Greater Lakes Region Children’s Auction Ornaments Now Available

LACONIA — ’Tis the season to support the Greater Lakes Region Children’s Auction, and local businesses are now selling decorative ornaments for in-store display or to take home. The ornaments cost $1, $5 or $10 and help raise money for the auction, which will be held this year from Tuesday, Dec. 9 through Friday, Dec. 12 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Belknap Marketplace in Belmont.

The ornaments are four-inch-round cardstock decorations that customers can write their names on for display at a business or to take home. All proceeds benefit the auction.

Ornaments are available at many community partner locations:

Alton: Foster’s Tavern, 403 Main St. 

Belmont: Mobile Electronics Solutions, 7 Fruite St.

Bristol: Cielito’s Mexican Restaurant, 50 South Main St.; Franklin Savings Bank, 250 Lake St.

Campton: Handyman Hardware, 12 Six Flags Road

Danbury: Danbury Country Store, 705 US-4

Franklin: Grevior Furniture, 440 Central St.; Franklin Savings Bank, 387 Central St. and 933 Central St.

Gilford: Axe and Ale Taphouse, 9 Old Lake Shore Road; Bank of NH, One Country Club Road and 1441 Lakeshore Road Route 11; Belknap Landscape, 25 Country Club Road, Unit 10; Gilford Village Store, 7 Belknap Mountain Road; Children’s Dentistry, 369 Hounsell Ave; Franklin Savings Bank, 11 Sawmill Road; Gilford Country Store & Nahamsha Gifts, 1934 Lake Shore Road; Country Cook’n at the Lakeside, 1457 Lake Shore Road;  Gunstock Mountain Resort, 719 Cherry Valley Road; H. Salon, 28 Weirs Road; Jennifer’s Color Bar, West 25, Country Club Road Unit 407; Lakeshore Market & Deli, 18 Weirs Road, LaValley Building Supply, 32 Gilford East Drive; Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road; The Wine’ing Butcher, 28 Weirs Road; Winnipesaukee Bay Gulls 2, 18 Weirs Road

Laconia:  Bank of NH, 62 Pleasant St.; Body Covers, 94 Primrose Drive North; Café Déjà Vu, 311 Court St.; Case n Keg Laconia, 855 Union Ave. Unit 2554; Defiant Records & Craft Beer, 609 Main St. Units 1&2; Downtown Gym, 171 Fair St.; Dox on Winnipesaukee, 263 Lakeside Ave.; Fratello’s, 799 Union Ave.; High Octane, 1072 Watson Road; Juggernaut Fitness,  28 Lexington Drive.; Laconia Daily Sun, 781 Union Ave.; Laconia Village Bakery, 660 Main St.; LACS Snack Shack, Memorial Park; Social Club Creamery, 51 Elm St.; The Alamo Texas BBQ, 70 Endicott St. North; The Big House, 322 Lakeside Ave; The Fancy Bar and Grill, 306 Lakeside Ave.; Vista Foods, 376 South Main St.; Wayfarer Coffee Roasters, 626 Main St.; Wild Women’s Studio & Gifts, 637 Main St.

Meredith:  Frog Rock Tavern, 67 Main St.; Great Northern Trading Company, 312 Daniel Webster Highway at Mill Falls; Fitness Edge, 169 Daniel Webster Highway; Giuseppe’s Pizzeria & Ristorante, 312 Daniel Webster Highway, Mill Falls; Harley-Davidson Laconia, 239 Daniel Webster Highway; Hermit Woods Winery & Eatery, 72 Main St.; Jeremy Noyes Gallery, 23 Main St, Unit 1; Kettlehead Brewery, 8 Plymouth St.; LaValley Building Supply, 157 Main St.; Meredith Insurance Agency, 2 Lake St., Suite 1; The Wine’ing Butcher, 81 NH Route 25; White Birch Gifts, 63 Main St.

Moultonboro:  Bank of NH, 960 Whittier Highway Route 25; For Your Eyes Only, 517 Whittier Highway; Winnipesaukee Bay Gulls, 118 Whittier Highway

Plymouth: Grotto, 5 RR Square Road;  La Familia Mexican Bar and Grill, 588 Tenney Mountain Highway

Tilton: Franklin Savings Bank, 67 Laconia Road

Wolfeboro: Winnipesaukee Bay Gulls, 118 Whittier Highway

Businesses interested in offering ornaments at their location should call 603-527-0999 or email [email protected]. 

About the Greater Lakes Region Children’s Auction:

Numerous fundraising events in the Lakes Region throughout the year support the Greater Lakes Region Children’s Auction, including our four-day signature event every December. In the past four decades we have distributed more than $9.2 million to over 80 nonprofits that serve low-income families and children in the Lakes Region, all through volunteer efforts, community donations and corporate sponsorship. The Auction falls under the umbrella of the Greater Lakes Region Charitable Fund for Children, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that helps local community organizations that serve children and families in need. For more information about the Auction, the nonprofits it supports and how you can help, visit ChildrensAuction.org.