The 2025 Craft Fair was a festive success with shoppers enjoying the variety of unique items from makers and artisans from across the community. Whether you were a shopper, a vendor, a volunteer or a staff member, you were feeling the holiday vibes this weekend.

Between the market spaces bursting with festive goods, the bake sale with a record-breaking number of cookies, cakes and treats, the Guides selling their famous biscuits, the comfort food at the concession, the volunteers offering info and taking donations, the Thornview Seniors’ book sale, and all the familiar faces of friends and family, the 2025 fair was one that we won’t soon forget.

Thank you so much to all of the following groups and individuals for making this event possible:

• The 36 bake sale donors who made the Craft Fair’s bake sale a record-breaking triumph. Because of your contribution, we were able to raise a staggering $1990 toward the annual Adopt-a-Family!
• Adopt-a-Family donors. We’d also like to thank the folks who made financial donations at the info table as well. We collected over $160 in cash donations and every dollar is so gratefully accepted.
• Our amazing volunteers at the info table, Louise and Marge, who are the familiar epicentre of the action every year.
• Our local Guides group. We know the community loves when these guys are selling their wares!
• Our amazing TGCA staff. Our staff set up, tear down, cook, clean up, serve and collect at our events, and we appreciate their contributions so much.
• The Thornview Seniors’ Centre. A Craft Fair is just not the same without a seniors’ centre book and puzzle sale, and visitors were excited to see the sale open again this year.
• The vendors. Thanks so much to all the vendors that participated this year. Whether it was your first year or your 30th, you put the “craft” in Craft Fair, and we appreciate you!
• The TGCA Craft Fair Committee. This small but mighty committee has been organizing the fair since 2023 and their investment of time and effort has brought the community new event features like the nonperishable food donation collection and the bake sale. Thanks to volunteers Lynn, Cindy and Alissa, the community continues to enjoy this beloved event.
• And last, but certainly not least, the community! We had a fantastic turnout this year and that’s what this is all about after all, so big thank yous to everyone who visited the fair this year. We’ll see you in 2026!