Save the Dates! Friday, December 5 – Sunday, December 7, 2025

Thank you to our
2024 Stocking Stuffer Event Sponsors:

THANK YOU!!

To all who contributed to the 22nd Annual Stocking Stuffer Magical Holiday Market atthe Centre Furnace Mansion

The 22nd Annual Stocking Stuffer Magical Holiday Market was a splendid and successful event, thanks to all who made it possible. From the stunning array of treasures to buy, to the planning and execution of the event, everything went seamlessly. Hats off to our generous event, business, and room sponsors, supporters, and volunteers who contributed. And thanks to all of you who came out to shop and support local businesses, artisans and the Centre County Historical Society.

Our special thanks to Scholar Hotels LLC, McQuaide Blasko, Kish Bank, and Rapid Transit Sports for their generous event sponsorship. Special thanks as well to our friends at The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau for sponsoring our rack card and encouraging visitors to explore and discover Happy Valley.

Bouquets of gratitude to floral designers Avant Garden and Daniel Vaughn Designs for their professional contribution to deck the Mansion’s halls with stunning holiday finery since 2009. And thank you to Tait Farm Trees for their tree donation for the Stocking Stuffer entrance. We hope you will take time to visit the Mansion in the next couple of weeks to take in the holiday decorations; they will be on display until December 23.

Enthusiastic cheers to the Harris Township Lions Club and other parking volunteers for keeping our parking lots safe for shoppers. And many thanks to all who helped with the extensive effort of setting up for the sale, and cleaning up afterward!

We would like to express our gratitude to Stocking Stuffer Chair Deb McManus who has been instrumental in the success of this annual event.

We would also like to thank CCHS Marketing and Event Coordinator Johanna Sedgwick for her invaluable contribution to the event. Her seamless coordination of vendor registration and attention to the myriad details involved in transforming the inside of the mansion for this event truly are amazing. And many thanks to Katy Stager for coordination of the volunteer cashier area, and to Becky Dreese for ensuring a smooth transition with this critical piece!

Kudos and many thanks to the Centre Furnace Mansion Gardeners for their donations of materials and time after a busy garden season to beautifully decorating the exterior. With special thanks to Garden Committee co-coordinators Beverly Lipski and Katie Frieden for their leadership.

Thank you to our Centre Furnace Mansion Docents and CCHS volunteers who helped assemble Stocking Stuffer products and several other tasks in between tours and other activities this fall. And to Jude Larkin for thoughtfully decorating the Mansion’s west parlor mantels and the Founders Room tree.

And last, but certainly not least, thank you to our talented vendors for their variety of products for holiday giving and for their thoughtful displays that make the event more festive. And to all who donated antiques and treasures to sell this year!

As the event has grown, so too has this grand effort that has made the event a traditional community entrée to the holiday season.

Our annual CCHS fundraisers, loyal membership, business and individual supporters, and the thousands of volunteer hours generously given each year are critical components to our operation.  It is thanks to this incredible spirit of generosity that we are able to keep CCHS tour and history programming and initiatives alive at the Centre Furnace Mansion, the Boogersburg School, and beyond.

Thank you again and best wishes for a lovely holiday season and New Year!

Deb McManus, Stocking Stuffer Chair
Mary Sorensen, Executive Director
Johanna Sedgwick, Marketing and Events Coordinator
Katy Stager, Cashier Coordinator

2024 Holiday Design Sponsors:

Avant Garden
Daniel Vaughn Designs

Business Supporters:

Tait Farm Christmas Trees
Wiscoy for Animals
Way Fruit Farm

Room Sponsors:

Candace and Robert Dannaker
Steve & Carol Gentry
Annie Hamilton Taylor, Marty
Gutowski, & Libby Taylor
Mary Watson
Roger L. Williams &
Karen Magnuson

Holiday Music Co-Sponsors:

The Whistle Tones
The Fair Winds III

Stocking Stuffer Supporters

Anonymous
Laurene Keck
Ruth Merritt
Liz Reed
Centre Furnace Mansion Gardeners
Centre Furnace Mansion Docents

Organizational Volunteers

Harris Township Lions Club
JustServe
Penn State Circle K

The Stocking Stuffer is the Historical Society’s largest fundraiser and is critical to providing more than 15% of CCHS’s annual budget. As this event has grown, sponsorship is even more important to provide an event of this scale. Support the Stocking Stuffer this year through being a sponsor or supporter. Supporting in this way will help offset expenses associated with the event and allocate a larger percentage of the profit to CCHS’s mission work.

2024 Vendors

Please contact Johanna at jsedgwick@centrefurnace.org for vendor information.

Use the Search box to easy find your favorite vendor or type in something that you are looking for. Click on an image to visit the vendor’s website/Facebook if provided.