Avoid the long lines on the day of the festival! You can purchase your tickets for food, rides and games. Write one check and have everything you need for a fun-filled day.

PRE-SALE ORDER FORM

Our bake sale team is asking each family to make (or buy) baked goods for the festival according to the grade assignments. Bring items to Room 3B on Thu, Apr 4 and Fri, Apr 5 from 8:00am-6:00pm.

BAKED GOODS ASSIGNMENTS

We are looking for donations to the Silent & Live Auctions. This year we are grouping several grades together to make awesome baskets for our auctions. You can FFT credits while donating to the auctions.

AUCTION INFO

This year's raffle prizes are:

• First Prize = $1500
• Second Prize = $750
• Third Prize = $250

Tickets are $2 each or 6 Tickets for $10. The winners do not need to be present to win.

Turn in dates: Every Tuesday and Thursday at 7:158:15am starting Tue, Feb 26

Each OLMC student is asked to sell $50 in tickets. Additional tickets located in OLMC school office

Each student is asked to bring in three 2-liter bottles of soda for this year's festival ring toss. This is one of the most popular events at the festival so we need everyone to pitch in. Each class with 100% participation will earn an afternoon recess/Otter Pop party. Please bring in your bottles of soda between Mon, Mar 3 but no later than Thu, Apr 4. Thank you for your support!

Dear Friends,

The 74th Annual Our Lady of Mount Carmel “Connect with Us” Festival is coming up soon on April 6th which will be a fun family celebration with plenty of food, silent and live auction items, rides and games for the kids and of course the Super Raffle. The annual festival is our single fundraising event that supports our school and enables us to continue to develop, maintain and expand our school and to provide a quality, affordable Catholic education to the children of our parish and community.

The OLMC Parish Festival Auction Committee is looking for donations to the silent and live auctions, and every donation helps. Some favorite past items include:

• Sporting Goods
• Patio Furniture
• Electronics
• Home Decor
• Bicycles
• Event Tickets
• Religious Items
• Hotel Stays
• Jewelry
• Donations of Services
• Sports Memorabilia

You can also make a donation of Food for Thought gift cards, which you can purchase in the school office. Do you have Christmas or birthday gifts you would like to regift or things you meant to return but never got around to it? Perhaps you want to clean out your gift stash or birthday closet, or maybe you have season tickets you are not going to be able to use. Please consider asking for a donation from businesses you patronize. Know a business seeking additional advertising exposure? We're happy to promote the businesses who sponsor our festival. You can drop off your donations in the school office.

For more information please contact Auction Chair, Carey Anthony. Thank you for your support of OLMC Catholic School.

It's festival season and we need your help! Check out our festival checklist to see ways you can help!

Home & School is hosting a "Coffree" social on: Friday, March 1, 2019 before school in McCready Hall We'll be kicking off our 2019 "Connect with Us" Parish Festival with our usual coffee and treats. Stop by with your presale forms and purchase your festival t-shirts, souvenir beverage cups, super raffle tickets and tickets for food, rides, and games for the festival. Representatives from this year's festival will be present to answer any questions you have.

Do you have old books, games, or movies taking up space in your cabinets and shelves? The festival book sale is looking for the following new or gently used items:

• Books
• Games
• Software
• Technology Items
• Music
• DVDs/Blu-Rays

Please drop off your donations at the box as you enter the breezeway sidewalk or at the storage unit at the south end of the basketball court by Thursday, April 4. Thanks for your support!

OLMC is asking each family to make (or buy) baked goods for the OLMC festival. Please see the flyer for grade assignments. Contact Monica Ferrance for questions at 480-966-1753.

Come pick up your 2019 "Connect with Us" festival t-shirt! Sales are every Tuesday and Thursday starting Thursday, February 21 until the festival. T-shirts are $10.00 each. Adult and child sizes available. Festival t-shirts jeans days are March 7 and April 1 as well as school spirit days.

