Activity Haven hosts fun bazaar
Start your holiday shopping early. Activity Haven is holding its annual bazaar Nov.3 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. with more than 50 vendors, a huge bake room with lots of tasty home baked treats, and a new-to-you sale.
And you won’t go hungry while you’re shopping; there will be lot of yummy things to eat, including home baked scones with homemade jam and grapes, hamburgers or vegetable soup for lunch, and mincemeat and lemon tarts for dessert.
Activity Haven welcomes gently used items for the bazaar. Also, there are still a few vendor tables still available for $25 each. For further information or to book a table call 705-876-1670.
Also, bingo, with a prize board of $500, will be held Friday, beginning at 6:30 p.m. sharp. The canteen opens at 5:30 p.m., serving burgers, nachos and cheese, chips, and candy bars. Come dressed in a costume and you might win a free bingo session. Enjoy ten games for $15.
Mini bucks bid euchre happens Saturday. Doors open at 11 a.m.; euchre starts at 12:30 p.m. The cost is $5. No beginners please.
Activity Haven is located at 180 Barnardo Ave. For further information call 705-876-1670.
South Asian cooking
The Seasoned Spoon Café at Trent University is teaming up with the South Asian Association at Trent (SAAT) to present a south Asian cooking workshop. Members from SAAT will lead participants in the cooking and sampling of a few dishes. Participants will also learn about traditional spices and are able to take some recipes home.
The cost is $5. Registration is required. Visit eventbrite.com/ e/south-asian-cooking-workshop-tickets-51557855935. The Seasoned Spoon is located in Champlain College, 1600 West Bank Dr., Trent University. For further information email spoonvolunteers@gmail.com.
Soap making
The Seasoned Spoon Café at Trent University is holding two soap making workshops; Nov. 12 and Nov. 19, both from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. Learn how to make your own environmentally friendly, phthalate and paraben free soap and leave the workshop with approximately 20 bars of handcrafted soap for yourself or to give as gifts and a soap recipe to explore on your own substituting oils, fragrances, and other additives such as oats or coffee.
The cost is $40. There are only 20 spaces available in this popular workshop so book your’s now. To register and pre-pay (required) visit eventbrite.com/ e/soap-making-tickets-51312507090 or eventbrite.com/e/soap-making-tickets-51558724533.
For further information email spoonvolunteers@gmail.com.
Picky Eaters
Is your picky eater driving you crazy and causing mealtime stress? Help is available at the Picky Eaters Workshop that will be held at Play Café, Brookdale Plaza, Chemong Rd., Thursday at 7:15 p.m.
The workshop, led by Shelley Phillpot, RHN, FDNP, of Hummingbird Wellness, will discus how to stop battling over food, avoiding using bribery and food rewards, and the common reasons for picky eaters including control and physiological issues.
The cost is $15 plus HST. Register by calling 705-874-3517 or emailing playcafeptbo@gmail.com