Caldwell Martin Cox has had an office in Picton since 1951 so we were proud to be a part of this year’s Illuminarte Festival on Saturday, 29 April. The Festival incorporates street entertainers, business displays, food stalls, charity stands and singers and bands on the main stage as well as a wonderful lantern parade. Once the sun disappears, spectacular light displays illuminate Picton’s beautiful heritage buildings along the main streets of the town. Our CMC staff took part in the activities, giving away 1,400 bags of popcorn, hundreds of blue lollipops and scores of our trademark CMC balloons with LED lights inside to be part of the light festival ! We also provided face painting to about 100 people (mainly children J ) for a gold coin donation and raffled an Estate Planning Package. All funds raised were donated to The Right Start Foundation – a local charity that CMC supports.{igallery id=796|cid=9|pid=1|type=category|children=0|showmenu=0|tags=|limit=0}
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