Et Cetera Shop, Inc. to host 50th anniversary style show

BLUFFTON — Et Cetera Shop, Inc., Bluffton, will hold a style show, "Celebrating 50 Years of Fashion," at 2 p.m. March 10 at the Bluffton Middle School cafetorium. The show is one of the events planned during 2024 in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Et Cetera Shop, Inc. Covering the decades of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s, the show will also include a Ten Thousand Villages segment on "The Future is Fair Trade." Clothing for the show has been acquired through donations over the past year. The 30 models for the show are all volunteers at the shop and range in age from 10-93. Tickets, priced at $5 per person, are available at Et Cetera Shop, Bluffton Ten Thousand Villages and Book ReViews. The three stores are located on Bluffton's Main Street and are operated by Et Cetera Shop, Inc. The style show will include door prizes, including two $50 Et Cetera gift cards, a silent auction of purses, Ten Thousand Villages display and items to purchase, and a Book ReViews display. Style show committee members include Cindy Luginbill, Janette Reineke, JP Schumacher and Joyce Suter. Initially opened as a thrift and gift store in 1974, Et Cetera was created by the late Lois Sommer Kreider and was sponsored by local Mennonite churches. Today, Et Cetera Inc. is operated by a non-profit board and is sponsored by local churches, including First Mennonite, Bluffton; Bluffton Presbyterian Church; Grace Mennonite, Pandora; Salem Mennonite, Elida; Lima Mennonite, Lima; and St. John Bible, Pandora. Et Cetera Shop, Inc. is part of a network of not-for-profit stores that supports local and global relief, development and peace projects of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC). Other events throughout 2024 will include a summer garden tour, several customer appreciation days, a comforter blitz for MCC, community worship service, and repurposing and kids' crafts at Bluffton Family Recreation.