SPRING FAIR NEWS

Community and Fundraising Committee

SPRING FAIR NEWS

Spring Fair is coming up this year and we’re now only four weeks to go!

Wristbands and Tickets - COMING SOON

Wristbands - $25

Tickets - $1 per ticket

In 2019, our Spring Fair will be mostly cashless. Food, books, and making stalls can all be purchased with tickets available from stations throughout the fair.

Wristbands and tickets will available for pre-purchase from the front office in the coming weeks. Notification will be sent out to parents.

Working Bee Help

We will be running working bees on the two Saturdays prior to the Spring Fair - Saturday 7th September & Saturday 14th September.

We are looking for parent volunteers who will be happy to get their hands a little bit dirty in order to help make it a great day!

Please contact 

springfair@collingwood.vic.edu.au if you are willing and able!

Zero Waste Initiative

For 2019, the Spring Fair will be aiming to be greener with the Spring Fair Committee having appointed a dedicated Sustainability Team to oversee appropriate waste disposal, dishwashing stations, and speaking with other groups such as Yarra Council to best coordinate the event.

If you’d like to help us working towards zero waste, please contact Lauren (0422 133 655) or Kathy (‭0419 896 652‬), or come along to one of the Monday morning meetings. 

Kids Zone

We've heard feedback from previous years and there will be more activities for children this year. This includes an inflatable slide, a climbing wall, an inflatable Ninja Warrior course, and the return of Crazy Bikes.

Online Auction

The online auction will be happening again this year and donations are coming in thick and fast.

The website will go live on 23 August.

Stall Donations

Donations are now required for our annual Spring Fair. All donations can be left at the office. 

Book Stall – Second hand books i.e. fiction, nonfiction, children’s, cookbooks, etc

Chocolate Block game - Blocks of all types of chocolate (no loose nor bars please}

Plant Stalls – Plants, gardening gloves, bags of soil, gardening tools, seedlings

Garland Making Stall - flowers, vines, greenery & florist wire

Full Bottles - Anything from tomato sauce, dishwashing liquid, soft drink to a bottle of wine.

Help with Orchestra Performances

Any parents who are able to tune violins, violas and cellos are warmly invited to come and assist tune the students' instruments prior to their orchestra performances at Spring Fair.

We will need assistance on the day between - any block of 10 minutes that you can offer would be fantastic.

Please contact me for further details: margueriteb@collingwood.vic.edu.au

Marguerite Boland

Instrumental Music Coordinator

Further details:

CONTACT

springfair@collingwood.vic.edu.au

Spring Fair Committee

We look forward to you joining this exciting project and helping make this well-loved event a HUGE success.

Community and Fundraising Committee