Visitors walk around the Mason High School CBI Fall Craft Fair on Saturday, Nov. 13. The high school’s Community Based Instruction program teaches students functional life skills. The program puts on a fundraiser craft fair every fall. Photo by Abigail Comar 
Rachael Hyaduck counts the number of products left with one of her students. It is Hyaduck’s fourth year teaching in the CBI program, and her third year running the craft fair. She said she was very excited to have her students sell some of the crafts they made. Photo by Abigail Comar 
Two vendors, Dana Self and Darlene Whitford, pose with their handmade crafts. They have been friends for around 30 years and love selling crafts together. Photo by Abigail Comar 
Handmade jewelry from Dana Self on display. There were 30 vendors at the craft fair. Rachael Hyaduck said the fair charges a vendor fee. Money relieves the financial burden on parents with students in the CBI program. Photo by Abigail Comar 
Lorrie Bigham, owner of Willow Blossom Farms, sells honey at the craft fair. She raises her own bees and said she enjoys coming to craft fairs to meet people, instead of spending all her time with the bees. Photo by Abigail Comar 
A table display shows handmade state of Michigan cutouts, made from wood boards and acrylic paint. Erin Neff, the vendor, said she first picked it up as a hobby during the COVID-19 lockdown. Now, she sells her art at craft shows. This fair was her fifth. Rachael Hyaduck did not put on a craft fair last fall because of COVID-19 safety precautions. Photo by Abigail Comar 
Customer Tina Duck is excited about her craft fair purchase, a University of Michigan purse. She said she likes craft fairs because she can buy from the community and see different homemade goods. The craft fair was free for the public to attend. Photo by Abigail Comar 
Visitors coming and going from the craft fair. The funds raised at the craft fair come from vendor fees, food purchased, and crafts sold by the students in the CBI program. Rachael Hyaduck said this money is used to pay for students to go and work in the community to practice life skills, purchase classroom supplies, and pay for field trips. Photo by Abigail Comar
Mason High School’s Community Based Instruction program hosted a craft fair on Saturday, Nov. 13. The annual fair raises money for activities such as field trips. There were 30 vendors at the fair and many visitors. Rachael Hyaduck, who teaches in the program and organized the fair, was very happy with how the event turned out.