Christmas Craft Fair

Beat the Crowds! Get Your Christmas Craft Fair Tickets Early!

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The Christmas Craft Fair is almost here! This Friday, November 30th is the big night!

Ticket pre-sales for the Fair will take place Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week from 2:45 to 3:10 in the school lobby.

Plan your evening by checking out the following links:

Mme Simon’s class making Pencil Toppers. Click image to see more student crafts!

Check out the crafts display in the lobby…or click here to see more photos!

Wanted: Mystery Bags & Bake Sale Contributions for the Christmas Fair!

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MYSTERY BAGS

The Christmas Craft Fair will feature Mystery Bags again this year!

Parents, we NEED your help for this ever-popular treat. Please be generous – donate a few mystery bags for the Christmas Craft Fair so every child may have a chance to get one!

  • Preferably the bags should have a holiday or winter theme but they are certainly not limited to that.
  • The children LOVE these fun bags. Bags should have an approximate value of $5 per bag, and everything in the bags should be NEW (please, NO old candy or used toys). The bags could include fun holiday- or winter-themed things such as craft kits or supplies, ornaments to colour, kids’ costume jewellery or hair bands, fun kid’s gloves, small puzzles or games, candy boxes or bags, pencils, etc.
  •  The “bag” can be anything you like… brown lunch bag, goodie bag, gift bag – with the contents a mystery! All styles are welcome and fun!
  • Please label the bag as:
    • primary or intermediate
    • boy or girl
    • or either, as appropriate!

Mystery Bags can be dropped off anytime in the box below the PAC mailbox located in the lobby below the “down” stairs up to and including the day of the Christmas Craft Fair (Friday, November 30th)

BAKE SALE

And of course the ever-popular Bake Table will be selling goodies so we need your sweet contributions!

Please drop off cookies or brownies or cupcakes or squares or whole loaves or cakes at the office on Friday November 30th.

  • Where possible, please do not put nuts in your baking!
  • Store-bought “baking” is always welcome! ;-)
  • We ran out of baking last year so please be generous!
  • If possible, we would appreciate it if you could add your name and contribution(s) to the sign-up sheets in the lobby, or by emailing rossroadcraftfair@gmail.com

Thank you for your support and generosity!
– Christmas Craft Fair Committee
rossroadcraftfair@gmail.com

Click image for more info about the 2012 Christmas Craft Fair!

Christmas Fair food ordering closes Wednesday, Nov. 14 – don’t miss out!

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Take a night off from cooking! Come and enjoy dinner at the Christmas Craft Fair with hot shredded roast beef on a bun served with quinoa/couscous salad and fresh vegetables. Order a cheese, pepperoni, Hawaiian or vegetarian pizza with fresh vegetables for the kids and everyone is happy.

  • Dinner is served in Frosty’s Diner between 5:30 and 7:00 PM.
  • Online ordering is open until midnight Wednesday November 14th.

How to Order:

  • Head over to www.MunchaLunch.com (or click on the bright green logo below).
  • To start ordering, please click on the yellow Fundraising Open heading and select any child to create your order. Families can place their entire order under one student’s name. The order doesn’t need to be person-specific as the orders will be picked up as a family at one location.
  • If you would rather pay by cheque you can do so by clicking on “other payment option” when you get to the Payment Option screen. Please drop off your cheque in the PAC box located under the “down” stairs in the lobby.
  • ALL ACCOUNTS MUST BE PAID IN FULL BY WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2012. Cheque payments must be in the PAC box (under the “Down” stairs in lobby) by 3:00PM, online payments (credit card or Paypal) by 6:00PM. ANY UNPAID ACCOUNTS WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY CANCELLED, NO EXCEPTIONS.

If you have any questions please contact the Christmas Craft Fair Coordinators:
rossroadcraftfair@gmail.com

HOW TO REGISTER:

  • As a first time user, click the “Register Here” button (above) to be taken to MunchaLunch.com
  • Follow the easy steps to “Create my Account” and proceed to “Order lunch!”
  • Return anytime by going to: MunchLogin.com or via the bright green Munch a Lunch logo
  • Returning users click the “Login Here” button (above) and proceed to “order lunch!”

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For more details about the Christmas Craft Fair click on the following links:

Stay tuned for more updates!

