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Highlights
Each Women’s Resource Fair features:
- 40 - 60 exhibiting practitioners, organizations and
businesses.
- Up to 30 lectures and demonstrations by
participating organizations and experts.
- Elegant, centrally located facilities.
- Ample parking and easy access.
- Networking opportunities with other
exhibiting organizations.
- Well-run fair by veteran professionals and
community advisors.
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Special Events
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Gather & Grow Together Pre-Fair Event
Held four to six weeks prior to the fair for groups to meet each other and learn how to market their businesses at the fair and beyond.
- Keynote Speaker & Workshops
Each fair hosts a keynote guest speaker and one engaging 90-minute guest speaker workshop to attract larger audiences and educate participants on a wide variety of topics.
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Fair Facts
| Fair Audience:
500-1,000 educated, mid- to upper-income, decision-making women, ages 30-60 looking for alternative resources and enrichment.
Fair Times:
Friday, 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, 10:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.
Fair Dates & Locations:
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Participants' Feedback
“This is the best expo I have ever done in all my years in business.” Gwen Wolken, Arbonne International
 “We got about 20 registrations from new clients. And thanks to the WRF Directory, clients who thought I had moved out of the area were able to find me again.” Dena Eakles, Echo Valley Farm
“Loved it! Got many calls and work from it. Would do it again.” Megan Wells, Storyteller
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Cooperative Partnership |
Fair provides:
- Direct contact with 500 - 1,000
women in your community.
- One six-foot table with white tablecoth and two chairs.
- Opportunity to apply for 45-minute speaking slot or demonstration.
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Fair Marketing:
- Fair admission benefits local charity in exchange for promise of several hundred attendees and volunteers.
- Strong marketing campaign valued at $150,000 - $200,000.
- Exposure to thousands through fair advertising in area media like the Pioneer Press, Suburban Women Magazine, Remarkable Woman Magazine, Southern Lakes Newspapers, WLKG and The Week.
- 15,000 - 20,000 direct mail brochures and 200 posters.
- Each vendor & sponsor given 25 tickets with $100 rebate for 15 returned tickets.
- Recruitment of community groups to attend fair as group free of charge.
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Participant provides:
- Quality materials, educational information
and engaging conversation for women’s
enrichment.
- Mailing list of 100 or more local women for confidential,
one-time direct mailing.
- Qualified staff or volunteers to attend to
booth during all Fair hours.
- Give an educational presentation or demonstration.
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Applying to Fair:
- 80% of vendors must be from the surrounding community to participate.
- Application for membership into the cooperative includes
information about organization for review by
the WRF Advisory Circle and WRF staff.
- Applicants must have a product or service in the following areas: Holistic Health & Wellness, Retreats & Spas, Holistic Products, Organic Foods & Nutrition, Green Home & Organic Gardening, Empowerment & Counseling, Bodywork & Movement and Education.
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The Women's Resource Fair is currently accepting applications:
Click here to apply online.
Fee to exhibit at one fair:
- Sponsor Table: call for fees
- table & two chairs
- opportunity to apply for a speaking or demonstration slot
- recognized as sponsor with logo or name in all ads, on poster and brochure
- Profit Organizations and Partnerships: $700
- table & two chairs
- opportunity to apply for speaking slot
- Non-profit and sole proprietors: $500
- table & two chairs
- opportunity to apply for speaking slot
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