Holy Spirit Fete

Fete In Review

Thank you to everyone who attended our Community Fete on Saturday! We loved seeing everyone having fun, family & friends catching up and all the smiles!  Huge thank you to of course to our amazing Sponsors and Silent Auction donators but a MASSIVE thank you to the "hardest working Fete Committee" as quoted by Sponsor & supporter Michael Sukkar MP.   Plus all the volunteers who worked in the Counting Room, Parish House, Money Collectors, those who set up, work stalls on the day and the Sunday pack up crew.  Whilst we cannot thank every single people we would like to recognise the Committee for their efforts all year in making the Fete happen.

Adam Stone – President/Operations Manager Katherine Harbor – Stalls Manager/Raffle

Belle Godfrey – Marketing/Sponsorship/Silent Auction

Paul De Iulio – Treasurer/General Operations

Kerry Childs – OH&S/Stalls/General Operations

Peter Philp – Audio Specialist

Dale Sebire – General Operations

Emily Collins – General Operations

Robert Mariani – General Operations

Sharon Wolff - Food & Safety Officer/Committee

Nicolle Tilley – P & F Liaison/General Operations

Lauren Cefai - P & F President/General Operations

We look forward to announcing the final fundraising figure shortly! 

The Fete Committee will have their Final 2023 Meeting on Tuesday 24 October. This will be a closed committee meeting.

Instagram & Facebook

Have you liked & followed our social pages? This helps us obtain sponsorship for next year & exposure in the wider community.  Be sure to LIKE and check out our pages on Facebook & Instagram to keep up to date with the latest news.

Raffle & Winners

Congratulations to our Fete Raffle Winners! Ruth from Parish House has contacted the lucky winners so please contact her regarding your prizes.

Thank you everyone who purchased and sold tickets. You helped to raise $6537.00!

Cake Stall Thank You

We are extremely grateful to everyone in our Holy Spirit Community who baked cakes and goodies for the Cake Stall on Fete Day. We had a huge variety of treats to suit all sweet tooth customers! We thank you all for your time spent baking and for contributing to the success of the stall.  A big thank you to everyone who helped us organise and run the stall on the day. It was such a fun day for our community!The Guess the Lollies in the Jar competition was won by Lily F, with the guess of 188 lollies!Thank you to everyone who entered.The Cake Stall Committee.

Year Level Leaders/Coordinators

Each Year Level was assigned a Stall that they were responsible for this year. It was great to see so many people giving their time to help sort and set up.  Big thank you those the following ladies who put their hands up to be Stall Leaders -you were incredible!

Melissa McKenzie & Emily Uhlrich - Books

Kate Earl - Clothing

Mel Trybula - Trash & Treasure

Nichole Grove - Lolly Shop

Qu. Can I choose which stall I want to help with next year?

Of course! You can sign up to work on a particular stall or if you want to be a Stall Leader please contact us.

School Closure Day & Set Up/Pack Down

This was the first year that the school shut down so the Operations crew could start setting up for Fete Day. Sponsors Noel Jones provided a Coffee Bar for volunteers on Friday and Sunday whilst parish members provided light refreshments. 

Thank you to everyone who came down on Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning to assist with setting up, finalising stalls and equipment and of course the big Sunday pack down. Thank you to Duncan to his crew for all their work!

Silent Auction

There was no Grade 5/6 Volunteer for Stall Leader this year, so Belle took on the extra role of requesting & collecting donations with assistance from P&F Liaison Nicolle helping with the stall coordination & set up this year.

With over 40 donations the stall raised over $4000.00.  Belle & Nicolle did an amazing job ensuring the stall went ahead.  Huge thanks to Jenny Philip at Parish House for printing & laminating the vouchers.

Special Shout Out

Thank you to the Latella Family for donating all the fresh produce on Fete Day. It was very much appreciated and tasted delicious!

Photography & Socials

Belinda Lee Photography was again the official photographer for the event. We look forward to sharing her images over the coming weeks. There are lots of videos from the day already on our Instagram to check them out.

Fete Committee New Members

The Fete Committee MUST HAVE NEW members join this year otherwise it cannot go ahead in 2024. It is such a rewarding experience but we have to share the workload!

Having been previously been made up of current and past school parents and members of the wider Holy Spirit Parish community without incoming members there is not the manpower to survive.

Key members have retired and many are stepping down this year so we are on the search. This year’s Fete only went ahead due to the tenacity, dedication and massive efforts made by current committee members. 

Please reach out to Belle Godfrey (Fete Committee) or Lauren Cefai (P&F President) if you’d like to get involved or email fete@holyspiritparish.org.au