Help give some money back to the vendors

*UPDATE*

some amazing people have been working with multiple venues to keep these shows going and find solutions for the vendors. The Bingemans show (Nov 12th) will be happening and will include many of the original vendors as well as the Cambridge show (Nov 19th)

I am personally working with Gale Presbyterian church in Elmira to host 20 vendors there on Nov 12th. I would like to keep this fundraiser going, as I think it would be amazing to be able to get some of the fees back to the vendors so they can all profit from these shows without worrying about how much money they put into it. Thank you again for all your support!! And please shop small this holiday season! ♥️

Hi! My name is Laura Pawlowski, I’m a single mom of a 20 year old girl and a 16 year old boy. I’m a full time hairstylist and I have a crafting business on the side.

I, along with approximately 200 other vendors paid $100-$300 deposits to be part of a huge, highly successful Christmas show at Bingemans in Kitchener, on Nov 12th 2023 and some paid for another show set for the following weekend. On Thursday oct 26th, the organizer sent out a message on the vendor Facebook group stating that she lost all the money, upwards of $30,000 just for one of the shows. We later found out that she gambled it all away. She never paid a deposit on the venues, and has no money left to refund any of the vendors. The vendors are not only out hundreds of dollars on deposits, but also out thousands on products and time spent crafting and getting ready for the show.

I decided to start my first go fund me to try and raise some funds to give back to the vendors. Please help us out if you can, and thank you for taking the time to read this!