Vendors of antiques, arts, crafts and collectables will spread their wares around the spacious lawns of North Hunterdon Regional High School on Sunday, August 15, 2010 in a rain or shine benefit show for Hunterdon Helpline. The event begins at 10 am and continues until 4 pm.
Bagels, donuts and coffee will be sold during the breakfast hours and hot dogs and baked goods will be available at lunch time. Shop Rite of Hunterdon is sponsoring the concession stand.
The show is located 1 and ½ miles south of the intersection of routes 78 & 31. There is ample free parking. The quality dealers that come from up and down the East Coast will be selling furniture, stoneware kitchen accessories, quilts, pottery, brass, iron, dolls, pewter, jewelry and copper items found in homes, general stores and farms of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The show has a $6.00 admission fee, $5.00 with ad/card.
Founded in 1969 as a teen hotline by a teacher, a guidance counselor, a nurse, the sheriff, the prosecutor, the judge in response to the growing troubles for the youth of the county, the agency has evolved over the years. Hunterdon Helpline is a telephone information and referral program that has served as the first call for non-emergency help in Hunterdon County for over 40 years. Helpline is never closed and last year handled over 75,000 calls ranging from potential suicides to health, financial assistance and legal referrals. Helpline also makes daily reassurance calls, matches homebound seniors to a friendly visitor, and arranges for emergency shelter and our trained staff offers compassionate listening. We are there 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and we are always a free service.
Helpline is funded by the Hunterdon County Board of Chosen Freeholders, United Way of Hunterdon County, Title III funds through the Division of Senior, Disability and Veteran Services, the Somerset Board of Social Services, the Large Foundation, donations from service clubs, churches, municipalities, corporations and individuals. The Board of Trustees sponsors three important fundraisers to help close the gap in funding each year. The agency holds the Annual Chefâ s Spotlight Dinner in the spring, Antiques in August and the Black River & Western Railroad Mystery Train Ride scheduled for September 12, 2010
Persons needing help in Hunterdon County need only make one call to have access to a connection to human services at the county, municipal and state services and information on non-emergency help in a time of disaster. For more information about the show, being a vendor at the show or Helpline dial 1-800-272-4630 or visit us on the web at www.helplinehc.org where a link to the vendor packet is listed.