The festival committee is searching for volunteers to fill and shadow the following lead positions:

• Executive Committee Chairman for Games & Booths (shadow)
• Book Sale Lead
• Sno-Cone, Popcorn & Ice Cream Lead
• Volunteer Coordinator (shadow)

The leads would be responsible for tasks leading up to the festival and day of the festival including setting up, overseeing the festival day volunteers, and cleaning up. Contact our festival chairman, Jamon Reval, for more information.

The 2019 "Connect with Us" Parish Festival is fast approaching, and in order for the festival to run smoothly and efficiently, each family is required to work the festival a minimum of 6 hours.
2 hours may be completed prior to Festival Week
4 hours must be completed during Festival Week

Each family has been assigned a Family ID that will be included in festival packets that will be sent home in the coming weeks.

This family ID is required to sign up for all volunteers. For additional questions or concerns, please contact Ashley Hall. Thank you for supporting the OLMC festival.

According to the Maricopa County Environmental Health Code, Chapter VII, Reg. 1 (C), anyone who handles, prepares, serves, sells, or gives away food for consumption by persons other than his or her immediate family, or who handles food utensils and equipment must have a food handlers card. Food handler cards are valid for three (3) years.

Festival volunteers signing up for any food booth, including snow cone, cotton candy and popcorn, require a valid food handler’s card. Bake sale volunteers do not need a food handler’s card. If you have already completed the food handler training, you are covered. Please bring a copy of your food handlers card and give it to Ashley Hall when checking in for your scheduled shift.

Saturday, April 6, 2019
12:00-8:00pm

Each family is required to complete a minimum of six (6) service hours for the festival. (Preschool ONLY families are required to complete a minimum of four (4) service hours for the festival. If families have students in BOTH the preschool and the elementary school, six (6) service hours are required.) Two of the hours may be completed prior to the festival week, but at least four (4) hours must be completed between Monday, April 1 and Sunday, April 7, 2019.

Students may not fulfill the family service hour requirement; however, this is an excellent opportunity for high school students to earn service credit hours.

The festival committee asked the talented OLMC students to submit designs for this year’s festival logo and once again they did not disappoint. There was a total of 17 designs submitted, thank you for all the wonderful designs.

Attention all OLMC Students!!! The Festival Committee needs your help to design a logo for the upcoming festival on April 6, 2019. The theme for the festival is "Connect with Us!".

We are asking the students of OLMC to participate in this year's festival logo contest by submitting a design. The winning design will be used as the official logo for the festival and all related items, T-Shirts, souvenir cups, print and social media advertising.

Please check with the school office to determine if you have won any silent auction items. You can claim your items in the office. For questions, please contact Kelly Kubicki at kellykubicki@olmcschool.info.

On behalf of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish and School, thank you to all the volunteers that made yesterday's festival possible. A special thanks to Festival Chairman Jamon Reval and our festival committee and section leads for your diligent work.

Your help and support is a shining example of the great things that happen when a community comes together. We truly appreciate the outpouring of time, talents, and treasure our families invest. Thank you to our generous sponsors and all those who donated items to make this year a rousing success. But especially thanks to all in attendance for another tremendously successful year!"

As part of our festival celebration, the festival committee is raffling off a $2,000 gift certificate to Coffin & Trout Jewelers. A special thank you to Coffin & Trout Jewelers and Brandt Engineers who sponsored this raffle. Tickets are available for purchase now in the office or before/after school. Cost is $20 for one ticket or $80 for five tickets. Only 250 tickets will be sold, so don't delay!"

Teachers will dismiss their classes at 12:30 p.m. This day is also a jeans day for those that wear this year’s festival t-shirt.

Please note that this is not a free dress day. For spirit dress day guidelines, please see our Parent/Student Handbook.

The OLMC Kid's Raffle is underway! Flyers went home recently regarding the class prize structure and incentives including the Pie in the Face Award. By purchasing kids raffle tickets yourself you could win:

1st Prize: $1,500
2nd Prize: $750
3rd Prize: $250

All volunteers must sign-in at the volunteer booth located outside of the southeast entrance of McCready Hall. For questions please contact our volunteer coordinator, Ashley Hall. For all volunteers collecting tickets: please be sure that you are collecting the right type of ticket. Redemption center tickets should not be accepted for games and food vendors. Thank you for your support and cooperation.