A time-honored tradition hosted by the people of Stowe themselves! Right in the sweet spot of Autumn beginning, the town gets together and celebrate with a fun picnic and fundraiser! Half the town makes a basket while the rest are expected to bid on them. All bets are considered donations and will be happily donated to the town for any future events / projects!
The once age-old tradition was broken down by the basket weavers (aka women) and the basket bidders (aka men) but the event was certainly modernized in 2018 to include non-binaries and give more fairness to the ladies. A week prior to the fundraising event, the township of Stowe holds a meeting and lottery picks the basket weavers! Those who were not selected in the drawing, are the town’s bidders. Down below this post will be the listing of our basket weavers and bidders.
The idea is that the highest bid for the basket will win the basket. These baskets may be filled with yummy goodies or themed products like body lotions, hand-crafted items, etc. As Taylor Doose would say -- keep this PG, people! Though keep in mind, basket weavers, most people are betting for a delicious lunch!
And in the midst of all the excitement of the bidding picnic basket wars, there are plenty of tables full of refreshments and hand-made goodies for the whole town to enjoy!
BASKET WEAVERS
Alexandria Kaye
Arthur Desai
Emery Farina
Kassandra Ryder
Kyle Jenner
Scout Johnson
Meredith Calloway
Valentina Cabrera
BASKET BIDDERS
Brandon Segal
Camila Clearwater
Constance Faulkner
Maggie Sainte
Margaret McKee
Matt Blazej
Miles Parker
Zhao Re Mi
Welcome to our first event, Stoweys! We ask everyone to participate for our first event but not every event will require participation on your end. Please tag all open starters as gm:event001 and let’s get this thing started!
The event will last until next Saturday, September 11th.
**disclaimer: the idea of the Bid-On-A-Basket Fundraiser was 100% inspired by the tv show Gilmore Girls and we do not claim any originality whatsoever.