FROM STAFF REPORTS

The Alabaster-Pelham Rotary Club will fill the Pelham Civic Complex with Christmas cheer on Nov. 17 during the club’s first Southern Christmas Bazaar.

The event will be from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at the complex, and will feature more than 50 merchants from Alabama and surrounding states selling a variety of Christmas-themed items, such as clothing, collectables, food, decorations and more.

Tickets to the event are $5 for adults, $3 for children and children younger than 6 are free. Tickets are available at Iberia Bank and M&F Bank on U.S. 31 in Pelham, and will be available the day of the event.

Proceeds from the event will benefit the Alabaster-Pelham Rotary Club’s community projects, such as providing gift bags for elderly shut-ins and college scholarships for local students.

Refreshments and concessions will be available at the event, and Santa Claus will be on hand for early Christmas photos.

For more information about the event, visit Rotarysouthernchristmas.com.