Fest Quest

Our Annual Fall Parish Festival

Sunday, Oct 10, 2010

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What is Fest Quest?

The purpose of our annual fall parish festival called Fest Quest is to raise funds for the Church and School based on the current needs of the Parish. Each year a specific project is identified to benefit from this event, the largest parish fundraiser of the year.

Funds raised in 2010 will go towards structural repairs in the School Gym.

Fest Quest is an afternoon of family fun, activities, and food. It is a good time for all ages from our silent and live auctions to the live entertainment and great food. You can get your face painted, check out a fire truck, Lincoln Electric System safety demonstration, play a little bingo, and much more. Come & See!

Needs for Volunteers & Donations

As we prepare for our parish fall festival, known as Fest Quest, we need the help of the Parish to make this fundraiser successful. We need help in numerous ways including:

volunteers to help with set up, during and take down of the festivities on Oct. 9 & 10th
donations of cakes, pies, cookies for the Sweet Shoppe and Cake Walk (fresh baked preferred!)
Cake decorators (young and old) showcase your cake (or cupcakes) decorating skills in the Cake Decorating contest (new this year!). Adult entries will be included in the silent auction and children entries will go to the cake walk after they are judged.
donations of NEW items for the silent and live auction. Silent auction items typically are in the form of theme baskets (i.e. “Husker Mania” with all sorts of Husker goodies, “Movie Night” with movie rental gift cert, munchies, etc. Pick a theme and make a basket around it). Live auction items are typically larger items (approx. $100 value or more) and in the past have include Husker tickets, get away weekend packages, stay-cation packages, tools, etc.
Gift cards to local merchants-buy through the SCRIP program for additional benefit to the parish. Gift cards are sold during the event on the “Block Party” game for a reduced cost and buyers have a chance to win one for 50% off or free if they pick a lucky card. This adult “game” is always a popular one and the gift cards go fast.

Key Dates

Sept 18/ 19& Sept 25/26th:

Volunteer Sign Up Weekend after all Masses. Please stop by and sign up to share an hour or two of your time during the Fest Quest weekend. BS School families, watch for a signup sheet to be coming home with your child(ren) from the PTA.

Sunday, Sept 19^th and Sept 26^th, 2:00-3:30 PM:

Silent Auction Basket Assembly parties to be held in the school meeting room. If you would like help preparing a basket for the silent auction, stop by. Experienced basket assemblers will be on hand to help. Or you can just drop your completed basket off and receive your donation receipt.

Sunday, Sept 26 – Donation deadline.

All donations are needed by this date (two weeks prior to the event) to allow the planning team time to enter all donations into the database and prepare for the auction. This year, donations received after Sept 26^th, will NOT be included in the event publication. We greatly appreciate having the donations turned in early, as it helps with the event preparation significantly.

Donation Drop Off Locations

Church Rectory during normal hours
Baskets-Contact Deb at 423-4000 or leave in the Usher’s room (Receipt information will be posted)
Live auction items –Contact Maggie at 261-4122 or Angela at 610-3689.
Sold raffle tickets can be dropped in the Church collection. Please mark them clearly as Fest Quest raffle tickets.