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the Lockport Legend | November 23, 2016 | 3<br />
Shopping for a cause<br />
Homer Glen Junior<br />
Woman’s Club event<br />
benefits two local<br />
nonprofits<br />
Ryan Esguerra<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
The arrival of the holiday<br />
season means it is time to<br />
start the long process of holiday<br />
shopping.<br />
This year, the Homer<br />
Glen Junior Woman’s Club<br />
wanted to give women from<br />
around the area a fun event<br />
to start their holiday shopping<br />
lists, and they did so<br />
by hosting the first Holiday<br />
Sip & Shop fundraiser Friday,<br />
Nov. 18, at John Olson<br />
American Legion Post 18 in<br />
Lockport.<br />
“One of the things that we<br />
were trying to do was give<br />
ladies a night to get their<br />
shopping done in an environment<br />
that they could enjoy<br />
themselves,” said Jodi<br />
Martiniak, co-chair of fundraising<br />
for Homer Glen Junior<br />
Woman’s Club. “Being<br />
that it is so close to the holiday<br />
season, now is a perfect<br />
time for women to come out<br />
and have a ladies’ night.”<br />
Attendees shopped from<br />
27 different vendors sporting<br />
a variety of products that<br />
included clothing, jewelry,<br />
baked goods, skin care products,<br />
kitchen and handmade<br />
items. Also at the event for<br />
shoppers were appetizers, a<br />
cash bar, a raffle featuring<br />
items from local businesses,<br />
a ladies self-defense booth<br />
and a host of door prizes.<br />
Proceeds of the event<br />
went to nonprofits Gigi’s<br />
Playhouse and CASA of<br />
Will County.<br />
“We sought out vendors<br />
from a variety of different<br />
areas,” Martiniak said. “We<br />
selected a lot of them based<br />
Kathy Langford (left) and Beverly Wurst, both of Lockport,<br />
fix cups of cocoa during a quick break from shopping at<br />
the event. Photos by laurie Fanelli/22nd Century media<br />
on category. We wanted to<br />
give people a lot to choose<br />
from.<br />
“We do a lot of fundraising<br />
work for national and local<br />
charities, and we thought<br />
[Gigi’s and CASA] would be<br />
a good fit for us.”<br />
Marie Gesiakowski, of<br />
Frankfort and owner of Notecards<br />
by Marie Grace,<br />
has been selling note cards,<br />
framed professional photos<br />
and hand crafted serving<br />
dishes for two years. Gesiakowski<br />
said that she attends<br />
roughly 10 to 12 events similar<br />
to the Holiday Sip & Shop<br />
each year but was particularly<br />
impressed with this event.<br />
“I can say that this one is<br />
very well-attended,” Gesiakowski<br />
said. “I have been to<br />
events where there are not<br />
many people, so this is nice.”<br />
Gesiakowski added that<br />
the event’s atmosphere was<br />
part of what made it so enjoyable.<br />
“The room is decorated<br />
beautifully,” she said. “I like<br />
it a lot; everyone is nice and<br />
friendly. I am having a great<br />
time just being here.”<br />
Kathy Mustafa, of Homer<br />
Glen, typically attends larger<br />
shopping events in downtown<br />
Chicago when she<br />
starts to shop for the holiday<br />
season. Mustafa said that despite<br />
the event’s smaller size,<br />
the community aspect is what<br />
appeals to her the most.<br />
“Events like these bring<br />
people together,” Mustafa<br />
said. “These are people in<br />
your community. You are going<br />
to see these people in your<br />
town, and it is really nice to<br />
have something that gives us<br />
a chance to connect.”<br />
Despite her group residing<br />
in Homer Glen, Martiniak<br />
said that she enjoys coming<br />
to Lockport and sharing the<br />
holiday spirit with her neighbors.<br />
“We are from Homer<br />
Glen, but Lockport is a<br />
neighboring community that<br />
we appreciate,” Martiniak<br />
said. “We really wanted to<br />
share this atmosphere with<br />
them.”<br />
Martiniak added that it is<br />
the goal of the Homer Glen<br />
Junior Woman’s Club to return<br />
next year for the same<br />
event, one she said that will<br />
hopefully be bigger than the<br />
one this year.<br />
“Any event that you try<br />
to do, you hope that you<br />
can repeat it the following<br />
year,” Martiniak said. “We<br />
are fortunate in that a lot of<br />
the events we have tried to<br />
put on have been successful<br />
enough to do again. We hope<br />
this event is no different.”<br />
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Cousins Taryn White (left)<br />
and Natalie Rigoni sell handmade<br />
crochet items from<br />
their business, Hooked on<br />
Sugar, which was named in<br />
honor of their grandmother,<br />
Friday, Nov. 18, at the first<br />
annual Holiday Sip & Shop<br />
fundraiser for ladies at John<br />
Olson American Legion Post<br />
18 in Lockport.<br />
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