Locally crafted gifts now available at Holiday Market at Meadowbrook

The work of more than 40 Montgomery County artists, craftspeople and businesses is now on display at the Holiday Market at Meadowbrook, located in the Waldron Family YMCA in Shawsville.

Support local artists and the Y by shopping at the Holiday Market for your holiday gifts.

Featured gifts include: Oakland Cottage silk scarves; local authors including Tom Angleberger’s “Origami Yoda” series; hand-painted Virginia Tech ornaments; quilts; fine jewelry; Wood Creations; New River Gourmet gift baskets; and much more.

The Holiday Market is open during regular Waldron Family Y hours: Monday-Thursday, 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.

Many of the featured artists will be at the Market for the Holiday Open House at Meadowbrook on Dec. 3 from 10 am to 2 pm.

Featured events include a pancake breakfast with Santa at 10 a.m.; Tom Angleberger signing copies of his books at 11 a.m.; and an afternoon performance of the Eastern Montgomery Elementary School choir.

The Waldron Y is located in The Meadowbrook Center at the corner of U.S. 460 and Alleghany Spring Road. For more information, call 268.1623.

The Y is also now accepting orders for locally grown, fresh-cut Frasier Fir Christmas trees. Trees will be available for pickup at the Open House.

$30 for 5-6 feet

$35 for 6-7 feet

$40 for 7-8 feet

$50 for 8-9 feet

$65 for 9-10 feet

Email us to reserve your tree.

About $10 of each tree benefits Waldron Y.

Fight away “Holiday Bulge” with Waldron Y BOOT CAMP

Starts November 29. Ends Dec. 22

Our 4-week Boot Camp features intense 30-minute classes that can be geared to ANY fitness level.

Attend as many Boot Camp classes that you can stand!

Just $10/Y members; $25/non-members.

Class Times:

• Tuesdays @ 9:15 am
• Tuesdays @ 6:30 pm
• Thursdays @ 6:30 pm
• Saturdays @ 8:30 am (ABS ONLY)

To register, contact the Waldron Y at 268.1623 or email staci@vtymca.org.

Calling artists, craftspeople to Holiday Market at Meadowbrook

We invite you to display and sell your work at our Holiday Market at Meadowbrook, which opens Nov. 12 and will run through the end of the year.

The beauty of the Holiday Market at Meadowbrook is that you don’t have to staff your tables and sell your work … we do it for you during the six weeks of the holiday season! You simply rent space at the market (ranging from $10 to $25 for the season) and then pay us just 10 percent of your sales as commission.

In return, we promote the market through our various social and print media and host a Holiday Open House on Dec. 3 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Located at The Meadowbrook Center in the Waldron Family Y and George Gray Gallery, the Holiday Market in its inaugural year in 2010 generated more than $10,000 in sales for local artists and craftspeople. This year, we intend the Market to be even more successful.

Please reply here if you want to be part of our Holiday Market at Meadowbrook. Spaces are on a first-come, first-serve basis, and will be available for display of your work beginning the afternoon of Nov. 9.

Please remember that your space rental fees and commissions go to support The Meadowbrook Center and the mission of Mountain Valley Charitable Foundation, which is to provide opportunity and empower community for eastern Montgomery County to be the best it can be.

Look forward to seeing you at the Holiday Market.