It’s often hard to find something for the kids to do on the holiday break after Christmas; after all the excitement passes they start complaining about being bored. The Winter Carnival at the Woodstock Museum is the perfect remedy for bored kids. It’s hard for families where both parents have to work to find someone to take care of the children; the Winter Carnival is a great solution to that also. Your kids will be properly supervised in a safe environment.

The Woodstock Art Gallery has recently moved to a new home on Dundas Street. The ribbon cutting and grand opening takes place on November 19 at 1:30 pm; refreshments will be sold and Mayor Sobeski will be in attendance. Since it opened in 1967, the gallery has had many homes; finally it has a permanent structure in downtown Woodstock.

The Woodstock Nostalgia Show and Sale will take place on November 20 at the Woodstock Fairgrounds. It will take place in the Oxford Auditorium and the Mutual/Market and will offer 200 vendor tables. Admission is $5 and free for those under 12. Applications are being accepted for vendors who wish to take part; one table costs $55 to rent and two tables cost $105. Visitors are also encouraged to bring items they might want to sell to the various vendors.

The 2011 United Way Oxford campaign is well under way; the goal this year is to raise $1.1 million, an increase of $100,000 from last year’s total. The theme of this year’s campaign is “Change Starts Here". The United Way utilizes marketing techniques like poster printing to raise money for 13 member agencies and several partners dedicated to strengthening the community and making it a more pleasant place to live.

It has been shown time and time again that personalized sales pitches do better than generic ones. They also get more response. This is something that companies in Woodstock should remember when it comes to brochure and flyer printing; something addressed to a specific person will be read more often than one addressed to “occupant.”

The Downtown Woodstock Business Improvement Association is dedicated to the promotion and beautification of the area. Their aim is to create district branding theme of “the place to Shop, Dine, Work and Play in Woodstock and Oxford County” with a consistent “look, sound and feel” through their Destination Downtown campaign. The look aspect of the campaign refers to a consistent printing design for seasonal street banners, business cards, print ads and inserts giving them a uniform look.

With the current rotating Canada Post strikes and with service in urban areas being cut down to just three days a week, it is more important than ever to consider using local businesses, such as a local printing services company. Woodstock has not yet been hit by a full strike but it is just a matter of time before it will be.

There are many advantages to choosing a local company to provide you with all your printing needs. The main advantage being that you are helping the local economy by supporting businesses in your home town. For example, if you're a company in Woodstock Ontario then printing companies in Woodstock fulfill all of your printing needs.