Festival

7-29-18
Updates

Wednesday, August 1 –  9 a.m. Deveining Cabbage

Thursday, August 2 – 9 a.m. Sarma Rolling    6:30 p.m. Booth Set–up

Saturday, August 4 – 9 a.m. Final Festival Set–up

Sunday, August 5 – Noon–8pm Greatest Festival in Town

Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to work! Contact LeAnn at 402–321–0362 or Kris at 402–707–6204 if you are interested in taking a shift.

We also need help with set up and clean up. Set up times are Thursday, August 2 6:30–8pm in the hollow and Saturday, August 4 at 9 am in the gym. Clean up is Monday, August 6 starting at 8:30 am. Just show up, and we will find a job for you.

Could we borrow your roaster? If you have one that we can use for the festival, please mark your name on it and drop it off in the gym after Masses this weekend.

Glassware donations– Have: 1,700; Still Need: 800. The good news is that we have flipped the numbers in the last two weeks. We can do this!

Grocery Booth– We need more paper products and a few more canned goods for the Grocery Booth.

We need your specialty baked goods–pies, povi, sweet breads, cookies, cupcakes, kolaches, etc.– for the Bake Sale and cakes for the Cake Walk. Drop off your baked goods in the gym Saturday morning, August 4 or Sunday, August 5.

New, Returning, and New Twists on the Old at the Greatest Festival in Town. This year’s line up of bands starts with Blanford (recent Gross High grads) from noon to 2; Sheeleytown from 2:30–4:30 (calling all polka dancers to the hollow dance floor); and the Mark Vylidahl Band from 5–8.

Ss. Peter and Paul Alumni, update your contact information, register as an alum, and enter a drawing to win a gift card at the alumni table in the gym lobby.

Pick Your Raffle Booth– We will be raffling three items: A parishioner has donated a 50 inch color television. Paul Fischer has once again made and donated a smoker grill, and several parishioners have donated gift cards ranging from $10 for Starbucks to $100 for Cabela’s for the gift card basket. Chances will be $1 each or 6 for $5 (the same as our other raffles). Patrons may “mix or match” which items in this booth they want to try to win. These three items along with the Mega Bucks Raffle and the Ladies’ Guild Quilt Raffle will make five great raffle prizes at the festival. Don’t forget about the Jug O Dough and Pickles for other chances to win some cash.

Kids’ Zone–We are adding face painting and moving the ice cream back outside by the rides so all of these booths will be close and convenient for families with children.

Cougars, Packers, and Knights: Meet Us Under the Tent!! Alumni from Gross Catholic, South High, and Archbishop Ryan High, meet your friends and classmates at the Sts. Peter & Paul Parish Festival just like you did when you were in high school. Look for the special “Welcome Alumni” signs for each school under the tent in the hollow: meet old friends, make new ones, and share memories and a refreshing beverage at “The Greatest Festival in Town!”

Food and Drink–We will have all the foods that everyone looks forward to at our festival: Lamb sandwiches, sarma, sausage, tacos, hamburgers and cheeseburgers, crab rangoon, and ethnic bakery items. Our newest addition, cevapcici (think Croatian tacos), will be located outside by the beer. We also have pop and water stands in the hollow and the gym.

We have 19 games with fabulous prizes. There is something for everyone. While you’re in the gym, play the Big Cheese! It’s new this year; come and check it out.

Leaders for Liters! Our fantastic school teachers and staff have stepped up to run the popular Two–Liter booth! Mr. Andrew Bauer, school principal, is the captain for the booth. Stop by the booth during the festival to win Two –Liters from your favorite teachers. Also, current school families can enter a special drawing to win a $250 tuition voucher for 2018 – 2019! Sign in at the Two–Liter booth to enter your family’s name!

Ham, Bacon and Salami Booth! A Sts. Peter and Paul Tradition! Everyone is invited to come down to the northwest corner of the hollow for our famous HAM, BACON AND SALAMI BOOTH! A trip to our festival wouldn’t be complete without it. There is plenty of shade under two large canopies, benches along the west fence, a large fan to keep you cool, and we’re right next to the beer booth for you convenience. Back by popular demand, our SUPER SPINS! Every hour on the hour starting at 1pm 3 #s for $5. Prize includes: large fresh ham, 3½ lb salami, delicious bacon, 12 pack of Bud Light, a double wall tumbler, a bag of salted peanuts, two koozies for you cold beverages and a large grocery tote bag. We will have two winners each hour. Retail value $100 (must be 21 to play this spin) So join the fun under the sun, or in the shade if you prefer, listen to the live music and try your luck at a SPP Festival tradition…the ham, bacon and salami booth!

We will have an ATM available for all Festival attendees to use. We will not be cashing any checks. The ATM will be located in the gym for your use. Transaction charges will be posted on the machine.

May the favor of the Lord our God be ours.

Prosper the work of our hands! Prosper the work of our hands! (Psalm 90:17)

7-15-18
UPDATES
3 Weeks until Festival Day, August 5!

Leaders for Liters! Our fantastic school teachers and staff have stepped up to run the popular Two–Liter booth! Mr. Andrew Bauer, school principal, is the captain for the booth. Stop by the booth during the festival to win Two–Liters from your favorite teachers.
Also, current school families can enter a special drawing to win a $250 tuition voucher for 2018 – 2019! Sign in at the Two–Liter booth to enter your family’s name!

