To the Editor:

The Greater Ogdensburg Chamber of Commerce would like to thank everyone who attended the Thanksgiving Craft Show on Saturday, November 18th at Kennedy School. We had over (90) vendors and over (1100) shoppers attend our craft show!

Thanks to Michele Morrison who helped us mark out the vendor spots. Many thanks Brian Mitchell and the maintenance crew at Kennedy School – Eddie Paige, Lucas Hamilton, Steven Poore, Melissa Fuller and Greg White. We had some additional help from OFA students: Justyn McCormick, Taylor Mack, Sloane Ryan, Colby Ryan, Paige Merz, Eddie Swan and Kyle Flynn. We could not have done it without you guys – thanks so much! Thanks to Kierian Heagle and JR Nicholson from AT & T who provided free WI-FI to our vendors.

Thanks to our generous sponsors: Ed-Med Federal Credit Union; Hoosier Magnetics; Kimro’s Medicine Place and the St. Lawrence Federal Credit Union.

We would also like to thank the Chamber Board of Directors and their family who always go above and beyond to help before, during and after our events – Alex Augsbury,

Ray Babowicz, Kathy Bogart, Michele Catlin, Craig Chevalier, Becky Delles, Kim Demers, Sue Duffy, Steve Hawes, Wayne Izzo, Lee Jones, Penny Kerfien, Melissa Lalonde, Marcia LeMay, Kevin McDonough, Sean McNamara, Dawn Merz, Christopher Pitcher, Betsy Porter, Sarah Purdy, Rhonda Roethel, Judy Ryan, Michael Thayer, Derek VanHouse and John Wade. Last but not least, a special warm and grateful thank you to the Chamber’s admin assistant, Kim Snyder and her husband, George who helped.

Laura J. Pearson

Greater Ogdensburg Chamber of Commerce executive director