Staff
As part of Waste Reduction Week, members of Transition Meaford and the Municipality of Meaford have announced the 5th Annual Meaford RE-Use Fair happening on October 20, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Meaford & St. Vincent Community Centre.
The RE-Use Fair is a practical and fun way to support the goal of zero waste in our community. The RE-Use Fair is an organized exchange of goods that keep ‘too good to be through’ items circulating in community. Local charities, non-profits, artisans, schools, and faith-based groups request items via a Wish list. Citizens then bring the wished-for items to the Community Centre on October 20, where they are packaged and picked up by the receiving groups.
In previous years thousands of pounds of goods have been exchanged hands during the RE-Use Fair.
Here is the RE-Use Fair Master Wish List for 2018:
10′ x 10′ Canopy Tent (2)
Art Supplies (Any number)
Beads (Any number)
Buttons (Any number)
Bird Bath – concrete (1)
Ceramic soups bowls (10)
Ceramic dinner plates (10)
Chair pillows (Any number)
Children’s Board Games (Any number)
Christmas garlands – no lights of any kind (Any number)
Construction paper (Any number)
Construction paper (Brown) (Any number)
Corks (Any number)
Christmas Gift Bags (Any number)
Cutting boards (Good condition, wood preferable) (5)
Buckets – plastic or metal (6)
Felt (Any number)
French-English-French Dictionaries in good condition (Any number)
Garden art – tuteurs, obelisks, metal sculpture, critters, concrete (Any number)
Gems (Any number)
Index cars (Any number)
Kid’s scissors (Any number)
Lego (Any number)
Markers (Any number)
Mason jars (New/Clean 500mL & 1L) (Any number)
Metal butter knives (Good condition) (20)
Metal dessert forks (Good condition) (20)
Metal dinner forks (Good condition) (20)
Metal tea spoons (Good condition) (20)
Metal table spoons (Good condition) (20)
Mittens (Any number)
Musical instruments (Shakers, Drums, etc.) (Any number)
Office supplies (Any number)
Pairs of scissors (15)
Plastic Grocery Bags (Any number)
Printer paper (Any number)
Plastic Crates for Fruits & Vegetables (6)
Play-doh (Any number)
Ribbon and trim (Any number)
Rocks (Any number)
Stability ball (Inflatable) (1)
Stickers (Any number)
Thread for sewing machines (Any number)
Tomato cages (Any number)
Toques (Any number)
Twine for garden use (Any number)
Upholstery fabric (Any number)
Wagon – kids metal or woody wagon – no plastic, please (2)
Washable kids paint (Any number)
Watering cans – metal or plastic – complete with sprinkler head (6 – 8)
Wheelbarrow – heavy duty (1)
Whiteboard Markers & Erasers (Any number)
Wind chimes – bamboo or metal – no glass, please (Any number)
Wooden coasters or wooden medallions (Any number)
If you have any of these items and are willing to part ways with them, bring them to the RE-Use Fair on October 20!
Want to lend a hand with the Re-Use Fair? Contact Jaden at jaden.calvert@gmail.com and/or 519-378-5435.
