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8 • THE ARTISAN FALL 2025 GUILD NEWS autograph signings, a food drive, and even offered hair and make-up services to the shoppers during the Halloween season! What was once just a fun way to socialize and express our individual creativity has turned into an event that has been beneficial to so many members! e day of the sale is always a great way to reconnect with each other outside of the workplace and support each other during what has become a much longer work lull than any of us anticipated. Amy and I would like to thank everyone who has participated, donated, and volunteered at the events so far. If anyone is interested in helping us with future events, or is interested in being a vendor, please reach out to either of us and follow us on IG and Facebook @crayglamsquad. We are looking forward to the 8th sale on November 22, 2025 held at Local 80 in Burbank. Over 50+ Local 706 members will be there selling their items. Food trucks. Raffle. And food drive will all be taking place. Follow @crayglamsquad on IG or Facebook and check out the vendors on social media to purchase items! CO-OP CRAFT SALE Local 706 make-up and hair members are creative people, and since we are all artists, those creative ideas are endless… So as the film and TV work in California slowed down, many 706 members turned to their creative "side hustles" to make ends meet. To date, more than 120 members have participated in the "Hair Stylists and Make- Up Artists Co-Op" sales since the first was organized by me and Amy Sparks during COVID. Five years and seven events later, the little idea that sprang from boredom, lack of creativity, and the need for financial assistance is still going strong (and there is an eighth fair scheduled for November 22, 2025). So far, we have raised more than $8,500 to help our fellow artists pay their dues. In addition, the vendor participants have had the opportunity to sell their cras (and various odds and ends) to the general public. Aer the devastating fires swept through the Palisades and Altadena, the proceeds from the fih and sixth fairs (plus a donation from fellow member Raissa Patton) were used to cover a quarter's worth of dues for nine B Y M A R I A S A N D O V A L members who were affected. We have done all this without any official sponsorship, and with our only costs being the venue (Local 80) and its staff. Our advertising is completely word of mouth and social media blasts from the vendors themselves, as well as the IG and Facebook accounts created for the events. Volunteers (including high school students, fellow union members, and friends and families of the vendors themselves) assist in setting up the tables and running the raffle. Generous item and gi certificate donations from many members and their friends, hair and make-up product lines, and businesses (such as Nigel's, Frends, and Naimies), have turned the raffle into a popular event for people seeking crew swag, autographs, and handmade items and/ or services. ese people in turn also shop from the vendors, bringing in much needed income. We have secured relationships with various food truck vendors who donate their time to the event in exchange for whatever proceeds they might bring in on the day. We have used the stage at the venue for celebrity Anna Rose Kern Liz Chang Amy Sparks Emily Aznavourian Veronica Rodarte Vance Hartwell Maria Sandoval