The spirit of Christmas was at an all time high at ANDARA Gallery as the gallery owners presented the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation with an early Christmas gift.
As part of their annual ODE to JOY Art Show and Sale, Tara Wilkinson and Andrew Csafordi, artist-owners of the gallery festively decorated their century-old barn with a stunning 18-foot Christmas tree from Skootamatta Christmas Tree Farm in Flinton and welcomed local residents and visitors for the third consecutive year to visit their barn for a “Holiday Photo in the Barn.”
Over 600 guests brought their cameras and the staff and volunteers took photos in exchange for a donation to the PECMH Foundation’s Back the Build campaign. The fundraiser ran from November 12 until December 18, 2022.
Individuals, couples, families, work colleagues and groups of friends came to the barn for a photo, raising $7,500 for the campaign to build a new hospital in Prince Edward County, bringing their three-year total raised to $23,302.50, with over 2,000 visitors and pets photographed to date.
A highlight of the event was when Nadia Knarr and Paul Bastiaanssen from Noble Beast Farms brought their alpacas to ANDARA Gallery to participate in the photo shoots on December 10 and 17.
