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ORLEANS FARMERS MARKET every Thursday from 11 am to 4 pm in the parking lot at the Ray Friel Recreation Centre on Tenth Line Road. Shop the freshest seasonal produce, meat and dairy, baked goods, prepared foods, crafts and more while getting to know the folks who grew and made it.

SCOTT JAZEY & FRIENDS OPEN MIC SESSION at the Blackburn Arms Pub in Blackburn Hamlet starting at 6:30 p.m. For more information visit www.facebook.com/
ScottJazeyFriendsandFamily.

OPEN MIC NIGHT at the Stray Dog Brewing Company, 501 Lacolle Way. Registration begins at 7 p.m. Music at 8 p.m. with your host Matthew Palmer.

"LIFE AS A SHOWGIRL" ALBUM RELEASE AND LISTENING PARTY from 8 p.m. to late at the Stray Dog Brewing Company, 501 Lacolle Way in the Taylor Creek Business Park. Themed cocktail and friendship bracelet making, plus chance to win an album. Admission $5 in advance at straydogbrewing.ca.

OPEN MIKE NIGHT at the Royal Oak Orléans 1981 St. Joseph Blvd. (corner of Jeanne d'Arc) with our host Mike Murphy, who plays with bands including the Fake McCoys and The Wild Cards, from 8 p.m. to midnight.

STATION 71 PANCAKE BREAKFAST from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Fire Station 71 in Navan with a freewill donation to the CHEO Foundation. Come enjoy pancakes with local maple syrup Erabliere des Wats Sugar Bush, local coffee from Papa Bean coffee roastery, and sausages and bacon from Lavergne Meat. After breakfast check out the Navan Fall Fest at the Navan Fairgrounds.

WILLOWBEND RETIREMENT COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. We welcome you to visit our vibrant community located at the corner of Innes and Trim Roads. Independent living, assisted living and memory care.

NAVAN FALLFEST on the Navan Fairgrounds from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Festival favourites include old-fashioned scarecrow making, kid’s crafts, homemade games and activities, firefighter demonstrations and tug of war and BBQ. FREE ADMISSION

 

 

 

 

Knitting club overwhelmed by community's response to call for donations
Fred Sherwin
Dec. 5, 2023

Members of the Busy FIngers knitting club playfully dump balls of wool donated by area residents on president Eileen McCaughey. FRED SHERWIN PHOTO

"It's been unbelievable. Absolutely, unbelievable," That's the response from Busy Fingers Knitting Club founder and driving force Eileen McCaughey when asked about the response the club has received to a call for donations of wool and yarn in the Nov. 23 edition of the The Orléans Star.

"Honestly, you wouldn't believe it. I can hardly believe it," says McCaughey standing in a room filled with just some of the donated material..

Since the Orléans Star put out a call for wool and yarn donations in the Nov. 23 edition of the newspaper, the club has received more than 1,000 balls of wool and yarn members of the public have dropped off at Symphony Senior Living Orléans, Fire Station 31 on Charlemagne Blvd., and the Willowbend Retirement Community.

They have even received several garbage bags of wool from the Aspira Bearbrook Retirement Community in Blackburn Hamlet which precipitated the call for donations after they told McCaughey they couldn’t collect any wool for her this year.

Besides the wool and yarn that has been dropped off at Symphony Senior Living Orléans and Willowbend, residents at both retirement communities have also joined in the campaign by donating wool of their own. Plus there has s been a steady stream of donations dropped off on McCaughey’s doorstep in Fallingbrook.

Most of the donated wool and yarn will be turned into mittens, toques, scarves and slippers made by the club’s 200-plus members over the coming year.

In 2023, they made and donated more than 3,100 items to 31 different organizations. They shipped another 1,000 items to Catholic missions operating in Guatemala which handed them out to local residents who live in the mountainous region of the country that often gets extremely cold in the winter months. Many of the items sent to Guatemala were made by a group of nuns at a monastery in the Beauce, Québec who started a Busy Fingers chapter during the pandemic.

Among the many local organizations which receive items from Busy Fingers are the Perley and Rideau Veterans Health Centre, the Clothesline Project which supports survivors of violence against women and the Orléans-Cumberland Resource Centre.

None of the aforementioned would be possible without the donations by local residents and the participation of Symphony and Willowbend, for which the 89-year-old
McCaughey is eternally grateful. “There’s no way I can thank everyone enough.”

The Busy Fingers knitting club has over 200 members including the core group of about 30 women who meet the first and third Monday every month at Eileen McCaughey’s house. FRED SHERWIN PHOTO

 

 
 
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