Community Caring Christmas Open House draws a crowd

Craig Bakay | Dec 04, 2019

“We really recycle a lot,” said Kathy Wood of the Hartington Community Caring Store. “At 10:30, we were swamped.”

The Second Hand Store isn’t usually open on Sundays, but this year they made an exception for their Christmas Open House so as to not conflict with the Farmers Market/Prince Charles Public School event on Saturday.

“It’s been pretty great, a lot of people are Christmas shopping,” said Nicole Kasserra.

“We’ve been getting a lot of donations this year,” said Wood. “Things like these gardening gloves from businesses.

“We’ve been putting a lot of the newer items aside for today. It allows us to have things kids can buy for their parents for Christmas.

“Yeah, we’re a community store and the cheapest ever.”

She said that as a non-profit, everything they make goes back to the community — Christmas for Kids, South Frontenac Community Services, the Food Bank.

“We’ve filled up every little spot the Township’s allowed us to use,” she said. “Just think about how much we recycle and how much we’ve kept out of the landfill.”

One thing was for sure, there were all sorts of clothes, games, toys, household items and you-name-its packed all over the Princess Anne Centre Sunday keeping Wood, Kasserra, Cindy Gordon Judy Martin, Karen White, Kerri Valiquette, Cheryl Kellar and Marilyn Clow hopping to look after everybody.