Craft fair features handiwork of seniors and disabled

Tacoma Housing Authority will host its first Senior and Disabled Handmade Craft Fair on Oct. 25 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Salishan Family Investment Center.
Senior and disabled residents of Housing Authority (THA) homes will be selling their handmade crafts to the public, with 25 percent of vendor profits being donated to a local food bank. Vendors will be selling a variety of handmade merchandise, including: knitted items, recycled art, jewelry, wood carvings and Victorian finger purses. One resident will be selling copies of her self-published book of poetry.
The site of the craft fair is at: 1724 E. 44th St. in Tacoma.
Additional information is available from Caroline Cabellon, THA’s elderly and disabled program specialist, at 253-720-6784 and ccabellon@tacomahousing.org.