Business Expo

Business Expo & Fundraising Fun

On Friday, June 6, from 12pm - 2pm at The Mug, 5817 Grelot Road (between Hillcrest & Univeristy), Mobile, AL, we held the "Business Expo & Fundraising Fun"*.

The Mug was full of tables with 27 vendors and/or businesses displaying their company information or selling their products. It was a great time to do some business and meet local business owners. The expo was open to the public and the admission fee was just the cost of buying lunch. The price of lunch included a raffle ticket then additional raffle tickets were sold for $1 each. There were more than 20 door prizes raffled off!! Publicity was done throughout Mobile & Baldwin Counties, southern Mississippi and NW Florida to notify people to attend.

Two local organizations reaped the fundraising benefit of people bringing needed items listed beloow. Contact people from the organizations were there to receive the donations and answer any questions.

Penelope House

Joan Williams

251-342-2809

Mission: to provide safety, protection, and support to the victims of Domestic Violence and their children through the provision of shelter, advocacy, and individual and community education.

Items needed:

Umbrella Strollers

Diaper Bags

Bookbags (for school children)

Handtowels

Small plastic trash cans

Our Sisters' Closet

Terri Kearns

Mission: to increase the self-confidence and job opportunities of disadvantaged women who are job seeking by providing interview and workplace clothing, and other training and resources necessary to get the job, keep the job and move up on the job.

Items needed:

interview and workplace (business casual) clothing

shoes

accessories

handbags

*We will be holding another similar event near Christmas if you're interested...we will call it "Christmas at The Mug". If you would like to be one of the vendors or businesses at that time, contact me for details, pricing, etc.: Claudia Givens at: 251-633-7792 or email me (claudiaagivens@hotmail.com) that you want to be one of the venders.