Shopping For Sarcoma – Vendor evening in Sydenham

Jeff Green | Nov 01, 2017

When Kerri Pringle’s mother, Sharon Horgan, died of Sarcoma 9 years ago, she was understandably devastated. Among the ways that she dealt with her grief was to stasrt up a fund raising event to donate money to the University Hospital Foundation for research into Sarcoma, which is a rare form of cancer.
Kerri is a Pampered Chef Consultant based in Sydenham and at first she set up an annual fundraising sale for her customers in her own home.

Over the years the event has grown and moved to different locations. This year the evening is set for the Community Room at the Sydenham branch of the Kingston Frontenac Public Library, and in addition to the Pampered Chef, five other businesses are participating.

They include: Hayley Hudson - Independent Consultant with Steeped Tea, Leann Benoit - The Crafty Gardener / Mrs. Bee, Amber Gustavel - Independent Consultant with Thirty-One Gifts, Amanda Kaiser - Independent Wellness Advocate with doTerra, and Jenn Kent - Independent Consultant with Arbonne.
“We are all friends and we thought by having us all there it will make for an enjoyable evening for all of our customers and the whole community,” said Kerri, “I’m looking forward to it.”

In addition to raising money for research, there will be material available about Sarcoma in order to raise awareness about patient care and research.

The vendors will be offering samples as well, and there will be raffles as well at the two house event, which runs from 6:30pm – 8:30pm on Thursday, November 9th.