 Scheduled for Oct. 27, the Harvest of Talents is
billed as a daylong family event. Traditionally the doors open at 7
a.m., affording those in the working community time to have
breakfast and shop before reporting to Saturday jobs.
Breakfast fare consists of the traditional homemade
caramel pecan and cinnamon rolls, fresh from the oven. For luncheon,
H.O.T. vegetable soup, sandwiches and homemade pies will be served
between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Snacks will be available outside,
including caramel apple sundaes and deep-fried potatoes.
Lincolnberry Prairie Cafe will offer flavored coffee, tea and hot
apple cider, accompanied by a variety of snacks.
A number of popular specialty shops will be open
from 7. a.m. to 1 p.m., including Quilts n' Cross Stitch, Cottage
Collectables, Yesteryear's Kitchen, Critters in my Garden, Christmas
Nook, Gifts From Around the World, Bracelets and Accessories, Ye Old
Sweet Shoppe, Babeland, and Floral Fantasy.
A photo-op area will be a first-time offering,
affording attendees the opportunity to have photos taken in a
harvest setting.
Between 9 and 11 a.m. special activities will be
available for children in kindergarten through fourth grade and
"Mission Moments" for fifth- and sixth-graders.
A silent auction conducted throughout the morning
hours will offer a variety of quality handmade items to be claimed
by the highest bidders.
In keeping with a Harvest of Talents tradition,
50-pound bags of South Dakota potatoes will be offered for sale at
$10. Potatoes may be purchased for personal use or donated to one of
several area missions.
The climax of the Harvest of Talents is the 2 p.m.
auction, conducted by auctioneer Mike Maske, which offers several
dozen handmade, one-of-a kind items, including quilts made by local
and Indonesian quilters, furniture, stitchery of various kinds,
photography, and select items from various mission fields.
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Carolyn Neal, who chairs the event, said that the
Harvest of Talents "is a wonderful place to come with your shopping
list in hand to purchase quality gifts for birthdays and the
Christmas season." She said that shoppers "have the unique
opportunity to purchase gifts and at the same time provide food for
hunger victims." She stressed that "every penny" raised at the
Harvest of Talents is earmarked for hunger needs worldwide.
The Harvest of Talents site is
handicapped-accessible, offers lots of free parking, and meal
carryout will be available. A Hospitality Room offers guests a
respite from shopping, and there will also be a monitored check room
where purchases, strollers and various articles may be checked while
shopping and dining.
Aluminum cans and printer ink cartridges will be
accepted for recycling on Harvest Day.
Harvest attendees are invited to bring a favorite
recipe to be included in an anniversary cookbook to be published in
2008 in celebration of the event's 25th anniversary.
Hunger victims in 18 countries have benefited from
the $1,184,928.11 raised by the Harvest of Talents in its previous
23 years. All funds received from the Harvest of Talents are
channeled through International
Disaster Emergency Service, a Christian organization based in
Kempton, Ind., to various mission fields. In previous years, the
Harvest of Talents has funded hunger programs in villages and
orphanages, in areas of the world stricken by floods, fires,
hurricanes, drought and famine.
Proceeds from a spring high tea, garden walk, golf
play day and musical offering will be included in the 2007 proceeds,
as will proceeds from a new event, a teddy bear tea, scheduled for
Dec.1.
A check representing the total gathered through
Harvest Day will be presented to Rick Jett, general manager of
International Disaster Emergency Service, as part of a special
celebration service on Sunday morning at Lincoln Christian Church.
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