Donating things*: Are you downsizing or decluttering? Do you have beautiful pieces that don’t fit your style anymore, but are still fantastic? Our Market focuses on giftable items, including vintage pieces, and we can happily take donations of décor, clean/unworn jewelry & accessories, Christmas ornaments and décor, and books (especially classic & contemporary fiction and picture books).
Wondering if your item would work? Send us an email at christmasmarket@stapostleparish.org (Please note, we cannot take textbooks, clothes, used baby/children’s items, electronics, or DVDs/cassettes/CDs/Blu-rays.)
Sponsoring things: While all goods for sale at the Market are donated, we do have some expenses, for items like pens, table skirts, and signs. If you’d like to put something in the pot, every little bit is appreciated and any leftovers will also go to the Building Fund.
Proofreading & Format Checking: Do you have excellent eyes for punctuation and a solid grasp of they’re/their/there? No, but really, we’d love some help making sure we don’t have silly spelling mistakes in our online content (perks include previews of some – though we say it ourselves – very cool stuff).
Selling/Buying raffle tickets: We will be holding a raffle for some rather nice prizes (see above). The drawing will be on November 14th at 2pm, and you need not be present to win – pass it on!
Getting the word out: We want everybody to come! The Market is free to enter and open to everyone, and we need help to get the word out. Do you have access to a notice board or an online neighborhood community? Are you on Facebook, in a book club or part of a local paper? We’ve got the flyers, posts or pdfs for you to share.
Setting up: Come November 10th, we will descend upon the school gym and transform it into a festive Marketplace. If you’re good with shifting tables, labeling price tags, arranging displays, and generally making Market magic, it’d be great to have you there to help.
Working the Market: We’re going to have a lot going on, and we’ll need people to work the selling tables, and generally help us make this a fantastic day. It’s a lot of fun, if you’ve got kids who want to help they can definitely come, and you’re welcome even if you can’t stay for the whole day.
Cleaning up: Once the show is done, we’ll have to put the magic away for a year. If you’re willing to give us a hand, we will be eternally grateful!
Businesses*: If you would like to make a donation, we’ll be happy to display business cards or small postcards with your information at the Market, as well as post our fervent thank yous in the Parish bulletin and on social media. Credit where credit is due! But we are a market of donations, and will not be accepting vendors.
*Please note, we are a small market and do not have the space to store goods from year to year. If your donated item doesn’t sell and you would like it back, you must make arrangements to pick it up. Any items which remain will be donated to charity.
