Posted: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 4:00 am | Updated: 7:09 am, Tue Mar 27, 2012.

The former Pine Tree ISD administration building is filled with vendors selling their wares lots of bling, cosmetics, sunglasses, watches, pashmina ponchos, scarves, purses, cookware, kitchen items, T-shirts and more. The vendors, all women, giggle as they talk to each other and customers alike.

A stranger wouldnt know its a fundraiser for Pine Tree High School sophomore Christopher Sartor, who suffered a spinal cord injury in September while lifting weights at school under the supervision of the high school coaching staff.

No, I dont know him, Sassy Lady Designs vendor Evelyn Hughes said. But Chris is one of ours. And in Pine Tree, we take care of our own.

We still consider ourselves a small community.

Terry Barrett, teacher and sponsor of the Pine Tree Leadership Class, said the students are always involved in community activities, so doing a fundraiser for the student wasnt ever a question.

At Pine Tree, we take care of our own, she said, echoing the phrase that came up repeatedly. This has been a tremendous change of lifestyle for Chris ... and for his family. With this change has come many out of pocket expenses for his family. We are trying to help alleviate part of the burden.

Barrett said the class brainstormed about possible fundraising activities.

There are so many car washes and dinners, she said. The class settled on holding a bazaar and charging per booth. The exception is Masquerade, which is donating a percentage of its proceeds.

During the event Monday, a teenage girl picked up earrings, exclaiming, Oh, mom, can I have these?

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Pine Tree comes to the aid of student with spinal cord injury

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