The South Nation River's Last Mill
Visit the last remaining mill on the South Nation River and discover how the Spencerville Mill adapted from a flour and grist mill serving the community’s needs to a feed mill serving local farmers and feed stores throughout south eastern Ontario.
Visitez le dernier moulin restant sur la rivière Nation Sud et découvrez comment le moulin de Spencerville adapté d'un moulin à farine et un moulin au service des besoins de la communauté pour une usine d'aliments desservant les agriculteurs locaux et les magasins d'alimentation dans tout le sud est de l'Ontario.
Visitez le dernier moulin restant sur la rivière Nation Sud et découvrez comment le moulin de Spencerville adapté d'un moulin à farine et un moulin au service des besoins de la communauté pour une usine d'aliments desservant les agriculteurs locaux et les magasins d'alimentation dans tout le sud est de l'Ontario.
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Closed For the Season
The Mill and Barnard's Emporium are now closed for the season, reopening July 1, 2015
Otherwise by appointment
Call 613-658-5885 or contact us at spencervillemill@icloud.com
Otherwise by appointment
Call 613-658-5885 or contact us at spencervillemill@icloud.com
A Country Christmas Remembered is a wonderful family festival in need of more volunteers
PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING OUR ORGANIZING COMMITTEES
There are four Committees which meet once a month for about six months to plan and develop the festival each year. They are:
Program – planning the events and activities
Sponsorship – contacting donors, sponsors and advertisers
Marketing – doing promotion and advertising
Operations – making sure everything is in place
Here’s how you can assist in the lead-up to CCR weekend. These tasks may be done from your home, using email or telephone. Times are approximate.
Program assistant: contact festival partners to confirm events - 2 hours per month, May – Sept.
Children’s entertainment: assist in booking performers - 2 hours per month, May – Sept.
Contact sponsors, sell advertising - 4 hours per month, May – Sept
Operations coordinator: order signs and ensure they are installed; hire horse-drawn wagon, organize and assist work crew in set up and take down on festival weekend, in particular at the Christmas Market venue
4 hours Oct. − Nov. plus 8 to 10 hours on festival weekend
Elf mascot coordinator: sign up high school students & schedule for duty as festival greeters - 2 hours per month, Oct. − Nov.
Parade coordinator: register for and coordinate helpers to hand out rack cards in 3 parades: Spencerville Fair (Sept), Prescott and Kemptville Christmas parades (Nov.) - 3 hours per month Sept. – Nov.
Marketing Assistant: help distribute brochures and posters; assist with online social marketing and website updates; post information online on community calendars and media websites; assist with proofreading of print and online products
Here’s how you can assist just before and during CCR weekend. These tasks are on-site, in Spencerville. Times are approximate.
Sign crew: set up signs throughout village the week before festival; take down after festival - 2 days early December
Furniture moving: provide truck and helpers to transport chairs, tables, etc. to venues as needed; return after festiva l- 2 days early December
Construction: put together market stalls and shelters in courtyard - 2 days, early December
Decorating: assist in preparing and hanging decorations; including the bridge, wreaths on poles, garlands on some buildings; decorating indoor market with fresh boughs and bows - 10 hours early December
Courtyard coordinator: arrange for food services, seating on straw bales, burn barrels and other attractions to ensure a friendly, fun exterior venue at the Mill
Volunteers should feel free to contact the Committee Chairs at any time for assistance or advice. Details of what, how and when things were done in previous years will be available.
