Aly Boccella, left, and her sister Lexy with their stand of handcrafted items.
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ACL to host 16th annual Dorothy Boccella Holiday Marketplace
CLARKS SUMMIT — The 16th annual Dorothy Boccella Holiday Marketplace will continue it tradition to provide a Christmas shopping experience at the Abington Community Library from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8 and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9. Free of admission, visitors will get to shop for the upcoming holiday season from a variety of vendors.
11-year-old Aly Boccella and her 9-year-old sister Lexy, who are the granddaughters of the event’s founder, will return with their handmade slime, bracelets, and stickers.
Also coming back will be Megan Samborski with her organic and all-natural health and beauty products from her business called Five Oaks Herbals. She will sell face moisturizers, deodorant, lip balm, tooth powder, and arthritis/muscle rubs. She will also have herbal tinctures, aromatherapy balls, herbal teas, and elderberry syrup. There will be options for stocking stuffers as well.
Kim and Andrew’s Farm Market from Lake Ariel will bring an assortment of jams, jellies, pickles, maple syrup, and other homemade canned items. They will have holiday gift boxes as well.
Twofold Farms and Studio will provide handmade paper items and dried flowers. Recycled paper is used to make stationery, gift toys, coasters, and sculptural items such as vases. Most items are “seed paper,” which is plantable.
Zax Bakeshop will bring signature items, including seasonal macarons, croissants, pain au chocolat, chocolate chunk cookies, sourdough breads, and morning buns.
Tim’s Chili & Salsa, known for its old-fashioned chili sauce, will provide sweet flavors of salsa such as mild and pineapple. There will also be sweet flavors of pickles, such as bread and butter. Pickled carrots, dilly beans, pickled garlic, and cowboy candy will also be for sale.
Lupo Rosso Woodfired Pizza will have its food truck outside the library.
Judy Detter, project coordinator, is organizing the event. 117 baskets to raise money for the library’s operating fund are displayed throughout the building. Funds will also be raised by brick pavers for sale. Families, businesses, and organizations can have their names engraved on a brick that will be set on the outdoor sidewalk.
