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Summer Fayre is on the way

By Yvonne Nielsen Chair of the Fayre Committee

Kraainem (19 March 2006).- This year St Anthony’s Summer Fayre will be held on Sunday, the 11th of June, starting at 13.00hours and finishing at 19.00hours. Keeping with tradition, it is as always held on the Sunday nearest to the feast day of St Anthony. The Fayre for those of you who are new to the parish is the major fund raising event of the year for us. The money raised from the Fayre goes towards our first mortgage payment of the year. 

The Fayre has become one of the International Events of the summer, it kicks off the summer with the promise of long hot days and summer holidays to come. It really is a very special day with fun to be had by all the family. There are food and drink stalls offering many delights from a taste of Africa to Barbeques to Smoked Salmon something to tickle most taste buds. All washed down with Strawberry Teas, Irish coffee or drinks from the bar. 

There are stalls to browse through from the Books Stall to the Clothes Stall to the White Elephant Stall to the Plant and Flower Stall or even the Bottle Stall where one can try ones luck. You may win a bottle of Shampoo or a bottle of Single Malt. More importantly there are games, facing painting and a bouncy castle to entertain the children. While the adults and the young can enjoy watching the free entertainment provided on stage. It really is a truly wonderful day for fostering community both within our own parish and outside.

As you can see there is a lot happening on the day of the Fayre and as you would expect help is needed to ensure the day goes well. The Fayre Committee is already working hard to ensure the Fayre’s success. However, as with every year we need your support. We need volunteers to help with the stalls and other activities. You may only be able to spare an hour but it is amazing how important that hour can be on the day. So please fill in the Fayre Leaflet which you can pick up at church and contact us. We are always delighted to hear from volunteers. 

Over the next few weeks we will be starting to distribute Tombola Tickets. The Fayre Tombola is an essential component of the Fayre. If we have bad weather, the money raised from the Tombola helps to affray any cost we have incurred in setting up the Fayre. 

This year we would be very grateful if possible for people to pick up their Tombola Tickets from the tables outside church as this reduces our postal costs. The plan is to distribute the tickets to the majority of Parishioners, the last 2 weekends of April. There is no need to buy the tickets on the day of collection but to take them home and sell to friends and family. When you have sold what you can then return the Tombola Ticket Stubs plus any unsold tickets and money in a sealed envelop which you can place in the collection basket clearly marked Fayre Tombola. This year we have some very special prizes to be won a portable LCD Flat screen TV, tomtom Navigational System, Annual family passes to Antwerp Zoo/Plankendal and Technopolis to a Champagne Balloon Flight for 2 and many more terrific prizes in between. As every year we would be delighted to receive any donations of Tombola Prizes. It has become increasingly difficult to obtain donations of Tombola Prizes from companies. If you know of any companies who would be willing to sponsor a prize we would be delighted to hear from them.

Thank you all for continuing to support the Fayre and we look forward to seeing you there. 

Please email yvonnenielsen@tiscali.be if you would be willing to help in anyway for the Fayre...

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