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A Thumbs Up for the First Baptist Church Emporium

Handmade jewelry is laid out at the Three Birds Studio booth prior to the Heart & Hands Emporium at First Baptist Church in Gainesville on Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. - photo by Austin Steele

10122018 EMPORIUM 003.JPG — Handmade jewelry is laid out at the Three Birds Studio booth prior to the Heart & Hands Emporium at First Baptist Church in Gainesville on Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. - photo by Austin Steele

First Baptist Church’s Emporium has a special beneficiary this year: Thumbs Up Mission, which helps take some of the weight from the shoulders of families struggling with cancer.