Keating’s 2010 Winter Fair
What a Night! What a Great Community! Thanks to a cast of hundreds, our 2010 Winter Fair was a resounding success, as we had 1000+ families, and friends join us for an evening of fun and festivities.
All of the information is in and we are now ready to share with everyone the numbers.
Keating has raised $20,000 profit for our children and our school!
A production of this size does not happen without the hard work of many dedicated volunteers and for this reason this newsletter is dedicated to you and your family. It also has to be said it simply is not possible to coordinate this event without the support and cooperation of our families. Every single contribution each of you made is very much appreciated: time, money, talent, ideas and donations. As well, we could not have such success without the support and partnership of local businesses. A well crafted Thank you note will be sent to our sponsors in the weeks to follow and please support our community minded businesses!
Merci and Thank you!
Thank you to the teachers for preparing their rooms for the big event and to our Teachers and CUPE Staff who volunteered that evening, merci beaucoup! A special thanks to Chris Lee and Karen Erdem for again stepping forward to be our Staff Liaison, you are so amazing! Our sincere appreciation to Mark Notte, Marilyn Pinder, Margaret Matthews and Dorota Johnson for their continued support, enthusiasm and assistance.
Standing Ovation please for our Custodians Martha Fletcher and Darren Ramkeesoon for their assistance and patience, we simply could not have done this without them!
Parking Spot : The Brooks Family were the lucky winners of the Parking Spot Raffle. They will now be parking in parking spot # 32 during 8am-9am and 2pm-3pm. There is a sign posted in parking spot 32, the third vistor spot in along the fence. Please support this KHASA fundraiser by not parking here during these times. We will definately be doing this again, it maybe your family next time!
Our Amazing Coordinators
Merci beacoup to Erin Campbell and her team of 4H volunteers who reinvented our covered area to be a special place for all furry creatures at the Petting Zoo. Thank you Rose Gladwin and Robynne Mills for all of their hard work in the Book Sale. Hats off to Patricia Wall and Robynne Cherrie for taking on one of our new venues THE KEATING STORE, we all agree this is a keeper! Leila Nazaroff for holding down the fort in our Coat and Prize Check. Alison Carins and Marisa Anderssen thank you for creating a extra fun experience at our Fish Pond. John Giesbrecht fixed our Bean Bag Toss, which was enjoyed by many!
Our 50/50 ticket teams did an amazing job all night long…. Merci Lori Beauvais and Mark Notte. Congratulations to our Keating family that won over 600 dollars! Our very creative Raffle Basket team Charlette Alcock, Carol Ann Scott and Sheila Ayres… what an wonderful job you did, thank you! Hats off to Darcy Winkel for organizing and pricing all of our amazing baked items. Thank you to Michael Veronneau for providing the ever popular Wii games experience. Our appreciation goes out to Noelle Trueman for putting together the popular Lollipop Tree. And kudos to Leanne Flood and Kelli Andulajevic for taking on another new venue at THE GOLD STRIKE, what a hit it was!
Our Ticket Sales team, Karin Johnson and Stephanie Bayer did a fantastic job keeping the evening moving well. Trish Duncan did an outstanding job organizing a generator and the entire Gym for the evening… Great Job! Thank you to the Adams family for taking on Curling and teaching some young ones a new sport! Paul Armstrong created a fun experience to get out your aggression with the plate break. Helmets off to Spencer Looysen for giving Keating a chance to play Canada’s game at the Hockey Shoot! Leslie Keetley and Sandell Bowler kudos for your work with the Hidden Treasure. Jennifer Hilder provided a wild ride for the kids down the Obstacle Course.
Guessing Game was expertly organized by Caryl Paterso. Our winners thank you! What a night to remember thanks to our Restaurant and Coffee Shop Team! Chris Wakefeild, Barb Lightbody, Parminder Ravdin, Hall Family and Tonia Cherrie; our stomachs thank you. It was an experience walking through our Silent Auction…..
Merci to our Silent Auction Team Aran Wilson, Alison Duthie and Elizabeth Tidman. Kudos to Jeanne Puritch and Alyssa Ellison for creating the fun zone of face painting. And the Sack Race was too much fun, thanks to Emma Dooley. Fiona Schandl was dedicated to learning the popcorn machine and providing a healthy snack for the evening. Lenore Johnson, thank you for stepping forward and making the barbershop a fun place to be!
Behind the scenes there was much to do. Merci Liza Glynn for organizing the Toy Collection and Ticket counting. A HUGE thank you to Shelley Golon our Amazing Treasure and to Cheryl Yolland for helping out on the evening! Thank you to Johnathan Uriegas and Mark Passalacqua for doing flawless set up and take down. Our Donation Coordinators and Co– Chair members were fantastic in organizing the event and contacting our local business… Thank you Diane Williamson and Andrea Calder. A big Thank You to Denise Lister for stepping forward to learn the ropes and being an amazing Volunteer Coordinator. Merci Nicole Bains for being apart of the Co-Chair Committee. The Committee would also like to acknowledge coordinating parents who are now moving on to Bayside, thank you for your continued support and stepping forward throughout the years. We hope you come back to visit the Fair in 2 years and see your teachers too! A special thank you goes out from all of us to Diane Williamson who has been apart of the Event planning for 6 Fairs now (yes that is 12 years!) and will be stepping down, thank you for your commitment to Keating students. Yes that means we need more help the next time around, parents of students grade 2 and younger we need your help, if you are interested to be a Co-Chair please contact Denise Lister @ denise dot lister at shaw dot ca. 
And lastly thank you to all of our Keating Families! Every gesture from big to small helped us get here.
If you did not see your name here please do know we appreciate everything you did to help make this night a roaring success!
It is absolutely amazing what we can accomplish together.
2010 Winter Fair Coordinating Team
| Co - Chair / Newsletters | Nicole Bains - 250-652-3983 |
| Co - Chair / Donations |
Diane Williamson - 250-652-8287 |
| Co - Chair / Donations | Andrea Calder |
| Co - Chair / Volunteer Coordinator |
Denise Lister - 250-483-5849 |
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