Children’s faces have shone brightly as they enjoyed all that was to offer at Dubbo’s annual Christmas Fair.
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The early festive gift to the city from the Rotary Club of Dubbo South brought plenty of cheer on Saturday from 4.30pm.
Tiny tots were excited as they played and later in the evening shared a moment with Santa Claus, who arrived on a fire engine.
The Rotary Club of Dubbo South hosted the Christmas Fair to give back to the community, fair coordinator David Parish said.
The support of sponsors including Kennard’s Hire, Midwest Foods and Inland Distributors who stumped up donations in kind, was vital.
“We do it to give back to the town for supporting us all year with our fundraisers,” Mr Parish said.
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With that motivation, tickets for the carnival rides were priced at an affordable $5 for unlimited rides for the five hours of the fair.
Mr Parish called the event a successful night and reported club members estimated they had sold more than 300 tickets to the rides.
“We want people to come along, have some fun and get involved,” he said.
“To see the kids faces… they could go and go and go until they dropped.”
The Rotarian said the fair had benefited from the mild weather and had a great atmosphere.
“It was a beautiful night, lots of kids, smiling faces, people buying from stalls,” Mr Parish said.
“People were able to sit down and relax and enjoy themselves.”
Refreshments and amusements were provided by about 15 stallholders.
Pink Angels, the Rotary Club of Dubbo, and the PCYC were present as well, and the Lions Club was part of it, selling their Christmas cakes.
A raffle saw “30-odd hams” go home with lucky winners.
Through its major fundraiser this year, a black-tie ball in aid of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, as well as backyard blitzes, supporting programs to help young people learning to drive, planting trees along a highway entry to Dubbo and other projects, the club was making a difference.
“That’s why I joined Rotary, to get involved with the community,” Mr Parish said.