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Senior
Artisans At Work
Santas Are Everywhere On Geezer.com
Nov. 18, 02 - One of America's most
famous working seniors, Father Christmas, or Santa Claus to the
younger generation, is also one of the most popular holiday
inspirations for senior artisans on Geezer.com, a nonprofit e-commerce
Web site designed to provide senior artisans with a medium to launch
and market their creative products on the Internet.
These senior artisans work countless
hours creating the likeness of one of their very own. As a result,
online shoppers can choose from more than 250 handcrafted Santas made
with a variety of materials from wood to wrought iron, Slinky's to
bowling pins, with prices ranging from $5.95 to $375.00.
 For example,
Glenn Laedtke, from Rochester, Minn., sells hand-carved Victorian
American Santa Claus' made from a 200-year-old log he found preserved
beneath Lake Superior. His Santa stands six inches tall, and is a
representation of the American Santa Claus from the 1800's. An
accompanying message, providing a story of Santas' origin, enhances
the piece. Laedtke has been an avid woodcarver for 15 years.
Geezer.com features over 14,500
handcrafted products created by more than 1300 senior artisans from
around the nation and Puerto Rico. Geezer.com visitors can find other
holiday items such as: a ceramic African Santa with a basket of toys,
a three wise men set made from palm leaves, a ceramic Mardi Gras
Santa, "Let It Snow" snowmen made of wood, and crocheted angels
ornaments.
Geezer.com was created to help senior
artisans and crafters, primarily from rural areas, to use the Internet
to run a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week e-commerce business. This site
also offers a small business resource area and a discussion forum for
artisans to share stories and seek information. The artisans
themselves determine the prices, they maintain their product
inventory, and after a purchase is made they ship the item directly to
the customer. Since the artisans who sell their products on the site
are primarily from small communities across the nation, shoppers feel
like they are touring the back roads of rural America.
For more information, visit
www.geezer.com or call 1-877-803-1468 to become a Geezer.com
senior artisan. Geezer.com is a service of Experience Works, a
national, nonprofit organization that provides training and employment
services for mature workers. For more information visit
www.experienceworks.org.
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