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We did it! We did it with lots of help! Your help! Thank You!
We have gathered, purchased and received donations. It has been such a great service project as we worked to assist Abbey Gardens to refit The Enchanted Forest which, as you know, suffered damage due to vandalism last fall. We now have everything that we made a commitment to provide for The Enchanted Forest Bog Bakery and Café and the Theatre in the Woods, as well as a few extra items for The Hollow and The Nest.
Do I still need items? No and yes. I mean, we have everything but we could use a couple of more children’s costumes so let me know if you can help. And, there are still many areas and items on the original Abbey Gardens list. We will keep our eyes open and keep you up to date!
So many shout outs!
Thank you to Haliburton residents and Haliburton Lions who came forward to help and donate. We were able to purchase the children’s wooden kitchen and have it picked up in Pelham ON. We were able to get the shelving unit thanks to the response of listener on Canoe FM. We were able to find the perfect puppet chest. The shout out list goes on and I will reach out individually to each person who helped to express our thanks!
Check back here for pictures and more when we deliver of our items to The Enchanted Forest.
Lion Gail
705-457-2720 or 705-455-2772
Enchanted Forest Service Project Bog June 11th
Hello. Here I am back again to bring you up to date and to, once again, ask for your assistance. As you know, The Haliburton and District Lions Club is helping to refurbish The Enchanted Forest at Abbey Gardens. This delightful children’s play area is getting new life after vandalism that took place last fall.
This week I would like to tell you a little story. I am in a new world and it has its own language. It is the world on buy and sell and marketplace sites. I am looking to purchase a wooden children's play kitchen for The Enchanted Forest. I was pleased to find a good one in Peterborough. Close I thought. This is good! So, I told the seller I would buy it on behalf of the Haliburton and District Lions Club. Her reply was, “sppu”. What? I had to admit to her I had no idea what she was saying. It seems "sppu" means "sold, pending pick up". I have spent so much time on these sites my eyes hurt and I am sure I need new glasses! So today I found four more possibilities. They are all in the price range but the locations could be problematic: Toronto, South Stormount, Ottawa and Pelham. I am confident that at any given time there will be three or four possibilities. So, what I need your help with is pick up. Are any of you going to be in these locations in the next week or two and can pick one up? Do you know anyone who might be able to help us?
So, putting that aside for now, let’s move on to other items.
· We need 5 waterproof bags that will hold puppets. Any ideas? Originally I was thinking something along the lines of a lined swim bag with a zipper. Now I am thinking how about really big zip lock bags (if such a thing exists) or the bags that hold linens and bedding. Help. Do you have anything like this?
· We need a wooden box with a lid. I think any crate might work and we could make a lid. It is also going to be used to hold the puppets.
· We also need capes that children can use for play; superhero capes, plain capes…whatever you have.
· We also need three pairs of gloves.
There are more things on the list but I hope we can concentrate on the items I have included in this week’s update. Please contact me, Lion Gail Stelter if you can help or have any ideas or suggestions.
Thank you
705 457-2720 or 705 455-2772
Lion Marilyn and Jim drove down to Kobes Nurseries in Bowmanville to pick up a Crimson King Maple tree thanks to the loan of a truck from Curry Motors.
Lynda and her son, Chris and friends got the tree off the truck and planted on the property of Lynda Porter's new home in Haliburton.
It will be a nice remembrance of Bob that can be seen by his family every day.
