On June 21st, members of Syosset AYLUS came to the opening day of the CCE Nassau Farmers Market. The market was open to the public at 9:00AM but volunteers arrived at Eisenhower Park Field 8 at 8:00AM to help set up the tents as well as to help other vendors set up. There were three shifts set up with four people allowed during each shift; 8-11AM, 9AM-1PM and 11AM-12:45PM. All sorts of vendors came with a variety of goods to sell including lilac products, cookies, breads, fresh produce, glazes and more.
Throughout the event, there were two members at the front tent constantly marking down every person that arrived which resulted in a final visitor count at the end. There was also a tent in the middle of the field for kids. The tent had various activities for the kids who came such as planting flowers, vegetables, doing worksheets or getting stickers and tattoos. Other volunteers who did not have a designated station walked around the market helping shoppers with their bags, giving general information about the market and directing people to the Taste New York vendor in the house on the other side of the parking lot.
Report written by Nicole Zhang
Hours:
Nicole Zhang: 3 hours
Rachel Zhang: 3 hours
Kingston Lu: 3 hours
Geyan Lou: 3 hours
Mia Xu: 2.75 hours
Aiden Lin: 4 hours
Audrey Lin: 4 hours
