank Scialdone and Janice Rutherford; Fontana Unified School District; the Boys & Girls Club of Fontana; the Inland Empire United Way’s KidSmart’s School Tools program; Auto Club Speedway; Target; celebrity crafter, Terri O.; and numerous CHA member volunteers to plan and hold this event.

“I’m grateful to CHA members who stepped up and donated thousands of dollars worth of school and craft supplies for this event,” said Steve Berger, CHA president and CEO. “By supporting events and organizations like the Kids In Need Foundation, the Inland Empire United Way and the Boys & Girls Club of Fontana, we can raise awareness and secure desperately needed school supplies for some 600 local teachers across the Inland Empire.”

The Kids Craft Fair is a simple way that CHA’s members give back to the local community, while attending two craft and hobby industry events - the CHA Craft SuperShow consumer event on Jan. 22-23 and the 69th annual CHA Winter Convention & Trade Show Jan. 24-27 in Anaheim, Calif.

About Kids In Need Foundation
Kids In Need Foundation is a national 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in 1995. The Foundation’s mission is to ensure that every child is prepared to learn and succeed by providing free school supplies nationally to students most in need. Kids in Need Foundation has distributed nearly $300 million in school supplies since its founding, directly benefiting 1.6 million students and 100,000 teachers annually and has awarded $1 million in grants to teachers. For more information, visit www.kinf.org.

About the Craft & Hobby Association
The Craft & Hobby Association is an international, not-for-profit, trade association consisting of thousands of member companies engaged in the design, manufacture, distribution and retail sales of products in the nearly $30 billion U.S. craft and hobby industry. For more information about CHA, visit www.craftandhobby.org. For more information, including hours, ticket discounts, celebrity craft appearances, workshop classes and must-see events, about the CHA Craft SuperShow consumer event, please visit www.CraftSuperShow.com.

 

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