A HUGE THANKYOU

What a spectacular night!

Thank you to everyone who made it to our Christmas Night Market.

We hope you enjoyed all the wonderful stalls we had on offer and came away with not only a gift or two but a sense of a great community spirit.

Together we raised over $8,000 for the school which is a terrific effort!

We have many wonderful people and businesses we wish to thank and acknowledge for all their hard work in the lead up to, and on the night; for their donations, and their willingness to help in many different ways.

I would like to begin with congratulating and thanking the wonderful, hardworking P&F Committee and also the fabulous volunteers who gave up many of their nights and days to attend market meetings, organise stalls, ask businesses for donations and many other tasks to make the night a success.

The P&F Team:

Crystal Nappo – Co-President

Mira Cantiani – Co-President

Lucy Leahy – Treasurer

Anna Millar – Assistant Treasurer/Social Media

Marianne Ciavarella – General Secretary

Danielle Sportelli – Assistant Secretary

Volunteers:

Rose Piotti (a special thanks to Rose with all her hard work she should be part of the committee!)

Teresa Vertsonis

Josie Servello

Irene Bautista

Angela Rocillo

Lizzy Louca

Carly Price

We would like to make a special mention to the school office staff: Ann Russo, Jane Prestia and Leonie O’Brien. They put up with a lot of the P&F’s emails and requests and always put in 100% for us and we greatly appreciate their help! Thank you!

A big thank you to Manuela Watson and Michael Jennings for making sure all the not so fun jobs of school safety requirements and obligations were met on the night! Also, to all the teachers of St Fidelis who volunteered on the night. Many odd and must-needed jobs on the night (ie lollypop person at Benny Lane, First-Aiders, manning the toilets, manning the out of bounds zones etc). Your efforts are greatly appreciated.

Also, we would like to give thanks to God for such a spectacular night! The skies were clear and the community spirit was alive and well!

Cakes and Sweet Treats

Thank you to Athena Theodore and Sophie Litinakis. A massive effort from both ladies over the weeks leading up to the night. Organising all the mouth-watering donations, and then running the stall on the night too. Thank you, ladies!

Stall Volunteers: Connie, Lydia, Tanya, Adele and Laura Munari (3/4 teacher)

A big thank you to all the businesses who donated to the Cake stall:

Village Bakery (Brunswick) - donuts, canoli and cupcakes

Miss Penny Cakes (Brunswick West) – cake and cupcakes

Trivelli Pasticceria (Coburg) – biscuits

Yiannis Pantheon Cakes (Coburg) – biscuits

Pantheon Cakes (Brunswick) – biscuits

NSM Foods (Brunswick) – Turkish delight

Eiffel Tower Chocolates and Confectionary (Tullamarine) – biscuits

Balha’s Pastry (Brunswick) – cakes

Glenroy Bakery (Glenroy) – banana bread

Mosaic Patisserie (Mordialloc) – cakes

Choukette Fine Pastries (Brunswick) – macaroons

Costa’s Biskotery (Coburg North) – cookies

Gusto Bakery (Moonee Ponds) – cake slices

Cakes for Corporate (Collingwood) – cakes

Papa Joe’s Bakehouse (Campbellfield) – banana bread

Cheese Cake Shop (Thornbury) – cakes

Cheese Cake Shop (Moonee Ponds) – cakes

Plants

Thank you to Lydia and Connie Fedele. They both organised beautiful plants and flowers for the stall. Their talents surpassed expectations and we a very grateful for having them run the stall on the night too! A special thank you to Angelo Merlino (Julius Rocillo’s Nonno - PEM) for donating all of his fresh herbs, which he tenderly and graciously grew especially for our night market! A big thank you to Pots n Pots (Coburg) for also donating plants and flowers to the stall.

Fruit and Vegetables

Thank you to Sandra and Maninder Joson. They sourced the freshest, in-season fruit and vegetables and then generously donated the lot to our market! We would like to also thank them for running the stall on the night too!