Glassware donations– Have: 862; Need: 1,638

Grocery Booth– The greatest needs for the Grocery Booth are paper products and canned goods.

We need workers to work in the booths and help with set up and clean up. If you have not yet been contacted by a booth captain, and you are willing to work a shift or two, please call or text LeAnn at 402-321-0362 or Kris at 402-707-6204. Many hands make light work, and the two or four hours that you spend working in a booth and/or helping with set up and clean up make a big difference for our parish.

7-8-18
4 Weeks until Festival Day, August 5!
Pray for good weather and a successful festival!
Blessed are you, Lord God, maker of heaven and earth. You have chosen us to be your people and to give you glory in everything we do. Guide us as we prepare for the festival. We ask that you bless us with favorable weather, a large and friendly crowd, willing workers, and success on our festival day. We pray for blessings on our parish as we work together for your glory. Amen.

More ways you can help with the festival… There are fliers promoting the festival in the west lobby. Please take one if you know of a business that would allow you to put it in a visible place.

Volunteer to work a shift. We need workers to work in the booths and help with set up and clean up. If you have not yet been contacted by a booth captain, and you are willing to work a shift or two, please call or text LeAnn at 402-321-0362 or Kris at 402-707-6204. Many hands make light work, and the two or four hours that you spend working in a booth and/or helping with set up and clean up make a big difference for our parish.

Contribute to the Gift Card Basket Raffle. We are assembling a basket containing a variety of gift cards that will make an attractive and valuable prize. If you have any unused gift cards that have a full balance, consider donating them for this project. It will not cost you anything; it doesn’t require an extra trip to the store, and, best of all, it is an easy way to make a big contribution to the festival. (Even a $5.00 gift card to a coffee shop would be a nice addition to the basket.) Since all of the gift cards in the basket will be donated, all of the money generated by this raffle will be profit. A gift card of any amount for any store is appreciated. You can simply put the gift cards in an envelope marked Gift Card Raffle and drop it in the collection or drop it off at the rectory. Thank you!

Thank you for your glassware donations! We still have a way to go to reach our goal of 2,500 glassware items (glasses, mugs, ashtrays, etc.) for the Dime Pitch Booth, but we have a great start. Thrift stores and garage sales are great places to find inexpensive glassware! You may drop off your glassware donations in the west lobby.

Thank you for your donations for the Grocery Booth! We have reached our goal of 325 boxes of cereal! We need a few more packages of pasta, cake mixes, and condiments. The greatest needs for the Grocery Booth are paper products and canned goods.

We need your specialty baked goods-pies, povi, sweet breads, cookies, cupcakes, kolaches, etc.- for the Bake Sale and cakes for the Cake Walk. These items can be dropped off in the gym the weekend of the festival.

4-21-18
Thank you to everyone who came to the emergency festival meeting this past week. Several people stepped forward to form a leadership committee so we can go ahead with this year’s festival. A big thank you goes out to them!

They will now need our help to get things ready for the big day. It takes a lot of people to host the Greatest Festival in Town. So please help where you are able. Maybe you can make phone calls, maybe you can sell raffle tickets at stores, maybe you can donate items for the grocery booth, maybe you can bake for the cake walk and dessert booths, maybe you can help set things up during the evening on August 2nd, maybe you can work on festival day, maybe you can help clean up on the Monday after the festival, maybe you can pray for good weather and a big crowd. Everyone’s help is needed and welcome to make our parish’s biggest fundraiser a success. Please say yes if you get a phone call asking for your help.

The parish office is also happy to take your call to volunteer in whatever way you can.
Thank you all for helping your parish with this fundraiser! Your Pastoral Council

Gracias a todos los que vinieron a la reunión del Festival de emergencia la semana pasada. Varias personas avanzaron para formar un Comité de liderazgo para que podamos seguir adelante con el Festival de este año. ¡ Un gran agradecimiento para ellos! Ahora necesitarán nuestra ayuda para preparar las cosas para el gran día. Se necesita mucha gente para acoger el Mejor Festival de la Ciudad.

Así que por favor ayuda donde usted es capaz. Tal vez usted puede hacer llamadas telefónicas, tal vez usted puede vender boletos de la rifa en las tiendas, tal vez usted puede donar artículos para la cabina de comestibles, tal vez usted puede hornear para el pastel de pie y puestos de postre, tal vez usted puede ayudar a establecer las cosas durante la noche el 2 de agosto , tal vez usted puede trabajar en el día del Festival, tal vez usted puede ayudar a limpiar el lunes después del Festival, tal vez usted puede orar por el buen tiempo y una gran multitud. La ayuda de todo el mundo es necesaria y bienvenida para hacer que la recaudación de fondos más grande de nuestra parroquia sea un éxito. Por favor, diga que sí si usted recibe una llamada telefónica pidiendo su ayuda. La oficina de la parroquia también está feliz de tomar su llamada para ser voluntario en cualquier forma que pueda. ¡ Gracias a todos por ayudar a su parroquia con esta recaudación

de fondos! — Su Consejo Pastoral