Visitors : Rachel and Meghan from the Walliston PrimarySchool PnC.

     3 Projects were put on the table for discussion and brainstorming.

Annual show to be held in the mall? Jorgensen Park? During late winter or spring.

Support animal refuges and/or Mental Health/Humanitarian – Guide Dogs

Promote Rotary

Stalls to include all sorts of small? Animals, dog trainers, photographers, RSPCA, & wildlife rescues.

Promote local AirBnB’s, Wineries etc

Food Vendors

Sponsorship – Kalamunda Hotel. Yappy hour at the pub.

Hourly events – best dog/ugly dog etc/dachshund dash/Dr Phil talk

Advertising: Social Media, radio, newspaper

Next Step: Build a list of potential stall holders – estimate need for 70 stalls and determine their appetite for such an event.

When: Perhaps insufficient time to prepare for October 2024. Consider for October 2025.

Discussed their needs and their current fund-raising events

High ticket want items include: shade for their new playground, re-surface netball court, re-surface oval.

Appear to be OK for children that require shoes/clothing – run by the chaplain.

Current fundraising includes:

 Wally Boys Car show with sausage sizzles raffles etc.

Containers for change – trying to align with a pub to get one weekend’s worth of containers on a monthly basis.

School sausage sizzles etc

                                Possibilities:

Teacher’s stationery drive. Apparently they have to buy their own stationery.

 

We ended up having a successful market I believe a number of stallholders told me as we were packing up, I was not game to ask most.  This is also due to great effort made by our morning team.  Big thanks to all and especially Dan for moving people around to better positions.  The wind did not really let up all day, the market seemed busy considering a good decision to continue with the market.  Stallholders helping each other out, generally a positive vibe despite having to hang onto their cabana's for most of the day.

 

Demand for to attend out market is strong now that February and January are done.  I have more approved applicants than available positions.

 

We will have a permanent coffee vendor in the Mead Street end from April.  This will help draw people up that space.  For the next market we will have 4 other stalls in that space including Who Gives a Crepe.  Friends of Upper Lesmurdie Falls attending with a stall promoting their cause, they were happy with the outcome and got 20 names to contact potential volunteers.

 

Two of our sandwich board signs were stolen at the last market.  We did manage to get one back a week later a bit beaten up.

 

We are advertising on Hello Perth a years subscription for $1,300. distribution of 80,000 maps and digital content.  Distributed to areas mostly for Tourists.  This gives us wider scope to reach more people.

 

April is looking good, I have a waiting list of a few stallholders wanting a position.