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Craft show aids flying doctors

The Pearl Beach Craft Group will be holding its sixth biennial craft exhibition and sale on the weekend of October 1 and 2.

A variety of hand-crafted items will be on display and for sale at the event including gifts, patchwork, embroidery, tapestry, knitwear, bags, aprons, silken goods, Christmas decorations, cards, jewellery, and home-made jams, cakes and pickles.

The beneficiary of this year's craft sale will be the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

Raffle tickets will also be on sale during the event with four prizes on offer.

The four prizes include a handmade quilt for first prize, a black pearl necklace and earrings for second prize, a hand crocheted knee rug for third prize and a heirloom tapestry bell pull for fourth prize.

Tickets are $1 each with proceeds going toward a bore well and pump to provide a clean water supply for a village in drought-prone area

The event will be held in Memorial Hall, 9 Diamond Rd, Pearl Beach.

It will run from 10am to 4pm daily, and entry is free.

For further information contact Bev Lapaceck on 4342 3751.

Press release, September 10 Lynne Lillico