Shop for handmade gifts at Sonoma VFW’s holiday market

Get a head start on shopping for unique gifts for the holiday season at the second annual Veterans Holiday Market at the Sonoma Valley Veterans Memorial Building.

Hosted by the Veterans for Foreign Wars Auxiliary Post 1943, them market features artists from around the North Bay who will be offering one-of-a-kind handmade items for sale.

The following are just a few of the many artists participating in the market: Blue Banana Studio (ceramics); Cathy Beck Photography (note cards and prints); Embroidered Things by Jeanie (potholders and zippered bags).

There will be a table to “Make a Veteran a Christmas Card.” These cards will be delivered to veterans throughout the community, to include the California Veterans Home in Yountville.

Good Grub Canteen will be providing food for purchase. There will be music provided by local musicians.

Proceeds from this event will help local veterans in need.

The two day event is free and open to the public. Military and veterans families are encouraged to attend. Hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday Nov. 23 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24.

The Veterans Memorial Building is located at 126 First Street West, Sonoma.

The VFW Auxiliary is an all-volunteer service organization made up of the spouses, parents, brothers, sisters and grandparents of the men and women who served in combat overseas. Nearly 470,000 members in more than 3,600 Auxiliaries across the nation work to improve the lives of veterans, service members, their families and their communities through volunteer projects, patriotic programs, youth scholarships and activities that support veterans in the North Bay area.

For more information contact chairwoman Mary Smith at 707-812-8340.