AUBURN - The board of directors of the Faatz-Crofut Home for the Elderly is indeed a generous group.
The dozens of board members, in addition to making decisions about the home's operation, spend many hours in their kitchens, baking goods that are donated to the facility.
Those baked-goods donations are at their peak each November, when the home holds its annual bazaar.
Saturday, the home held its 2007 installment of the sale, which included merchandise contributed by numerous community members, items sold by private vendors, and the aforementioned sale of baked goods by ladies of the board.
“This sale benefits our residents, and the money we earn here goes to our resident council,” Tamara Angotti, Faatz-Crofut activities director, said.
The sale is the home's main benefit for the residents, Angotti said, and the funds raised replenish the finances residents use for various activities and purchases.
“If they want to do something special like buy birdbaths for the garden or a new TV, they have a meeting to decide (what to purchase),” she said.
In addition to the annual bazaar, Angotti said that she organizes a monthly theme-basket raffle.
“The money we get from the raffles goes towards our bingo nights ... also, the residents do things like go for ice cream, have pizza parties, things like that.” At Saturday's bazaar, the home's sitting room was full of tables covered with sale merchandise like Christmas ornaments, decorative figurines and wall hangings.
On a table in the hall was an afghan made by board member Ellie May, which was the feature of a raffle that Angotti said will be given away on Nov. 24.
Further down the hallway was a long table filled with the board members' baked goods, and in the dining room, the vendors sold items like jewelry, paintings and more baked goods. One of the vendors present was Judie Smith, of Auburn, who sat behind a table covered with various arts and crafts.
“I collect these (items) year-round, then I sort of ‘spruce' them up,” she said. “I sell them at garage sales and bazaars like this one ... we've sold quite a few things here today,” she said.
Those baked-goods donations are at their peak each November, when the home holds its annual bazaar.
Saturday, the home held its 2007 installment of the sale, which included merchandise contributed by numerous community members, items sold by private vendors, and the aforementioned sale of baked goods by ladies of the board.
“This sale benefits our residents, and the money we earn here goes to our resident council,” Tamara Angotti, Faatz-Crofut activities director, said.
The sale is the home's main benefit for the residents, Angotti said, and the funds raised replenish the finances residents use for various activities and purchases.
“If they want to do something special like buy birdbaths for the garden or a new TV, they have a meeting to decide (what to purchase),” she said.
In addition to the annual bazaar, Angotti said that she organizes a monthly theme-basket raffle.
“The money we get from the raffles goes towards our bingo nights ... also, the residents do things like go for ice cream, have pizza parties, things like that.” At Saturday's bazaar, the home's sitting room was full of tables covered with sale merchandise like Christmas ornaments, decorative figurines and wall hangings.
On a table in the hall was an afghan made by board member Ellie May, which was the feature of a raffle that Angotti said will be given away on Nov. 24.
Further down the hallway was a long table filled with the board members' baked goods, and in the dining room, the vendors sold items like jewelry, paintings and more baked goods. One of the vendors present was Judie Smith, of Auburn, who sat behind a table covered with various arts and crafts.
“I collect these (items) year-round, then I sort of ‘spruce' them up,” she said. “I sell them at garage sales and bazaars like this one ... we've sold quite a few things here today,” she said.
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