Thank you,

Your Christmas Craft Fair Coordinators:
Desiree Blume and Bettina Harris
rossroadcraftfair@gmail.com

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Online ordering closed Wednesday, Nov. 14th – limited quantities available at the Fair

/ Ross Road PAC

Take a night off from cooking! Come and enjoy dinner at the Christmas Craft Fair with hot shredded roast beef on a bun served with quinoa/couscous salad and fresh vegetables. Order a cheese, pepperoni, Hawaiian or vegetarian pizza with fresh vegetables for the kids and everyone is happy.

  • Dinner is served in Frosty’s Diner between 5:30 and 7:00 PM.
  • Online ordering closed Wednesday, November 14th – limited quantities available at the Fair

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For more details about the Christmas Craft Fair click on the following links:

Stay tuned for more updates!

Thank you,

Your Christmas Craft Fair Coordinators:
Desiree Blume and Bettina Harris
rossroadcraftfair@gmail.com

 

Crafts made by Ross Road students to buy at the Craft Fair

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Once again, we will have crafts hand-made by our students in their classrooms, available for sale at the Fair!

Crafts have long been the foundation of Christmas events at Ross Road School. This is the second year that students, teachers and parents have collaborated on crafts to sell at the Fair…a wonderful win-win joint effort! The students really enjoy making the crafts and feel a sense of pride in making something to sell, a sense of community is fostered with teachers, students and parents crafting together in the classrooms, and funds are raised for the school when the crafts go on sale at the Fair! Plus it gives you an opportunity to get an early start on your Christmas shopping!

Many thanks to all the parents who so capably helped out with the student crafts over the past few weeks!

This year we have lots of AMAZING crafts to buy at the Fair! Check out the photos below…

and CLICK HERE to see more photos of the individual crafts and students making them!





Ross Road Christmas Craft Fair – Friday November 30th

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Mark your calendars! It’s the annual
ROSS ROAD CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR
Friday November 30th, 5:00 – 8:00 PM

We are so excited about this year’s Christmas Craft Fair! Imagine an evening with your family, strolling through the school, listening to live Christmas music, sipping on hot chocolate or hot spiced apple cider, visiting with Santa, getting some Christmas shopping done and taking time to create a Christmas craft together. And to top the evening off, you have a chance to win one of the remarkable Christmas Raffle Baskets!

Click on the following links for more info:

Here are a few more highlights:

  • Check your coats in the coat room and start the evening with a delicious dinner of hot shredded roast beef on a bun and pizza for the kids in Frosty’s diner. Don’t miss out – pre-order your dinner! Online ordering was available from November 2nd-13th and is now closed! Limited quantities will be available for sale at the fair.
  • The gym will be turned into a festive hall with none other than Santa on the stage! For a map of the Craft Fair to help you plan your evening, click here.
  • Once again, we will have crafts hand-made by our students in their classrooms for sale. You can get an early start on your Christmas shopping with such items as ornaments, napkin holders, wine charms and jewellery, just to mention a few. For a complete list of items, click here.
  • As always, we will have the raffle of our popular and amazing Class Baskets, delicious Christmas baking and live Christmas music and a sing-along with Ross Road Parent/Entertainer, Michael Wong. For a complete list of class baskets, click here.
  • For those wishing to make their own memories, there will be craft activities for preschoolers to adults, face painting, storytelling with M. Gruat, mystery bags and an opportunity to cut your own CD.
  • See old friends or meet new ones over a cup of hot apple cider or coffee. Enjoy a crêpe with chocolate sauce. Online ordering for crêpes is not available this year and there will be a limited amount so get yours quickly before they sell out.

This is one of our major events of the year, giving the opportunity to raise much needed funds as well as build our community and strengthen the bonds between our families and school. All proceeds will go to make the school a better place for all of our kids. WE REALLY HOPE TO SEE ALL OF YOU THERE!

Any questions, please contact:
The Christmas Craft Fair Coordinators
rossroadcraftfair@gmail.com

Christmas Craft Fair 2011 – final totals

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Click image for more details about the 2011 Fair

…we made an astonishing $8,700 at the Craft Fair!!!  We believe this is a record number and we can all be very proud of ourselves in being part of such an amazing community event. The Christmas Craft Fair is one of our major fundraisers for the Ross Road community and all proceeds will go to make the school a better place for all of our kids!  Part of the money will be spent on new computer purchases and the rest will go into our general fund.

