Grocott's Mail
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Cue
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Trending
  • Reading the bush is vital to successful stock farming in thicket
  • Makhanda’s R6 million schools boost
  • Important tax-saving opportunities come and go
  • Two concerts on the cards for Makhanda
  • Queer people and sex workers are badly treated in clinics, new survey finds
  • Rhodes University welcomes 1600 first-year students
  • The more you read, the better you get
  • The largest-ever cohort for GADRA Matric School
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Grocott's Mail
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Cue
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
Grocott's Mail
You are at:Home»Uncategorized»Trinity Church’s fundraising glory
Uncategorized

Trinity Church’s fundraising glory

Busisiwe HohoBy Busisiwe HohoSeptember 9, 2010No Comments2 Mins Read
Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email

The Trinity Presbyterian Church Fête is a much anticipated annual event for members of the congregation and fête-goers alike.

The fundraising event started small in 1997 as a country kitchen, selling vegetables, cakes and other produce, then in the year 2000 it grew into a fully-fledged fête with a variety of stalls selling books, a furniture auction, crafts and goods.

The Trinity Presbyterian Church Fête is a much anticipated annual event for members of the congregation and fête-goers alike.

The fundraising event started small in 1997 as a country kitchen, selling vegetables, cakes and other produce, then in the year 2000 it grew into a fully-fledged fête with a variety of stalls selling books, a furniture auction, crafts and goods.


Ronwynne Barnard, organises the annual event with her husband, Wilheyn, the chairman of the management committee.

“This has always been an occasion for people in our church to come together and have fun while they are raising funds,” she said.

She added that it was a little quieter this year than usual. At Saturday’s fête, the beautiful bright flowers at the flower stall reflected a spring theme for the event.

Cecil Solomon said that he has been selling fresh flowers straight from his garden at the fête since it started and that this has become a tradition.

“My wife also has a stall here where she sells the best curry bunnies and curry and rice,” added the gregarious Solomon.

Bargains were certainly the order of the day with cakes selling for R2 a slice, candy floss for R1 a packet and many more affordable items at the white elephant stall.

Clothes were going for less than R20 an item. Children were having fun, jumping up and down on a jumping cattle while others were running around joyfully with excitement.

Hopefully the Trinity Church fête will see more people next year as there is bound to be more household goods on auction and the organisers are keen to try out a few new ideas every year.

Previous ArticleQueenstown robbery accused testify in High Court
Next Article Letting your body speak
Busisiwe Hoho

Comments are closed.

Tweets by Grocotts
Newsletter



Listen

The Rhodes University Community Engagement Division has launched Engagement in Action, a new podcast which aims to bring to life some of the many ways in which the University interacts with communities around it. Check it out below.

Humans of Makhanda

Humans of Makhanda

Weather    |     About     |     Advertise     |     Subscribe     |     Contact     |     Support Grocott’s Mail

© 2023 Maintained by School of Journalism & Media Studies.

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.