Pasadena Convention

Guest Post by Alison Malanowski


Two weeks ago, my family and I attended the Pasadena Homeschool Convention for C.H.E.A (Christian Home Educator's Association). This being only our second convention, we were still a little new to the whole process. Nonetheless, everyone was really excited. The convention lasted from Friday the 16th until Sunday the 18th. This was a bit different, since we had heard that most conventions do not schedule events on Sundays. So, we were surprised to find out when we arrived Sunday morning, several of the exhibitors had already left. We were almost completely surrounded by a line of empty exhibitor booths! It was unexpected, but we kept going.


This convention wasn't that much different from the one in Ohio, but it was so much closer to home. That made it a lot easier to get all of our supplies there (especially the 32 inch Flatscreen TV monitor)! We were even able to bring our friend Joey Saraceno along to help us out. This convention was also huge, and there were constant waves of attendees coming into the Exhibit Hall. We met a lot of really amazing people, ran into some friends, and definitely got the word out for America: Her People, Her Stories. Having received tons of positive responses, the whole family was eager to get started again the following week at the A.F.H.E. Phoenix Homeschool Convention.

Our good friend Joey (center) helping us out at the booth.


Our whole family (l. to r.) - Melissa, Tony (Dad), Shan (Mom) and Alison; even Granddad joined us on the monitor!