In
1973, the Barter Faire was created to
help a community connect and barter
surplus harvest and goods for other
goods needed for winter. Through the
years, the Okanogan Family Faire (OFF)
has become an annual event attracting
vendors, musicians, artists and crafts
people from communities, near and far.
The
Okanogan Family Faire is a non-profit
organization registered in the state of
Washington, Okanogan County. The purpose
of this charitable corporation is to
provide community events which support
public education on a broad range of
traditional, rural, economic, and
spiritual values that reflect respect
for the diversity of all people,
wildlife and earth.
The
Okanogan Family Faire, along with
Okanogan Neighbors, whose holdings
include the Barter Faire site, are all
composed of volunteers. OFF/ON is the
source from which has sprung the
Community Cultural
Center of Tonasket (CCC)
& the
Okanogan Community Consciousness
Fund (OCCF). Also it has provided much
of the funding for the
Tonasket Natural
Foods Co-op.
