How You Can Help

Welcome to the 2011 Carnival, Concert & International Food section of Blessed Sacrament Parish’s bulletin. Hope you were able to join us last year. The faculty, staff, parents, parishioners and friends who attended enjoyed a fabulous weekend of international cuisine, carnival rides, games and wonderful live entertainment. And most importantly, we raised over $50,000 for the church and school.

The 2011 Carnival will be held October 14, 15 and 16th. We need your help to make it an even bigger, and more successful celebration.

The Carnival is the largest single fundraising event for our school and parish. Both the school and parish rely on the money raised to help maintain their facilities, fund social services and promote our children’s education. There are many creative ways that you can participate and we welcome all suggestions and contributions. We hope that you will contribute in any or all of the following ways:

Volunteer your time:

We can use your help soliciting donations, planning and installing decorations, setting up before the event, preparing food, helping in a food, game or raffle booth, etc. Whether you can spare the time to ask for donations now or can help us for a few hours during the weekend itself, we would be grateful for any time you can give.

Contribute cash or items:

Perhaps you can help underwrite a favorite booth? Perhaps you can donate food items for one of the booths? Buying raffle tickets is one very important way that you can help defray the costs of the Carnival so that as much money as possible goes directly to help the school and parish. We also encourage you to request donations from local businesses that you frequent, and to ask your friends and families if they can help us. You can contact me for solicitation letters.

Come to the party and enjoy:

We will send you more information through the bulletin as the weekend draws closer. We encourage you to invite your colleagues, friends, and families to join us for the weekend. It’s more fun when you bring a crowd and it’s a greater way for prospective families to learn about the school and parish. We will be offering a limited number of discounted ride tickets when the weekend draws nearer. So be on the look out.

We are excited about the chance to top our fundraising records from previous years and we look forward to a terrific weekend with food, games, entertainment and friends. We would be thrilled for you to help us make the 2010 Carnival, Concert & International Food our best yet. Continue to read the bulletin for meeting dates and be a part of one or more of the committees.

For more information, please contact: Valerie Milano, Parish Carnival Chairperson at (323) 953-9853