Alternative Gift Fair

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Alternative Gift Fair This is an annual craft fair on the first Sunday of December that raises support for good causes. Vendors are all donating profits to good causes.

Our vendors for this fair include:
10,000 Villages (supporting artists in farflung parts of the world)
Heifer International (using farm animals to help raise wealth in families)
Paper flowers (raising money for Path of Life)
Pencils and Dreams (supporting schools in Africa)
Riverside Food Cooperative (supporting locally grown produce.) Glocally Connected (raising money for new neighbors who are refugees)
David Lines (fused glass) raising money for Planned Parenthood
Soroptimist International (supporting scholarships for young women)
Inlandia Institute (supporting the literary arts, and telling the story of the inland region)
United Women in Faith from Riverside First United Methodist
United Women in Faith from Wesley United Methodist
Everly710 body butters (donation to Music Changing Lives)
Jane Treweiler baskets and jewelry (donating money to Mary S. Roberts animal shelter)
The Inland Communities Fellowship of Reconciliation (raising money for peace projects.)

This Sunday we start planning for the 2026 Alternative Gift Fair! It will be held from 11 am to 3 pm Sunday, Dec. 6 this...
09/01/2026

This Sunday we start planning for the 2026 Alternative Gift Fair! It will be held from 11 am to 3 pm Sunday, Dec. 6 this year. Looking forward to our community gathering. This certificate is from Heifer International to recognize the church for our fundraising for the cause.

Well done, the congregation of First UMC of Riverside!!

Photographer Stephen Burke sent us a lovely collage from the 2025 Alternative Gift Fair. Still savoring the memories.
12/15/2025

Photographer Stephen Burke sent us a lovely collage from the 2025 Alternative Gift Fair. Still savoring the memories.

12/09/2025

One more sweep of the outside booths.

12/09/2025

This is about 1 pm yesterday. The music sets the mood so beautifully.

12/09/2025

The Inland Recorder Society took the final hour of the fair and made it tuneful!

12/09/2025

Carl Bernhardt played the hammered dulcimer!

12/09/2025

Robert Phillips and Jeff Benedict give the fair a jazzy feel!

Our 2025 gift fair went so well! Thanks to all the vendors, to all the shoppers, to the soup makers to the musicians and...
12/09/2025

Our 2025 gift fair went so well! Thanks to all the vendors, to all the shoppers, to the soup makers to the musicians and to all the volunteers. We will be together next year on Dec. 6, 2026. Here are a few pictures from the day.

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4845 Brockton Avenue
Riverside, CA
92506

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+19516837831

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