MBD: GIRL EDITION 2019
Holiday Marketplace Fuels Girls’ Entrepreneurship CHATTANOOGA’S ONLY GIRL-POWERED
out to support local girls and their unique businesses,
marketplace featured 60 booths filled with unique
registered to win gift cards from local merchants and
merchandise and services. The Girls’ Holiday Marketplace
certificates toward GPS Camps and Clinics, let their little
at Girls Preparatory School, Saturday, Dec. 7, offered
ones decorate free cookies, and voted for their favorite
girls ages 7-17 from across the Chattanooga area the
student-crafted gingerbread houses.
opportunity to sell their products to the public with no an idea, make their products, set up their merchandise,
THANKS TO THE HOLIDAY MARKETPLACE SPONSORS
and sell their goods.
LEAD BY EXAMPLE SPONSOR
booth fee. All the vendors had to do was come up with
The professional booth setup, advertising, pre-event workshops, and more were provided by GPS and generous
BB&T/SunTrust now Truist GOLD SPONSORS | EPB Fiber Optics
sponsors. Thirty businesses returned from the year before.
& The Trust Company of Tennessee
Products sold included ornaments, wreaths, and holiday
SILVER SPONSOR | The Bright School
decor; original art, jewelry, dog accessories and treats, beauty products, handmade candles and soaps, original family games, and more.
IN-KIND DONATIONS | Chattanooga Zoo, Tennessee Aquarium, Panera Bread, Coca-Cola Bottling, The Pottery Place, I Go Tokyo, First Watch, WonderPress & CycleBar.
Making Spirits Bright, Poetry for You, The Jeweled
ON-SITE CORPORATE VENDORS | Chick-N-Nooga
Dragon, Art for Paws, and Colors of the Wind were just a
& High Grounds Coffee
handful of businesses making a special appearance in the main gym at GPS. Chick-N-Nooga sold snacks and lunch, plus High Grounds Coffee sold hot beverages including hot cocoa. As an added incentive to arrive early, High Grounds Coffee gave free cups of coffee to the first 100 shoppers! While at the event, scores of shoppers turned 60
THE GIRLS’ HOLIDAY MARKETPLACE FALLS UNDER THE MBD: GIRL EDITION ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURES POWERED BY GPS, WHICH INCLUDES THE SUMMER CHATTANOOGA AS TEXT PROGRAM.
