Get your Christmas shopping started with lots of fantastic local artists and makers. 

A 25'x35' HO model train layout with Dispatcher and Yardmaster controlling up to 6 trains at a time. Open on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Train items for sale in the basement. Sorry, not wheelchair accessible. Admission is FREE-donations are appreciated.

Village of Hope Niagara Season of Hope Open House on Wednesday, November 26 from 4p.m. to 6p.m. There will be refreshments, including local wines and soup served by Grand Oak Culinary Market, and tours of our facilities. Village of Hope Niagara Thrift Store will be having a 50% OFF Sale during the Open House also. Come see the amazing impact our Volunteers are making thanks to your community support. MAP https://w3w.co/sugar.kindle.cucumber

Matthew-Ray Jones and Maria Giesbrecht will read their poetry before an open mic segment for anyone that would like to share their work.

Matthew-Ray Jones, also known as Testament, is a connoisseur of anything and everything involving words. From poetry, spoken word and emceeing to facilitating, hosting and keynoting, Matthew-Ray has been using his natural speaking abilities to inspire audiences for over 20 years. He has performed and taught nationally from coast to coast. He has performed internationally in Venezuela and Italy and has travelled to six continents. To date, he has recorded three albums and shared the stage with Talib Kweli, Naughty by Nature, Biz Markie, GZA, Kardinal Offishall, Saukrates, DāM-FunK and more. Matthew-Ray has appeared on Breakfast Television, CP24, MuchMusic, MTV and Rogers TV.

Maria Giesbrecht is a Canadian poet whose work explores her Mexican and Mennonite roots. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The Literary Review of Canada, Grain, CV2, Queen's Quarterly, and elsewhere. She is the winner of the 2025 Lesley Strutt Poetry Prize and the 2025 Jack McCarthy Book Prize, a Best of Net nominee, and the founder of Gather, an international writing community that connects poets worldwide. Born in Durango, Mexico, she now lives near Toronto, Canada with her fiancée.

Deck the halls with meaning this holiday season!

We all do it to some extent, decorate our homes and businesses with evergreen trees, cedar boughs, pine and fir wreaths, holly and ivy, etc. Of course in December we bring in fresh boughs, and trees for the scent and to get into the holiday mood, but have you ever wondered where those traditions came from? What do they mean in the Victorian language of plants? What other purposes do they all have at that time of year? Join Broomsquire Amy Lou Taylor and learn about these things, and then make your own Door Swag or Wreath. We will use local greenery and beautiful Ontario grown willow to make our own wreaths, or swag for our homes over the holidays!  We promise you, you won’t look at any of your holiday greenery the same way ever again!

Take home a beautiful handmade piece for your holiday celebrations—and a new appreciation for the rich traditions woven into every bough.

SAVE THE DATE and join us for a holiday kick off!