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Harvest fun day to celebrate autumn with activities & vendors

October 5, 2016 by Fairhave Neighborhood News

Press Release

Bring the family to celebrate autumn at Fairhaven’s annual Harvest Fun Day, to be held this Saturday, October 8, on the lawn of Fairhaven High School at the Visitors Center, 141 Main Street, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Harvest Fun Day features a varied group of more than 40 booths by local organizations and businesses with arts & crafts, home décor and clothing, children’s activities, food and sweet treats.

Children’s activities include a bounce house, face painting and henna designs by Heart Henna, tie-dye shirt making with the BCC Nursing Class of 2017, craft making with Learning House Preschool, and other games and activities. You can meet well known princesses from Princesses of New Bedford and Buttons the Bear from Carousel Family Fun Center. And children can take a seat in an old-time farm tractor for a photo opportunity, cour­tesy of Ronald Hammond.

Items for sale include woven paracord bracelets, pressed flowers mounted in glass, doll bedding and accessories, homemade soaps, body scrubs, photographs by James Mahaney, sea glass jewelry, decora­tive wreaths, decorations made from seashells, wooden decorations and furnishings, pet treats and accessories, crochet and knit baby blankets and hats, hand painted mugs and plates, hand woven rage rugs, block prints and more.

When hunger sets in, food choices include caçoila sandwiches and hotdogs from the North Fairhaven Improvement Association booth, as well as chowder and kale soup from The Bayside Lounge. The Nook will have cold and hot coffees and sweet treats. Emma Jean’s will be selling apple cider donuts, fruit pies, whoopie pies, and other treats. The Lions Club is offering apple crisp. There will also be fudge from Dorothy Cox’s, Del’s Frozen Lemonade, baked goods from the VFW Auxiliary, bottled water and soda.

During the afternoon, live entertain­ment will be provided by the youth singing group The Showstoppers.

Harvest Fun Day is organized and sponsored by the Fairhaven Office of Tourism. For more information, call 508-979-4085 or email FairhavenTours@ aol.com.

Vendor List

1 Fairhaven Lions Club, apple crisp

2 FHS Honor Society, bottled water

3 Emma Jean’s, apple cider do­nuts, whoopie pies, candy apples, etc.

4 North Fairhaven Improvement Asso­ci­a­tion, cacoila sand­wiches, hot­dogs, soda

5 Dorothy Cox’s Chocolates, Del’s Frozen Lemonade, fudge

6 Fort Phoenix Auxiliary VFW 2892, homemade breads and pies, etc.

7 Mermaid’s Treasures, nautical items made from shells and found objects

8 FHS Art Club, bracelets, hand crafted items

9 Simply Sisters Creations, wreaths, wooden ornaments, sugar scrubs

10 Nautical Treasures by Geo. Thatcher, wooden lawn decorations

11 The Nook, cold and hot coffee beverages, baked goods

12 Bayside Lounge, chowder, kale soup

13 Tastefully Simple by Pattie P, Tastefully Simple food products

14 CIS Designs, sea glass & bead jewelry

15 Lisa Elliott & Susan Gelotte, woven rag rugs, felted wool hot pads, block prints

16 James Mahaney Photography, fine art photography prints, framed items, and notecards

17 Softness by Nature, soaps & aromatherapy products

18 Transparency in Bloom, pressed flowers in glass frames and vintage windows

19 Carol Burt, wreath & things

20 Peggy O’Neil, beads

21 Taylor’s Products, hand painted mugs, plates, platters,

22 Marie C Machado, handmade jewelry

23 Cathy Carvalho, body scrubs, bowties

24 Sew Hooked: handmade children’s dresses & accessories

25 Baby Doll Bedding and Boas, doll bedding and sleeping bags

26 Helena DeSousa, crochet/knitted baby blankets, character hats, wooden tic-tac-toe games

27 Fairhaven Bikeway Committee, info, coloring sheets

28 Learning House Preschool, children’s craft making

29 Carousel Family Fun Center, meet Buttons the Bear,

30 Fairhaven Business Association, children’s activity

31 Fairhaven Village Militia, bounce house, popcorn, T-shirts

32 Ronnie Donnelly, toys & novelties

33 George McAndrew, woven elastic bracelets

34 BCC Nursing Class of 2017: make your own tie-dyed shirt

35 Princesses of New Bedford, meet and take photos with princesses

36 Heart Henna & Face Painting, face painting, henna

37 Four Paws Up Bakery & Boutique, dog treats and accessories

38 Cutie Curls, children’s bows & head­bands, American Girl doll clothes, fairy garden accessories, women’s bags, wine cork keychains, more

39 Creations by Sara, seashell frames and sea inspired items,

40 Paige’s Paracord, keychains, leashes, bracelets,

41 Custom Gifts by Jeannine, gift baskets and gift items

42 Joe Beaulieu, pumpkins, hay wagon to climb aboard.

Also: Farm Tractor for photo ops and entertainment in the afternoon by The Showstoppers.

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