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39| O akville B eaver | T hursday,June 7,2018 insidehalton.com flyers. coupons. shopping lists. Learn more at Save.ca/mobile Print coupons instantly or receive by mail - free! Redeem coupons at any major retailer in Canada. Shop Smart Get coupons for products you use and love Seeking to open their doors and bring the com- munity together, Knox Presbyterian Church is hosting an upscale bou- tique sale. The church is inspired to use the facility for com- munity needs such as rent- ing out the space to other businesses to use whenev- er needed. To begin the process of bringing the community together, Knox Presbyterian is starting a three-phase renovation plan, beginning in 2019. To help raise funds for their renovations, the church organization Will- ing Hands Achieve Mira- cles (WHAM) has planned an upscale boutique sale happening on June 9. "We have six main de- partments: clothing, sports, hardware, house- hold, books and music, and children's. Each of the indi- vidual groups have one de- partment, so they're re- sponsible for setting it up, pricing it, selling it, dis- playing it," WHAM orga- nizer Carol Wilkinson said. "We really wanted all the donations to be nearly new, and we're going to dis- play it on white table- cloths, it isn't a junk sale or a garage sale. It is an up- scale boutique sale." The renovations, called the New Roads Project, will be renovating three ar- eas around the church. Starting with the lower level, which had been dam- aged from a flood, they will begin by fixing up the space, as well as installing air conditioning, elevators and ramps in order to make the facility fully ac- cessible for all community members. Phase 2 is focusing on the upper level of the church, with the main pro- ject being expanding the church's kitchen to make events easier and more functional. functional. f Phase 3 is working on the garden outside, for community members to enjoy. With their renovations and events throughout the year, members of Knox Presbyterian are hopeful the church will be seen as a place for community mem- bers to come together and enjoy the facility. "We want our facility to be being used by the com- munity 24-7. We want the doors to be open as much as possible, and we do have a lot of community mem- bers who want that, too. The only problem is right now our facility doesn't al- low us to do that," New Roads Project, and church member Matthew Foxall stated For the upscale bou- tique sale, the church is ac- cepting donations from the community to be included in the sale. For items that are donated but left un- sold, the church has their own plans on how to give back to the community. "After the sale is done, anything that was donated will be re-donated to other organizations that can use (the donations). They're coming in after the sale to pick up the stuff, so it's not just us looking for money for the things that are notfor the things that are notf purchased. They are reus- able and are going back to charities," Foxall ex- plained. The event is on June 9 at Knox Presbyterian Church, 89 Dunn St., from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. COMMUNITY The road to becoming a community church Items for Knox Presbyterian Church's upscale boutique sale. Allie Murray photo ALLIE MURRAY SPECIAL TO BEAVER