Back Again This Year: The Hand-Crafted Market

All You Makers...

We’d love showcase your AMAZING talents at the 2017 Winter Festival Market!

Our community is talented!

In the past, some handcrafted items that people gush over at our market include:

Knit and Crocheted items • Woodwork •

Upcycled hand dyed yarn • Rope Baskets  • Quilted and Sewn Creations

Paper Arts • Photography • Pottery • Painting • Illustration • Canned goods

Soaps • Sculpture • Upcycling • Sewing • Felting • Glasswork • Jewelry

Decoupage • Metalsmithing • Toys •Fiber Arts •

Packaged Baked Goods & Candies

Whatever you love to make!

Please consider donating one or more handmade items for sale at this year’s event.

Student works encouraged!

Use this donation form, or pick one up from the table behind Andrea’s desk in the main office. Donation Deadline is Monday, November 27, 2017.

All sales benefit our students and unique programs through Friends of BCSIS.

All donations are tax deductible. Friends of BCSIS is a 501(c)3 non profit organization.

A few knit hats already donated for this year's Winter Festival!

NEW this Year: The Spin-and-Win Raffle!

This year, in addition to the traditional Hand-Crafted Market, a raffle-type event will be held at Winter Festival. It is called “Spin-and-Win.”

With Spin-and Win, everyone is a winner. Spin-and-Win participants pay a set price and immediately win a prize valued at what was paid OR MORE!

We Are Seeking Donations

This raffle will include donations that fall outside the handmade nature of the Hand-Crafted Market. Things like event tickets and gift certificates to local business, for example.

WHO

You! In order to make this a success, we need quite a few donations from local businesses and events. That’s where you, our parent community, can help.

WHAT

Ideal Spin-and-Win donations include:

• Gift certificates ($25 increments ideal, higher value welcome, as well.) If a place is offering to donate $50, and it feels appropriate, ask for 2 certificates of $25 each. Though we graciously accept any donation amount.
• Tickets (events, movies, museum entries, experiences, games, an event as part of a season ticket subscription, destinations, etc. . . )
• Vouchers to redeem for a particular item or items.  Think: “redeem for a ____ at our Boulder store”

If a business donates an actual item we will either use it for this Spin-and-Win or, if better suited, we will use it for the Hand-Crafted Market or the next fundraiser.

Also, if a restaurant prefers to donate actual food to the December 2nd event, we love those donations as well for our Community Meal.

HOW

1. Please look over this business spreadsheet and if you are willing to ask a business for a donation please put your name in the “solicitor” column. This is important so a business is only approached once from BCSIS. Add any businesses not yet included to the spreadsheet as well. If you have trouble accessing the spreadsheet through the link above, please let us know.
2. Walk into a business and ask face to face or call or email businesses to request donations.
3. Use the BCSIS donation form so that the business has our information and tax exempt number AND we also have their information.  A stack of these forms are also available behind Andrea’s desk.

WHEN

Now! The deadline for donations being in hand is Monday, November 27, 2017

CONTACT

Questions? Email Amy Scheff,

Amy’s already asked over a 100 businesses and have been greeted with a smile and friendly response each and every time, and have a 35-40% success rate!. Don’t be shy, businesses LOVE to support the community! If you’d like some help with an idea of a script, contact her

FINE PRINT

If we are light on donations for the Spin-and-Win all of the certificates, merchandise and/or other goods will be allocated to another fundraiser for this school year. But, we have high hopes that this will be a HUGE SUCCESS!

Wondering What to Donate?

Wondering what to donate to the Winter Festival Silent Auction?  Lisa was awfully happy when she won the  homemade soup donated by Michelle!!!

WHAT IF MY CHILD WANTS TO MAKE SOMETHING TO DONATE?

(2008) There is a Kid's Table for items made by BCSIS students and it is a very popular shopping destination for many parents. The kid's table has become a well-loved part of the Silent Auction and it truly supports our theme of Celebrating BCSIS.

Be sure to donate your childs' item by Nov. 21st.

Here are just a few examples of items that have been donated this year:

DONATED BY BCSIS PARENTS:

(in 2008)

Brazilian Dinner
Chili & Cornbread Dinner
Roasted Chicken Dinner
Legal Services
Massage
Yoga
Babysitting & Movie Tickets
Nutrition Consultation
Fall Garden Clean-up
Voice Lessons
Photography Sessions
Painting
Computer Services
Doll Kits
Health Care Services
Handmade Pottery
Hand Knit Items
Martial Arts Memberships