Dreams Come True of Louisiana

Last year, Mistletoe Market raised over $10,000 for their chosen charity. This years' chosen charity, which will receive a portion of the proceeds from the 2013 Mistletoe Market Extravaganza entry fees, will be Dreams Come True of Louisiana. Founded in 1982, the goal of Dreams Come True of Louisiana is to grant dreams of children in the Louisiana area, ages 3 to 18 with life-threatening illnesses. Each year, Dreams Come True of Louisiana grants 50 to 60 dreams. We did 60 dreams last year and had 12 children to earn their wings.  As of January 1st I have had 50 dream applications cross my desk, we are receiving 2 to 3 a week sometimes.  The dreams range from pets to household items to electronics to music and play equipment to shopping sprees and trips!

     "Normal kids talk about playing ball, cheering, dancing, fishing, hunting,  our kids talk about their various meds they take, the side effects, when did you lose your hair, do your bones hurt like this and on and on and on."




Check out Dreams Come True of Louisiana to read the stories of some of the children.

• All the monies we raise stays here in Louisiana

• We let the child tell us what they want for their dream and if it’s in our budget and legal we grant “their” dream

• Things we take for granted is a special dream for a special child

• We are strong advocates to include the families in the process

   "After we grant their dream we don’t forget about them, we have an annual Christmas Party, a Fashion show (dream kids are the models) and throughout the year I am contacted for  dream child (the Balloon Festival) or when we have fundraisers we invite a few"

We look forward to seeing many faces this year at the extravaganza so 

that we may be a part of a child's dream!

Welcome to the Mistletoe Market Blog!

Thank you for your interest in Mistletoe Market 2013. We are currently gearing up for our 13th annual “Mistletoe Market” and we are now accepting a limited number of new merchants.

Are you ready for a great holiday shopping season? Last year we saw a record number of shoppers, over 6000 people through the doors. We are so excited about the growth of MTM. So many people have been asking for the date of the 2012 show and they are ready to shop. So look out, we are expecting an even greater response this year.

The date of the show is Saturday Nov 9th, 2013 from 9am-5pm and Sunday Nov 10th 2013 from 9am-5pm at the Belle of Baton Rouge Hotel( formerly the Sheraton) inside the beautiful atrium!

If you have any questions please call Rene Crousillac at 225-933-2617 or email renecrousillac@hotmail.com. Please know that we’re always working to improve the show and the desire of our heart is to create a profitable and enjoyable show for both the merchants and shoppers. We look forward to serving you this year.

 

 

 

The Shopping Extravaganza known as Mistletoe Market

ATRIUM ~ BELLE of Baton Rouge

ATRIUM SITE LAYOUT

*** 2013 ***
 

Sat  Nov 9th 9:00am-5:00pm

Sun Nov 10th 10:00am-5:00pm

Admission $5, with half of the proceeds going

 to children in need.
Kids 12 and under FREE
FREE PARKING
Strollers Welcome