Alternative Gift Fair

Alternative Gift Fair This is an annual craft fair on the first Sunday of December that raises support for good causes. Vendors are all donating profits to good causes.

Our vendors for this fair include:
10,000 Villages (supporting artists in farflung parts of the world)
Heifer International (using farm animals to help raise wealth in families)
Paper flowers (raising money for Path of Life)
Pencils and Dreams (supporting schools in Africa)
Riverside Food Cooperative (supporting locally grown produce.) Glocally Connected (raising money for new neighbors who are r

efugees)
David Lines (fused glass) raising money for Planned Parenthood
Soroptimist International (supporting scholarships for young women)
Inlandia Institute (supporting the literary arts, and telling the story of the inland region)
United Women in Faith from Riverside First United Methodist
United Women in Faith from Wesley United Methodist
Everly710 body butters (donation to Music Changing Lives)
Jane Treweiler baskets and jewelry (donating money to Mary S. Roberts animal shelter)
The Inland Communities Fellowship of Reconciliation (raising money for peace projects.)

Photographer Stephen Burke sent us a lovely collage from the 2025 Alternative Gift Fair. Still savoring the memories.
12/15/2025

Photographer Stephen Burke sent us a lovely collage from the 2025 Alternative Gift Fair. Still savoring the memories.

12/09/2025

One more sweep of the outside booths.

12/09/2025

This is about 1 pm yesterday. The music sets the mood so beautifully.

12/09/2025

The Inland Recorder Society took the final hour of the fair and made it tuneful!

12/09/2025

Carl Bernhardt played the hammered dulcimer!

12/09/2025

Robert Phillips and Jeff Benedict give the fair a jazzy feel!

Our 2025 gift fair went so well! Thanks to all the vendors, to all the shoppers, to the soup makers to the musicians and...
12/09/2025

Our 2025 gift fair went so well! Thanks to all the vendors, to all the shoppers, to the soup makers to the musicians and to all the volunteers. We will be together next year on Dec. 6, 2026. Here are a few pictures from the day.

12/07/2025
The United Women in Faith from First United Methodist Church has dish scrubbies, scarves, aprons, ornaments, hand made w...
12/07/2025

The United Women in Faith from First United Methodist Church has dish scrubbies, scarves, aprons, ornaments, hand made wooden ornaments, super cute baby sweaters and other beautiful items. The fair starts at 11 am Sunday, Dec. 7. See you there!

PEO chapter J is all set up with succulents, ornaments, hand made bags, quilts, decorated bottles and more. Proceeds sup...
12/07/2025

PEO chapter J is all set up with succulents, ornaments, hand made bags, quilts, decorated bottles and more. Proceeds support scholarships for young women. The fair begins at 11 am Sunday, Dec. 7 at First United Methodist Church of Riverside.

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Riverside, CA
92506

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