Nelson Tasman Hospice are “super excited” to add a fundraiser to support its patients after accepting an offer to organise a popular January market.
The Annual Retro and Vintage Market, which takes place at Hope Recreation Hall on 13 January, had been managed since 2019 by vintage and retro enthusiasts Lois Boyd, Katrina Richards and Brodie Hemmings-Sykes, and the demand for sale items had boomed.
Lois says due to the increased demand, the next mission for the market was to expand it, and she thought a change of hands could pave a better pathway to make it happen.
“I think a lot of vintage and retro items are becoming more collectable, a wide range of people are more interested in things pre-1990s,” she says.
“People want to expand [the market] and we always have a waitlist of people who want to be stallholders, so we just thought it was a good time to hand it over to an organisation that would be able to manage it, rather than three individuals who have all got day jobs as well.
“Handing it over would also be a good fundraiser for them.”
Nelson Tasman Hospice head of supporter engagement and income development, Donna Ching-Tregidga, says the generosity and support from the trio for the organisation to host the market had been “fantastic”.
“We’re super excited to add an event to what we fundraise for, and we encourage anyone to come out and visit and support the event, and we want to thank Lois, Katrina, and Brodie for letting us get involved,” she says.
“Each year we have around a $3.5 million shortfall to operate the service and we care for around 240 patients a month, so [the gold coin entry fees and the stall holder fees] would go towards the ongoing sustainability of the service for the community.”
The market will be open between 9am and 3pm.
