Helensville Christmas Market- Saturday 14th December
The Helensville Christmas Market is to be held Saturday 14th December from 9 to 2 pm at the Helensville Hall. The Hall is on the main street behind the Library and beside the RSA.
There’s plenty of parking at the back of the hall. The Market is primarily a community event where local people come to sell second hand goods, arts and crafts and homemade produce, antiques and collectibles, bric a brac / homemade gift ware. For the Christmas Market, we’ve got heaps of new sellers that are offering some fantastic Christmas gift ideas.
Community groups will be invited to come along and participate to fund raise and also have a presence if they wish to advertise and promote their clubs or charities/organizations.
At the Christmas Market we’ve got the Helensville Lions coming, bringing their huge hearts and community spirit, along with their high quality second hand books, a special Christmas raffle and of course their legendary barbeque trailer!! www.facebook.com...
We’ve also invited our Year 10 Business class students from Kaipara College, who are going to be selling their own products – we love supporting our young business entrepreneurs!
We have sold out of table spaces. Here’s a list of who will be there, and what they will be selling, where we’ve got Facebook and website links, we’ve included those so that you can check them out-:
Dean Masters, selling high quality locally made wood products www.facebook.com...
Danielle selling oils and cool placemats www.facebook.com...
Lauren and Georgia selling awesome Christmas Trees made of recycled books-
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We have Jodie selling Soy candles and body melt
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Winsome selling Tog/book bags and wheat bags, Jayne selling Fabric shower hats and fabric children books
Megan will be there from Earth Wind and indigo selling her well known products including crystals-
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Les and Andrea selling Dream catchers arts and crafts and Hayley is selling beautiful glass bowls and dishes with candles and decorations perfect as a gift this Christmas.
Carla is there from Nutrimetics selling cosmetics and make up, and Linda and Sue selling soy candles, crafts and home made products.
If you are in the market for quality collectibles and antiques, as well as Crown Lynn, Crystal ware, vinyl LPs, Comics and retro artware, ceramics, vases and retro kitchenalia- we’ve got Big Fat Hen Retro and Collectibles in the house! www.facebook.com...
Come along and support locals and buy local.
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⚠️ DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. If you love them, don't leave them. ⚠️
It's a message we share time and time again, and this year, we're calling on you to help us spread that message further.
Did you know that calls to SPCA about dogs left inside hot cars made up a whopping 11% of all welfare calls last summer? This is a completely preventable issue, and one which is causing hundreds of dogs (often loved pets) to suffer.
Here are some quick facts to share with the dog owners in your life:
👉 The temperature inside a car can heat to over 50°C in less than 15 minutes.
👉 Parking in the shade and cracking windows does little to help on a warm day. Dogs rely on panting to keep cool, which they can't do in a hot car.
👉 This puts dogs at a high risk of heatstroke - a serious condition for dogs, with a mortality rate between 39%-50%.
👉 It is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act to leave a dog in a hot vehicle if they are showing signs of heat stress. You can be fined, and prosecuted.
SPCA has created downloadable resources to help you spread the message even further. Posters, a flyer, and a social media tile can be downloaded from our website here: www.spca.nz...
We encourage you to use these - and ask your local businesses to display the posters if they can. Flyers can be kept in your car and handed out as needed.
This is a community problem, and one we cannot solve alone. Help us to prevent more tragedies this summer by sharing this post.
On behalf of the animals - thank you ❤️