Craft sale for charity

The Pearl Beach Craft Group will hold its Seventh Biennial Craft Exhibition and Sale over the weekend of Saturday, September 29 and Sunday, September 30.

The event will be held between 10am and 4pm daily in the Pearl Beach Memorial Hall, 9 Diamond Rd, Pearl Beach.

Pearl Beach Progress Association vice-president Mr Peter Lazar will officially open the exhibition at 11am on Saturday.

The event will feature a charity raffle for a pastel painting of a Pearl Beach scene with proceeds going to "Motor Neurone Research".

There will also be a raffle of a doll's house which will raise funds for the "Woy Woy Women's Refuge".

A variety of hand-crafted items will be on display and for sale at the event including patchwork,

tapestries, cross-stitch, jewellery, Christmas decorations, cards, silkwear, driftwood artifacts and a selection of other handcrafted items.

Proceeds from other handcrafted items as well as jams, pickles, cakes and biscuits will be donated to "Care Flight".

There will also be a daily activity for children.

Event publicity officer Ms Bev Lapacek said that "in addition to the pleasures members experience in working on handcrafts, they are proud of the strong community spirit which has developed over the years of working together".

Entry to the craft exhibition and sale is free.

For more information, telephone 4342 3751.

Press release, 10 Sep 2007 Lynne Lillico, Pearl Beach Progress Association