IN PICTURES: $7000 raised at Hawthorn House Christmas Fair

About 800 people took advantage of the sunny weather and craft market at Hawthorn House on Saturday, raising more than $7000 for the dementia and Alzheimer’s centre, beating the 2022 total of about $5000. Fairgoers took advantage of the sausage sizzle and Devonshire tea on offer and perused the local jams, veggies, fruit and arts and crafts for sale. The fair included 25 stalls in the gardens of the day centre and respite area and included projects from the Albany MenShed. Hawthorn House manager Lorraine Benson said the turnout to this year’s festival fair was amazing. “It was awesome,” she said. “It was a lovely, beautiful morning, it was just amazing and it was a great atmosphere.”