The Night Before Christmas

In an effort to help our community celebrate local flavors and to encourage local sustainability, the Perth Farmers Market vendors have come forward and offered to cater this year’s event at cost.  All local produce will be used in this year’s party buffet.

Here are just some of the products that you can find at Perth’s Farmers Market on any given weekend:

• locally organically grown produce
• home baked pies, pastries and bread
• pickles, jams and preserves of all kinds
• confections
• flowers, herbs and plants
• garlic, honey and maple syrup
• meat and eggs
• weaving, juried crafts and jewellery
• BBQ pork
• Market Cafe

For the third year in a row, Strategic Media Solutions is sponsoring the Night Before Christmas Foodbank Fundraiser. Each year Strategic Media Solutions Principal, Shelley Montreuil, takes the reigns and organizes the event along with bringing her band, Tell Mama, out to play.  This year Strategic Media Solutions is pleased to share the organizing spotlight with Dorothy Linden of Linden Financial Services. Dorothy will be taking responsibility for coordinating all financial contributions and sponsorships this year. And Julia Dashcevich of Images InterAlia is welcomed back as our printing and signage sponsor.

Tickets for the event are $20 a person plus a donation of food or $5 in lieu at the door. However, this year we are adding a new twist – in the hopes of encouraging more people to donate to the food bank on a regular, monthly basis, we are offering free tickets to anyone who commits to give $10 a month to the foodbank. This can be done either automatically by credit card or with post-dated cheques. For a committment of $15 a month, generous donors can get their ticket for free and will also not have to make a donation of food or money at the door of the event.