UNION SPRINGS - You never know how a visit to a community sale might change your life.

A couple of years ago at the annual Frontenac Museum holiday bazaar and bake sale, one lady purchased a red two-piece negligee.

“I saw her about a year later and she was going to have a baby,” said Dawn Locastro, one of the organizers of the event. “She goes, 'I shouldn't have bought that red nighty from you.'”

This year's bazaar, held Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., featured brownies, cookies, books, Christmas decorations, jewelry and more.

The idea was to have more Christmas items, but not enough were donated, she said.

Locastro and Pat Hill, the other person who helps organize the event, enjoy having the fundraiser, they said.

“I like helping out the museum. I like doing fundraisers,” Locastro said.

“It's relaxing after running around all week.”

Proceeds from the bazaar are used to pay for monthly expenses like the phone or electricity bill, she said.

“We couldn't have the sale if it wasn't for the people that help support the fundraiser every year,” Locastro said.

By 10:30 a.m., at least 50 people had stopped by and the museum already sold at least $100 worth of items, she said.

Typically, the bazaar makes $200 each year. Usually, the museum makes more money on the baked goods.

“When you got stuff that's going for a quarter or a dollar and under, you don't make a lot of money, but every little bit helps,” she said.

“And people leave happy,” Hill added. Locastro said that they did not want to sell clothes at the holiday bazaar because the Frontenac Museum usually has a summer sale where clothes are sold.

In future years, she hopes to sell more Christmas items and this year, they will probably advertise by asking people to donate unwanted decorations after the holiday.

All unsold items are donated to the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Union Springs, which then sells them or donates.

Locastro sees the sale as an affordable way for people to find a specific item.

“People look for that special treasure,” she said.

Hill believes that this event is important for the community.

“People enjoy the baked goods,” she said. “It just brings the community together.”

Staff writer Gitana Mirochnik can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 237 or gitana.mirochnik@lee.net