Santa Photos

Thank you to Olivia Leahy, Sofia Gabriel and Bridget Martin for organising and hosting such a wonderful and joyful stall! Thank you to John Martin, Mr. Frazzatto, Mr. Troy and Mr. MacGregor for helping at the stall! And of course, a big huge thank you to Santa for donating his time too!

Christmas Stockings, Scrunchies and Guessing Games

Thank you to Mia Chamma, Allegra Surace, Alyssa Nardella, Mary Dinatale and Emma Sullivan for organising all the fun activities and gorgeous scrunchies for the night. Thank you also to Irene Dinatale and other parents who assisted the girls in the production of the scrunchies and Christmas stockings.

Stall Volunteers: Zahara, Anna, Nina and Emily

Pre-Loved Clothes

Thank you to Danielle Sportelli, Rose Piotti, Carly Price and Josie Servello for putting in a tremendous effort of sorting and organising all the donations of clothes, shoes, accessories etc. The variety and quality of clothes on offer was amazing and so were the prices! Bargains galore!

Stall Volunteers: Danielle Sportelli, Carly Price, Rosa Mamarella, Danielle Di Florio

Pre-Loved Books

Thank you again to Danielle Sportelli and Rose Piotti for organising all the donations and sorting through all the various and wonderful books.

Stall Volunteers: Cristina Kowalyk, Elisa De Rosayro, Mary Patterson

Hand Made Items and Gifts

Thank you to Rose Piotti and Lucy Leahy for organising and sourcing all the items and donations for the stall. There was such a fabulous array of beautiful and wonderful items on offer.

Stall Volunteers: Rose Piotti, Leanne Wenckowski (Prep teacher), Lisa Francione, Sabrina Lunardi, Linda Mallaurino

Lolly Buffet

Thank you to Josie Servello and Irene Bautisa for organising all the lollies for the stall and then setting it up. It really looked like a gourmet buffet of lollies too good not to buy!

Stall Volunteers: Josie Servello, Irene Bautisa, Maria Surace, Effie Liberti, Olga Ausilio

Bauble Decorating

Thank you to Rose Piotti for organising all the baubles and decorations for the stall. It was definitely a big hit and we hope everyone’s Christmas trees sparkle that little bit brighter.

Stall Volunteers: Maria Surace, Evelyn Surace and Michelle Casamento

Other Acknowledgments

Thank you to Mercy College for donating 6 of their marquees, 2 of their Esky’s and their handball target board. Your contribution to our market is greatly appreciated!
Thank you to Tony and team at NOVCON for organising the power for all our equipment on the night. Thank you for keeping the power going on the night and most of all for keeping us safe!
Thank you to Lucy Leahy for being our ‘bank’ for the night. You did a tremendous job of keeping all the stalls fully stocked with change! I think you were the most popular person on the night!
Thank you to Anna Millar for all the Facebook updates leading up to the night. Great job recruiting volunteers, external stall holders and businesses willing to donate towards our market.
Thank you to Danielle Sportelli for creating the market stall plan and layout. Your huge efforts in setting up the layout and amount of marquees, tables and chairs etc required is greatly appreciated.
Thank you to Athena Theodore for all the phone calls and numerous trips to community businesses in search of donations and vouchers for our raffle and cake stalls! Our quiet achiever!

Flyer design / printing and distribution

Thanks to Maria Surace for designing the main flyer and adjusting the design numerous times to include everything we needed
Anotinette Sciglitano for organising the street maps and Lucy Leahy for printing and organising the distribution of these through the local streets and Danielle Sportelli for the numerous internal flyers in between. Also, for all the individuals who hand delivered them around the streets - we truly appreciate all your time to get the word out.

Parents, Family and Friends of St Fidelis Primary School

Without the huge donations and contributions from our St Fidelis school community this market could not have happened! From soft drinks to cakes; from pre-loved books to pre-loved shoes; from raffle donations to marquees, we are greatly appreciative for it all! Every little bit helped!

I would also like to make note that many of our volunteers helped in a huge amount of different ways, not just for what they were specifically thanked for! Although I have not mentioned it, your help was greatly appreciated in every way. It’s just too hard to note them all!

And I am truly sorry if I have missed you by name to thank you! So many people volunteered in so many ways it was hard to keep up!!