Did You Know…

….that before The Farm Chicks Fair became The Farm Chicks Fair….

I had tried for years to convince a local organization that I should organize a similar event annually, to benefit a charitable cause.  I eventually stopped trying to convince the organization it was a good idea and decided to hold a sale on my own.  I asked my friend Teri to join me in my dream of a little sale.

The sale was originally supposed to be held in this barn, owned by friends of mine:

When my friends grew concerned that the barn wouldn’t be big enough for the possible crowds, another friend, who I volunteered with at my children’s school, offered her barn as a substitute.

We named it The Spirit of the Farm Sale, hand-lettered homemade advertising signs in my living room, and my sister hand-drew our flyers:

I met a reporter for our local newspaper at a committee meeting for our schoolboard.  I told her about our planned upcoming event and she wrote a wonderful article:

The article attracted hundreds of shoppers:

After the second sale, we decided to change the name of the event into what we had called ourselves from the beginning: The Farm Chicks.  And the The Farm Chicks Fair was officially born.

The Farm Chicks Fair has proudly sponsored The Wishing Star Foundation and Spokane’s Junior League for many years.