Ayer Library & ArtsNashoba Invite Everyone to a Community Celebration!

AYER, MA: Ayer Library, in partnership with ArtsNashoba Regional Arts Center for Youth, will be hosting a community Yuletide Celebration December 21st, 2013 from 1pm-4pm at Ayer Town Hall.  In Old Norse poetry and tradition, the word "Yule" is a synonym for "Feast," and a feast of fun is what is in store!  There will be music by the Nashoba Valley Concert Band and the Ayer-Shirley Middle School Chorus, great things to taste, family crafting and activities, and yes – opportunities to SHOP for those last-minute gifts and stocking stuffers!  This event is a fundraiser for Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry in Devens, so donations of food and funds will be graciously accepted on location. For more detailed information about the event, visit the Ayer Library (http://ayerlibrary.org) or ArtsNashoba (www.artsnashoba.org) online, or find them on Facebook!

 

Celebrate the Winter Solstice with family-friendly snacks, arts and crafts, games, activities, gift-giving, gift-buying, and eco-friendly wrapping (courtesy of Ayer Recycling Committee), all upstairs in the Great Room.  Downstairs, enjoy a free exhibition of artwork from artists in our Region!  (Ayer Town Hall is handicapped accessible).  Local artists, individuals, businesses and organizations were invited to share their art and their wares for pleasure and purchase.  Many of the participants are offering services and product.  Most items will be less than $10, though more valuable gifts will also be available. Participants were also asked to present something in the spirit on the Holidays, something family-friendly… with an emphasis on FUN.  

 

Says Ayer Library's Mary Anne Lucht, "The Library is hoping that this becomes an annual event, with hopes of a fun, joyous afternoon that brings the community together for a family-friendly time to relax and enjoy all the wonderful activities while encouraging the spirit of giving!"

 

Some guests participating as of this release are ArtsNashoba (ornaments, crafts & face-painting), the local Girls Scouts (Cookies for a Cause),  The Minor Chord of Littleton (a youth-friendly instrument petting zoo!), SpringHill Suites by Marriott (crafting activities & more!), Ayer-Shirley Regional High School’s National Honor Society and Student Council (baked goods & origami ornaments), TBH Design Shop (jewelry), Nancy Graupner Nature Photography (calendars), Vantel Pearls (uncover your own buried treasure!), local author Phoebe Wray, as well as Artisans Alisa Struthers and Christine Boise of Pepperell (glassworks),  Façade LeMieux (Masks), Mauricio Puente Photography and Gypsy Jewels’ Beth Sarbacker (Jewelry, Lip Glosses & FUDGE).  Local Boy Scout troupes will be on-hand to help coordinate food donations, as well as to help folks carry packages to their cars (if needed). Add to this mix some delicious treats courtesy of Ayer’s own Markoh’s on Main and Lucia’s, and you have a wonderful afternoon personifying the Yuletide Spirit!

 

Loaves and Fishes, the organization for which this Celebration is a fundraiser for, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 1983 to help neighbors in need.  With the help of volunteers and donors, they serve the communities of Ayer, Devens, Groton, Harvard, Littleton and Shirley.  Loaves & Fishes offers assistance to families who are struggling, by providing the opportunity for them to shop for groceries up to twice a month. More than 350 volunteers help over 900 client families from this area.

 

Ayer Library’s Yuletide Celebration will be held December 21st, 2013 from 1pm-4pm at Ayer Town Hall.  Admission is free, though donations and gifts of non-perishable food items will be graciously accepted. Also, a portion of all proceeds from participating vendors and organizations will go to Loaves & Fishes.  If you would like more information about this event, or if you would like to get involved, please call (978) 772-2545 or email julieann@artsnashoba.org , or contact Nancy Askin at the Ayer Library, (978) 772-8250.

 

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Ayer Library’s Yuletide Celebration will be held December 21st, 2013 from 1pm-4pm at Ayer Town Hall.  Celebrate the Winter Solstice with family-friendly snacks, arts and crafts, games, activities, gift-giving, gift-buying, and eco-friendly gift-wrapping! Admission is free, though donations and gifts of non-perishable food items will be graciously accepted. Also, a portion of all proceeds from participating vendors and organizations will go to Loaves & Fishes.  If you would like more information about this event, or if you would like to get involved, please call (978) 772-2545 or email julieann@artsnashoba.org , or contact Nancy Askin at the Library, (978) 772-8250.