Class reps and parents, you truly outdid yourselves with the class baskets this year.  They alone raised $4,100!  Congratulations to all the lucky raffle basket winners! Click here for the complete list of winners.

Thank you for all of you who volunteered – behind the scenes and/or at the fair – we couldn’t have done it without you!  We count ourselves as extremely lucky to be working with such a committed bunch of people.  Thanks again for contributing your amazing energy, creativity and hard work to make this such a successful Craft Fair.

And thank you to everyone who came out on December 2nd and bought raffle tickets, food, drinks and crafts, and contributed to the amazingly festive atmosphere of this year’s Christmas Craft Fair!

Have a wonderful Christmas holiday – enjoy the well deserved time off with your family and all the best for 2012.

—Bettina & Desiree
Christmas Craft Fair Committee and the PAC Executive

Ross Road Christmas Craft Fair 2011 a huge success!!! THANK YOU everyone!!!

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What a wonderful evening it was – lots of smiling children and parents, a gorgeously decorated gym filled with amazing raffle baskets and beautiful crafts handmade by our students, delicious baked goods, Santa on the stage and wonderful live piano music. Not to mention the delicious dinner served in Frosty’s Diner and the crêpes with chocolate sauce – very yummy! The craft rooms were filled with busy children making some fun crafts and the reading room in the library was packed when our very own Mr. Gruat performed the story-telling. All in all, a very fun event and there was something for everyone.

Congratulations to all the lucky raffle basket winners! A complete list of who won what is on display in the lobby, or click here to check it out online.

THANK YOU everyone for helping put together the amazing raffle baskets, volunteering with your time and talents, buying tickets, and of course, attending this fantastic event. We couldn’t have done it without you. Your competence, your flexibility and your good cheer made the Fair the success it was!

The Christmas Craft Fair is one of our major fundraisers for the Ross Road community and all proceeds will go to make the school a better place of all of our kids! Once we have all our expenses in we will be able to give you the amount we raised this year, but it’s already clear that we had a very successful Craft Fair.

—Bettina Harris and Desiree Blume
Christmas Craft Fair Committee

 Click here to see more Craft Fair photos!

Check out the Ross Road IT Committee’s booth at the Christmas Craft Fair!

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The Ross Road Information Technology (IT) Committee will be in the foyer at the Christmas Craft Fair presenting information and ready to answer questions about its goals!

What is the Ross Road IT Committee?
The PAC has made the decision to purchase suitable computers and other technological devices for our classrooms. This is a large project that is directed by an Information Technology (IT) Committee. All stakeholders (teachers, administrators, School Board representatives and parents) are represented on the Committee. More information about IT purchases will be coming home to families in January – please watch for updates. To assist in the purchases planned for this school year, partial funds raised at the Christmas Craft Fair will go towards iPad2’s, laptops and Smart Boards.

For more information about the IT Committee and the planned purchases, please contact:
• Jane Ince: jane@jimediaconnections.com or
• Carolann Fraenkel: CFraenkel@nvsd44.bc.ca

Click here for a map of the 2011 Christmas Craft Fair layout.

Christmas Craft Fair Map…and a few hints for navigating the Fair

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At long last, here is the Christmas Craft Fair Map! Hope this helps you plan your evening at the Fair! A few other hints:

  • Buy tickets in advance: Friday morning or Friday after school in the school foyer.
    Class Basket Raffle Tickets: 3 for $5, 7 for $10 and 22 for $20
    General Tickets: $1 each. Use these tickets to check your coats, buy food, make crafts, have a photo taken with Santa, and participate in other activities. Prices range from 1 ticket to 7 tickets.
  • Click on the following price lists to help figure out how many tickets you will need, and which activities you and your children might be interested in participating in.
    • List of student-made Crafts to buy at the Fair
    • List of Crafts to make at the Fair
    • List of Services, Activities, Food & Drinks
    • Raffle Ticket pricelist 
  • Check out the amazing Class Raffle Baskets! Click here to view the complete list. Just added: a YOGA-themed basket, courtesy of YYOGA Northshore Elements!
  • Bring a shopping tote to carry home all of your wonderful crafts! Let’s go Green!

See you on Friday! Hope you all have a wonderful time!
—Christmas Craft Fair Committee