Hospice hunts for treasure
The big Hospice treasure hunt is gaining momentum toward the big event, a maison market on September 6 and 7.
Over the next few months Hospice is encouraging everybody to hunt down all their usable, but no-longer-used home and garden treasures and donate them to Hospice in aid of its first ever Spring Maison Market (house goods market).
Items needed include furniture, ornaments, vases, lamps, artwork, frames, soft furnishings, carpets, tableware, crockery, baskets, kitchenware, linen, craft items, garden pots and ornaments, Christmas decorations, fabrics, beads, buttons, wool, ribbon, stationary, jewellery, accessories, classy vintage clothing … the list is inexhaustible.
The Knysna/Sedgefield Hospice currently provides palliative care for about 250 patients, requiring about 3 500 visits per month. Hospice services make the organisation a vital part of the community. While Hospice already runs two successful charity shops in Knysna and Sedgefield, it is felt that there is a place for a more trendy maison market, similar to the house goods markets so popular in France. Already, several big items such as a sleeper couch and a quarter-size billiard table have been donated, together with smaller items in the form of beautiful glassware and crockery. Shop owners and interior decorators are encouraged to come forward and donate items towards the market so that a truly eclectic mix of wares will be on sale.
The Spring Maison Market promises to be an exciting ‘must’ for all homeware, garden and bargain hunters and enthusiasts out there.
A suitable venue for the market is being sourced and will be announced soon. Pam Golding Properties is proudly sponsoring the Hospice Treasure Hunt for the maison market and has kindly offered its premises on Leisure Isle as a drop-off point for all donated items. Alternatively, call 083 448 1934 to have goods collected.
Source: Knysna-Plett Herald