What to do this weekend: 8th annual Alternative Christmas Gift Market

Highlights

1. Twenty-two local and national nonprofit groups will have booths set up to inform the public of their services.

2. Individuals may make donations to the groups in the name of a loved one for the holiday season as an alternative present that keeps on giving.

3. Cookies and coffee will be available, as well as live Christmas music.

Why you should    attend the event

“The intention of the market is to reclaim the meaning of the true Christmas spirit — that's giving to others. There’s a lot of consumerism and frantic shopping this time of year, and this is an alternative to that.”

 — Tandy Wine, planning team

About the event

When  9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday

Where  The Cedars Conference Center, 1021 Cedars Drive, McPherson

Cost Free

Info Tandy Wine 242-2303

Submit your event to

Jenae Pauls at

jenae.pauls@mcphersonsentinel.com or PO Box 926, McPherson, KS 67460.