The mission of the new on-line company, Southern Appalachian Creations, Inc. (SAC) is to assist the people of the southern Appalachians in marketing the products they have made, to show the world what fine creations originated in these lovely mountains, and to preserve the traditional patterns and techniques of our culture.
The company has 2 branches. Yet to come is SAC-s that will provide a selling platform for each person to retain, list, sell and ship their own creation.
The other branch is a calendar of upcoming events… SAC-e. This will provide a schedule of events featuring the artisans from the southern Appalachians. This schedule will assist the artists in locating events that will be most profitable to them, will assist the event promoters to get the word out into areas where their advertising normally does not go, and will help the whole community by bringing in tourists that are not familiar with the events in this area.
Among the events featured will be fine art, folk art, music, crafts, books and food stuffs that are made by the seller. This will include art and crafts shows, food cookoffs, book signings and concerts.
The announcement of the event and the payment will be made on-line in order to contain the costs of listing the events. Payment may be made through PayPal, and credit and debit cards.
SAE is a non-profit company, meaning that the artisan will receive all the monies after the operating expenses are paid.
We want to ask everyone that is interested in the people of southern Appalachia to make a contribution to SAC-e in order to build the selling-site branch of SAC. All contributions can be included in “Charitable Contributions” on the Federal Income Tax Form. Check with the Internal Revenue Service or a tax professional if there are any questions about this. We are a 501(c)3 company.
If you have questions or suggestions or just a comment, please contact us at SAC, 677 Old 441S, Clayton GA 30525 or you may call at 706-782 5883. To reach the SAC Calendar of Events, https://visitsac.org. Our eMail is sac.inc.s.e@gmail.com
WE WANT THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TO HAVE THE BEST.