Skip to content

Westview trade show raises money for special project

The Westview School trade show happened in the school’s gymnasium on Saturday, and school principal Cheri Haberstock said the show was very successful, and she looks forward to using the money to helping students learn literacy.
Westview Trade Show
A trade show was held in the Westview School gymnasium and there were approximately 15 vendors present.

The Westview School trade show happened in the school’s gymnasium on Saturday, and school principal Cheri Haberstock said the show was very successful, and she looks forward to using the money to helping students learn literacy.

The trade show has been going for three years and each time the money raised goes back into the school for various purposes.

Stacy Cairns, who started the trade show three years ago, said she is really happy with how things have turned out.

“I have been organizing this event since the beginning, and it was also my idea to start the trade show in the first place. I head of other schools doing it and we are fortunate to have the space in our school, so I thought it was a good idea to also start up a trade show,” said Cairns.

“We don’t really have any criteria for our vendors to show up. We want to encourage home-based businesses, and crafts people are always interesting, but if anyone wants to get a table at our next trade show I encourage people to get in contact with the school,” she added.

Proceeds will be directed to the one book, one school project, which is aimed at encouraging students to enjoy reading by offering them prizes for each chapter of the book they read. If they answer the compression questions properly they will receive a small prize.

The one book, one school project is open to parents and families. Haberstock said she has ordered just over 120 books and each family will receive a book. She hopes that the families will work with their children to encourage reading comprehension and literacy.

“All our school families are going to be reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Once our program is underway we will be able to enjoy that book and share it throughout our school and get kids reading,” said Haberstock.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has been made into a movie twice but the book itself differs from both films, so she hopes her students will not try to take the easy way out by watching the film, because the comprehension questions are not related to the film, but rather to each chapter in the book.

“The money raised, of course, will go towards purchasing the books and once the program is over we are going to have a big party for everyone. The story is a good kids’ story and I feel that we picked the right book. Our program will run from Kindergarten to Grade 8,” Haberstock said.

This year’s trade show once again had a good variety of vendors. 

“We had a fantastic response from the community this year and over the last two, we always seem to bring out vendors. We started it up because it is a fantastic fundraiser and we wanted to get people from the community into our building and show some support for our school,” said Haberstock.