Kids Can Grow 2016
There were 69 boys and girls from 6 months to 12 years. The flowers/seedheads are to be returned on Sept. 22nd.
– face/body painting.
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Market Opening 2016
Market opening this year – pictured are Be Yungblut, Marv Junkin, and Maria Hozjan
2016 Pelham Farmer’s Market Vendor Package Now Available
2016 Pelham Farmer’s Market Information Package
Package includes:
- 2016 Vendor Application
- Pelham Farmer’s Market Policies & Procedures
- Pelham Fire Department Cooking Requirements
- Public Health – Application for Farmer’s Market Vendor
Kids Can Grow Program on the Pelham Farmers Market
On Thursday, May 21st, the Pelham Farmers Market participated in the Kids Can Grow Program when each child planted a sunflower seed to take home and grow. The flowers will be returned on September 17th to be judged in several categories. There were 75 children who participated ranging in age from 9 months to 12 years.
Pictured above is Lola and Will Cottingham after planting the seeds.
Riddle Family after planting their seeds – left to right, front is Marcus and Amelia, back is Olivia, Grayson and Vanessa with Mom.
Face painting was also popular. Pictured is Amelia Priestley.
Pelham Peer Award 2014: Ross McCarthy of the Pelham Farmers’ Market
For the past few years, Ross has worked to promote the Pelham Farmers Market through special programs for the young, and the young at heart.
Ross has helped-out at the market for many years with the Kids’ Programs such as KIDS CAN GROW and pumpkin judging.
This includes the annual burlap bag cutting (instead of a ribbon cutting) for the first market of the year, and the annual KIDS CAN GROW and pumpkin judging contest; in that contest, seeds are given to children in the spring and participants bring back a mature pumpkin in the fall for judging. (A little nature vs. nurture experiment, perhaps.)
Writes the Market Committee: “Ross is always willing to help where he can and is regularly involved with every program at the market.
We are very happy to nominate Ross for the 2014 Peer Award!”
Presented annually in November, the “Peer Award” recognizes exemplary volunteers within the Town of Pelham. The Peer Award winners are nominated to receive the award by fellow members of the community service organizations that they participate in.
This year myPelham.com was honoured to be presented with the Corporate Recognition Award thanks to the nominations that we received from our local Volunteer Community.
During the coming weeks we will be sharing the Volunteer Service Profiles of each of our fellow award recipients here in our myPelham.com newsletter and via our social media channels.
Congratulations to all and thank you sincerely for everything that you do to help make our community a better place to live.
| 2014 Peer Award | ||
| First Name | Last Name | Nominator |
| Frank | Adamson | Rotary Club |
| Leigh | Atherton | Pelham Suppermarket Committee |
| Gerry | Berkhout | Fonthill Lions Club |
| Bea | Clark | Pelham Summerfest Committee |
| Diane | Cumming | Fenwick Lioness Club |
| Alyssa | Girotti | Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council |
| Sandra | Harding | Communities in Bloom |
| Del | Leney | Fonthill Lioness Club |
| Todd | Looby | Canada Day Committee |
| Joe | Marchant | Pelham Active Transportation Committee |
| Ross | McCarthy | Pelham Farmer’s Market |
| Toni | McKelvie | Royal Canadian Legion Branch 613 – Talbot Trail |
| Judy | Reid | Pelham Seniors Advisory Committee |
| Linda | Roach | Pelham Cares |
| Karen | Saylor | Pelham Art Festival |
| Carrie | Shanessy | 613 Royal Canadian Army Cadets |
| John | Song | Pelham Minor Hockey Association |
| Kevin | Twomey | Fonthill & District Kinsmen |
| MyPelham.com | Corporate Recognition | |
Market offers big boost for small businesses
By thevoiceofpelham on November 21, 2014
It’s a fitting location for many local businesses who have set up roots in town.
Each Thursday, Rice Road Greenhouses begun offering residents a chance to continue their market experience.
Jerry Moes, owner of Rice Road Greenhouses, saw the vacancy around the holidays and decided to roll with it.
“We’re always looking for new ideas at the greenhouse and when we saw that the summer market was ending in October, we jumped at the chance to keep local farmers and businesses running deep into winter.”
It paid off.