The Merchantville Business and Professional Association is proud to support Small Business Saturday® as a designated "Neighborhood Champion", encouraging residents and visitors alike to support "mom and pop" shops with special discounts and promotions. Show your love for our merchants and all they bring to our community by spending $30 on November 30th. Many shops will have sales on Small Business Saturday® and some shops will be having specials or deals if you spend $30. Keep checking back for new Small Business Saturday deals. And, keep the business buzz going during holiday festivities on December 6th and 7th! Begin your day with a Pop-Up Yoga Class from 6-7 a.m. at Soulflower Yoga. The Station Coffee and Eilandarts center will host a Hot Chocolate Bar on Friday from 5-9 p.m. Create a Yule Log at Aradia's Treasure on Friday evening between 7-9:30 p.m. - an RSVP is a must to ensure that we have enough supplies for everyone! Browse and shop on the following Friday, December 13th, from 5-9 p.m. and Saturday, December 14th, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Eilandarts 2019 Holiday Market. Merchantville boasts a variety of businesses from gift, handcraft and antique shops to markets, cafes and restaurants. Experience the difference that shopping in your own home town brings!

Children and adults alike will enjoy the opportunity to ride the train with Santa on Saturday, December 7, 2019. Specially decorated PATCO trains will make three trips, leaving the Lindenwold station at 9:10 a.m., 10:40 a.m. and 12:10 p.m. and picking up passengers at all stops along the way. After enjoying their ride with Santa and his elves, complete with seasonal music, Santa’s Sleigh passengers can shop at Christmas Village in Love Park, check out the light show and “Christmas Carol” display at Macy’s or strap on their ice skates at the Rothman Rink at City Hall, among many other family-friendly activities. To travel in style with Santa, be ready to board the Silver Sleigh at special departure times that are in addition to the normal Saturday schedule. Regular fares apply for all customers aged five and older; children four and under ride free. For more information, call (856) 772-6968/6905. Westmont – 9:18 a.m., 10:48 a.m. or 12:18 p.m.; Collingswood – 9:20 a.m., 10:50 a.m. or 12:20 p.m.; Ferry Avenue – 9:22 a.m., 10:52 a.m. or 12:22 p.m.

Hi, Neighbors. Now's your chance to help beautify Merchantville's West End for the season! This Saturday, November 23rd, we will be adding holiday greens to the planters on the West End. Saturday should be a perfect day to get some fresh air - 50 degrees and sunny. We are meeting at 9AM at the Wellwood Park gazebo. Please bring gloves and pruners if you have them. As the English writer John Heywood said "many hands make light work" so all volunteers are welcome. Please spread the word!

As winter is upon us, eventually our chickens will molt and we will be hard pressed to find enough eggs to make breakfast on a Sunday morning . . . So what to do? Even though it might not sound like a difficult job, freezing fresh eggs has come to be somewhat of a skill. Merchantville-Pennsauken Backyard Chickens shares what everyone, who has their own hens, needs to know. Having some eggs ready for an omelet or french toast in winter is always good and eggs are not frozen whole. You will need to crack your eggs into an ice cube tray - preferably silicone. The Prairie Homestead shows you all there is to know about how to easily freeze fresh eggs - separately or together - in just a few minutes. 

Take a ride through Cape May’s Historic District to see festively decorated inns and homes as guides talk about Victorian Christmas traditions, lead sing-alongs, and play Christmas music on a Holiday Light Tour. Offered nightly from November 24th through December 31st - except Thanksgiving and Christmas - these rides will highlight the holiday sights and sounds in this historic shore town. Rides start at the Washington Street Mall Information Booth and last about 30 minutes. Tickets $15 adults; $10 children (ages 3-12). For more information, please call 609-884-5404

Eilandarts Center is delighted to offer a six-week course where your child will learn how to keep and love an art journal, on Wednesdays, beginning November 27th. This workshop will enforce the participant's ability to observe his/her environment and channel creativity into art. During the course, we will collect items and fill up the journal with ideas and samples. There will be projects in drawing, painting, collaging and 3-dimensional. We will talk about different artists and their approach to art. The goal of the workshop is to help the young artist to discover their own creativity and find pleasure applying it into art form. Ages: 5-10 years. Cost: $90. Register online.

Dickinson's Holiday Greenery has partnered with a local New Jersey grower to provide the freshest, highest-quality holiday decor products at a great price, right here in town. They're offering farm-fresh 100% double sided real Balsam Fir wreaths - 24" diameter, 6" deep, vibrant red Poinsettias comes in foil wrapped 8-inch pots and 75' coils of freshly cut NJ white pine. They're currently taking pre-orders for pickup in the first or second week of December. Pickup details will be sent via email as soon as they are finalized. For more information contact them here. Shop small, shop local!

The Love in Motion youth group is collecting again this fall for our homeless outreach in Camden and canned goods for the Cathedral Kitchen. We will be headed back out to volunteer again with New Beginnings Camden on December 7th. In addition to toiletries, we are also collecting winter coats, gloves, hats, boots, shoes, and anything to keep warm - including clothes, underwear, blankets - and we are still collecting towels! The Station Coffee in Merchantville is generously helping out by collecting socks and bags - Ipsy, canvas, or drawstring - you can drop those specific items there. The youth group is also collecting canned goods and non-perishables and will have a collection table at the Merchantville Turkey Trot. You can drop off goods for either to the Fitzgerald/Cooper house at 24 Volan Street or the Aman/Kelly house at 112 Locust Street, or contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to arrange for pick-ups.

Merchantville Country Club's board recently created a video that showcases the beauty of this 9-hole golf course. The video was shot over two days this fall, the first during their highly successful Pig Roast in late September and the second, on a crisp fall day in late October with the colors at their peak. The finished product presents the natural beauty of the private country club, founded in 1892, and is intended to market the course to golfers who may have an interest in joining the club. The golf course and clubhouse are nestled away on 40 acres of land at the juncture of Merchantville and Cherry Hill, NJ at 501 Chapel Avenue.