Hutchison Beeline Bazaar
This year’s Beeline Bbazaar features local artisans and purveyors of handmade goods such as jewelry, art, food, textiles, stationery, pottery, and fashion. In addition to the shopping experience, food vendors will provide lunch at a nominal fee. Admission to the bazaar is free and open to the public.
The Beeline Bazaar started more than a decade ago as an initiative led by the junior class to raise money for the student-run Community Service Endowment Fund and the traditional Junior-Senior Luncheon. In the past 16 years, the Beeline Bazaar has become a widely popular event in the Memphis community for both local vendors and shoppers. The Bazaar provides valuable, hands-on learning experiences for the students involved, teaching marketing, entrepreneurship, and event management skills to the Hutchison juniors who run the event.
The Beeline Bazaar also extends beyond Hutchison, as a majority of the proceeds are given back to the community through nonprofit grants to organizations that benefit the greater Memphis area. The money is allocated by the Hutchison Community Service Endowment Fund, which is directed by the student-run Philanthropic Literacy Board. Some of the nonprofits that we have granted money to in years past include Carpenter Art Garden and the Family Safety Center, as well as the Memphis Child Advocacy Center.