On April 10th, the National Council of Negro Women will be hosting a flea market on campus. The event will be held in Kehr Union, multipurpose room 345, from 1 to 5 p.m. This will be the second annual flea market the NCNW has put on at Bloomsburg. At this flea market, there will be many different vendors coming in to sell their products and make themselves known to students. The vendors will be selling clothes, jewelry, crocheted items, candles, wax melts, and more.
Raziya Givens, a sophomore medical imaging major and the treasurer of Bloomsburg’s chapter of the NCNW, states, “There [are] people coming in from Danville to sell their stuff. We have a Native American vendor who wants to come in and sell some Native American pieces, which we are really excited for.”
In addition, the organizers of this event hope they can include some businesses run by students in this flea market, to help promote students with businesses that are not very well-known on campus. They are reaching out to students who do hair and/or nails on campus to come in and advertise at this flea market. Givens explains that these students could set up a table showcasing some of the work they have done in the past, hand out business cards to spread awareness about their business, and other things similar to that, as opposed to actually doing hair and nails during the event.
The cost to enter the flea market is $5 for members of the general public and $3 for NCNW club members. The proceeds from these entrance fees will go towards the club, helping them fund events they wish to put on in the future. This entrance fee must be paid in cash at the door of the event, but then once you get into the event, other forms of payment may be used, such as venmo, cashapp, etc. Be sure to stop by this flea market to check out the items and support the NCNW!
