By Daily Press staff
Roosevelt Elementary school booster club and PTA plan to host the Roosevelt Holiday Marketplace for 11th consecutive year.
On Saturday, Dec. 4, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., more than 80 vendors will come from all over the country to sell their wares. There also will be an international food court, live musical entertainment, silly rides and crafts tables for children.
Held each year on the Roosevelt campus at 801 Montana Ave., organizers say this year will be the largest event yet. A major part of all proceeds go toward funding fine arts education for the 800 public school children at Roosevelt School.
Roosevelt’s families come from every area of the world — Hispanic, Scandinavian, Asian, Persian, Italian, European, Indian and African American families all celebrate the holidays at this international marketplace.
More than 200 parents and teachers volunteer to make the event. Fine arts education at Roosevelt is funded largely from the proceeds of the holiday sales at the marketplace.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 17, 2004. Read the original PDF.