Join us for our public board meeting on September 26 for a recap of our work so far this year and a planning session for our fall and winter activities!
Register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtcumhrT4iGtAxAfW-6PJ1g6m3PwEBiWWw
Market this week: Community Fridges, art, music, shortbread!
We are coming up on the first day of fall, and the beautiful produce at the market is abundant! Let’s share some of the harvest this week with Community Fridges, back at the market for another collection visit. 
We will also have art projects with Create Art Studio, a musical instrument petting zoo with Lane School of Music, and delicious shortbread from our local business popup, Grandma Betty’s Baking!
So bring your non-perishables for donation and we’ll see you at the market!
Market this week: Create, SURJ, tasty autumn food!
Delicious fall produce is here at the market along with our usual great vendors – check the list posted below for our rotating vendors.
In the Kids’ Tent
Join Create Art Studio at the kids tent and enter our Paw Patrol colouring giveaway for a chance to win a Paw Patrol movie prize pack!
In the Community Tent
SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice) will be in the Community Tent with more information about the rally to support Grassy Narrows. You can find more info from SURJ here:
Videos and Articles
- Amnesty Youth Video
- 20th Anniversary Video
- Neshkantaga Profile – http://www.cbc.ca/player/
play/2083095619712
September 27th
RSVP here – https://freegrassy.net/
Sign the Petition to say No Mining On Anishinaabe Territory
September To-Do’s: Volunteer with DECA, come to the market, follow the Story Trail!
A huge thank you to our volunteers and sponsors for making Bike Day at the Market a hit! 32 Spokes was hopping with all the bike tuneups, Our Greenway got to show cargo bikes to most of the neighbourhood (rough estimate) and the farmers saw the most business they’ve had all summer.
Volunteers needed!
We are currently in need of volunteers to help set up the market, Thursdays 130-3pm and to work the kids’ tent, 3-5 pm. You can sign up for a slot here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4FAEAB28A4FA7-east2#/
The Danforth East Arts Fair is still looking for volunteers as well. Their signup is here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0545AEAB2BAAFD0-decaf#/
The market this week
Kids’ Activities: Rithmetic math puzzles and games will be back in the kids’ tent, along with fun for the little ones with Fun with Music Together and button-making
Community Booth: Woodgreen community services will be on hand to answer market-goer questions.
Popup Vendor: Flavourfull is back with savoury pantry treats!
Crooked Farmz compost tea will be at the market for the last time this season. Make sure to pick up some of their liquid gold for your garden!
Story Trail is HAPPENING!
The DECA Story Trail is in full swing and the prizes are flowing to those who have completed this free, family scavenger hunt along the Danforth!
If you aren’t already playing along, grab a map at the East Lynn Park Farmers’ Market Thurs 3-7pm or at any participating retailer and get hunting! Prizes will be awarded each week until October 12 (our last market)
Five families last week won these great prizes:
PRESS Vinyl Cafe $50 gift certificate
Children’s French Book Corner – French Bookstore / Librairie Francophone $20 gift certificate
The Handwork Department $25 gift certificate
Crying Out Loud bundle of books
Manzer Hair Studio blow dry
Bike Day at the Market is almost here!
This Thursday, join DECA and 32 Spokes at the East Lynn Farmers’ Market from 3 til 7 to celebrate all things bike!
- TDSB Active Transportation will have activities and info on biking to school safely
- Our Greenway will demo e-cargo bikes
- Go Dutch Bikes will have tune-up lessons, games and prizes
- 32 Spokes will do bike tuneups and helmet checks
- DECA will do bike decorations, glitter tattoos, buttons, and a safety quiz with prizes from Cyclepath, Silly Goose Kids, and Carter’s Ice Cream
- Market vendors will have deals for cyclists (wear your helmet or get your 32 Spokes sticker when you do the safety quiz) like free 1L cider with a $20 purchase at Warner’s Orchards, 10% off on Nepali Momos, or a free tote with purchase of a six-pack from Muddy York Brewery!
Don’t forget to drop off your DECA Story Trail map at the DECA tent to enter to win prizes!
Other market fun this week:
- Community Booth: Master Gardeners on hand to answer your end-of-summer gardening questions
- Kids’ Booth: Fun with Music Together with songs and dance for the little ones and stickers for your bikes!
- Kidpreneurs: A & B Jewelry, Cositas Bonitas jewelry, and Hiveshare kids’ lemonade stand
- Local Business Popup: Borrel Fries
See you at the market!
Market this week: The Space, Kidpreneurs, Popsicles! (and next week: Bike Day)
This week
Our local business popup this week is the Pop Stand with their delicious handmade popsicles! Rotating vendors are Bata Maple Syrup and Beef, and Left Field Brewery.
Kidpreneurs
This week at the market we’ve got a couple of really fun Kidpreneurs: Grow will be selling bookmarks, candles, bath salts and candy skewers and Happy Beaders will be selling jewelry. Our kidpreneurs pay a nominal fee to be at the market, and then share their profits with a charity of their choice. This summer we’ve been treated to all kinds of amazing kid-made treats and treasures! DECA is very grateful for the work of local author and financial literacy advocate Clifton Corbin for his organizing of the Kidpreneur program at the market.
Kids’ Tent
The Space will be in the kids’ tent with some fun activities. They are currently registering for fall classes — they offer ballet, jazz, hip hop, tap, lyrical, contemporary, musical theatre, acting, singing, and creative movement classes for children, teens, and adults. Fall classes start in September. You can find The Space here:
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Bike Day at the Market
Next Thursday, August 31, DECA and 32 Spokes are excited to present Bike Day at the Market! Kids and grownups can bring their bikes and helmets for expert checks, make bike decorations and buttons, get glitter tattoos, and win prizes by doing a bike safety quiz. Prize sponsors are Carters’ Ice Cream, Silly Goose Kids, and Cyclepath.
