Past Events

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Trider’s Craft Brewery has produced 600 bottles of Gimme Shelter, east coast pale ale to help the L.A. Animal Shelter. Bottles are $6 each with labels featuring 4 Meagan Cormier photos of shelter animals, and are available at Trider’s store in the Amherst and Area Industrial park. Growlers are also available. Proceeds to the shelter.  

The E.B. Chandler Christmas Concert is Tuesday Dec 11 at 7, in the E.B. Chandler gym. Donations will be accepted at the door.

The Ross Anderson PharmaChoice Teen Center in Springhill is starting a Food Pantry, available to youth in the community to support them outside school hours. The pantry will be open 3-9 daily and will accept all non-perishable food items and toiletries. For more information, call 902-763-3008.

The YMCA of Cumberland Holiday Silent Auction continues til Thursday Dec 20 at 10. Some items are in the lobby of the Y and others on the YMCA Holiday Auction page on facebook. You can bid at either location. Proceeds to the Strong Kids Campaign.

Wallace Country Christmas is Thursday. At the Wallace Community Hall, the baked goods, craft and raffle tables open at 2. The Kids Corner opens at 5. They will be holding a Fishcake Dinner with beans, chilli and pies from 4-6 at the Masonic Hall. Santa will visit with treats from 5-6:30. You can bring santa a gift or an item for the food bank. The St John’s United Tree Lighting is at 6:30, the parade starts at 7, and then…

This Thursday thru Sunday, kids under the age of six can buy up to 6 presents for family members, for a dollar-fifty. A "Children’s Christmas Shopping Party" is going on at the Amherst Centre Mall’s Artisans Gallery and Market. The dollar-fifty fee will cover six presents, at a cost of 25 cents each. Elves will be available to assist children to shop and wrap gifts. The gifts have been generously donated, and all proceeds will be used to purchase gift…

The 1st Annual Family Christmas at the Museum is this Thursday from 5-9, at the Cumberland County Museum. Take a tour of the beautifully decorated Heritage home, shop a few local vendors while your children decorate cookies and do Christmas crafting. The museum can help with Christmas baking, with sweet trays for sale. For more information call the museum at 902-667-2561 or email ccmamherst@gmail.com