Mark your calendars for Mary Immaculate Parish’s annual Fall Festival…Saturday, October 3rd!
Festival Hours 11 AM - 9 PM Saturday Friday night ride preview: 6-9 PM Friday
Saturday ride special: 1-4 PM Saturday
We’ll start the day off running with our Blessing of the Animals and Tour de Branch 5K and 1-mile Fun Runs. Then, in addition to our cake walk and game booths, we’ll have our back parking lot filled with midway amusement rides, and contests for young and old. Live entertainment will perform on stage throughout the day. Parish food vendors will bring our favorites including brisket, sausage, tamales and much more!
NEW THIS YEAR: SNEAK PREVIEW OF THE MIDWAY RIDES ON FRIDAY NITE!
Join us the Friday evening before the festival to ride all the Midway rides…unlimited rides from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm for only $15!
We’ll also have unlimited rides from 1pm until 4pm on Saturday during the festival…again for only $15!
The winner of the Festival Raffle will be announced at 8:30 pm, so don’t forget to buy raffle tickets for your chance to win a $10,000 gift card for the retailer of your choice. Purchase them at church entrances after most weekend Masses from September to October or contact the church office.
So much to see and do, all the while benefiting Mary Immaculate Church and School! Check out the links below for details on what’s happening this year!
Saturday, October 3rd Packet pick up and late registration from 7:45 a.m. until 8:45 a.m.
5K and 1-mile run/walk begins at 9:00 a.m. Kids' 1-mile race begins at 9:45 a.m.
Calling Runners and Walkers of all ages! Start out your festival day on a healthy note with the Tour de Branch 5k and 1-mile Fun Runs. This run through Farmers Branch begins at the Mary Immaculate Church plaza. 5K participants will enjoy the run around Rawhide Park while the 1-mile runners/walkers will travel a separate loop, before returning to the church festival grounds. (click HERE for map)
Proceeds will benefit both Mary Immaculate Church and the White Rose Women’s Center (www.WhiteRoseWomensCenter.org), a crisis pregnancy center that provides support to women and their families.
Registration:
All participants who register by September 26thwill receive an official Tour de Branch Fun Run T-shirt!
Registration is $15 for adults and $10 for those 13 and under.
Aid Stations: There will be a water station on the course, and there will also be water and runner-friendly snacks at the start/finish line area after the race.
Race Sponsors: Companies wishing to add their logo to the back of this eye-catching t-shirt can for only $50. Banners with corporate names/logos can also be displayed for as little as $500. Click here for the Sponsor Advertising Form.
For more info, please contact Tim Dougherty at 972-395-9629 or via email at tim_dough61@verizon.net.
$10,000 Gift Card Raffle!
Don’t miss out on your chance to win $10,000 to the retailer of your choice!
Sponsored by Lewisville Mitsubishi (and yes, you can spend your gift card there too!) this raffle has a 2nd prize of a 50-inch flat screen TV and a 3rd prize of an iPOD Touch. For only $5 per ticket, or 5 tickets for $20, this raffle could win you your dream vacation, your dream wardrobe…or can help you remodel your home or go towards a new car!
Drawing to be held at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 3, 2009 on the Church Fall Festival grounds. Need not be present to win. All proceeds benefit
Mary
Immaculate
Church .
To purchase tickets, come by or contact the church office at 972-243-7104. Raffle tickets will be sold after most masses in thru Oct. 3rdand during the Fall Festival on Oct. 3rd.
No cash substitution for any prize.
Raffle tickets underwritten byLewisville Mitsubishi (Doug Baum, Parishioner).
Live Entertainment
DANCE TO THE MUSIC!
We’ve put together a full day of feet tapping, finger snapping, hand clapping fun at our Fall Festival! Watch the bulletin board in the church narthex for the line-up of our main stage entertainment…then come listen to the music on October 3rd! We'll also have dance performances and karate demonstrations.... a full day of on-stage fun!
Gift Baskets
A TISKET, A TASKET!
WILL YOU FILL A BASKET???
The Fall Festival Committee is looking for individuals or groups of individuals who will donate a basket full of goodies to be auctioned at the festival.
Filled Basket turn-in day is Thursday, October 1 to the church office.
Have questions, call Kris Baginski at 972.492.0141 or Prici Mahaffey at 972.948.3762.THANK YOU!
Attractions
RIDES, GAMES, CONTESTS…FUN FOR ALL!
Take a look at this list of activities…something for everyone, and that’s only a start of what we have in store for you!
* Cake Walk
* 2 Liter Ring Toss
* Race Car Game
* Fishing Pond
* Dunking Booth
* Beat the Dealer
* Knock-Down-Cans Game
* Baseball Throw
* Putt-Putt
.... and more!
Food
MOUTH WATERING VARIETY!
Plan on staying all day...we'll have something for every taste bud to keep your energy up! Imagine brisket, tamales, pizza, burritos, sausage, fajitas, turkey legs, hot dogs, gorditos and more. We also aim to satisfy your sweet tooth: churros, cotton candy and funnel cakes...plus a Sweets Shop for those who prefer homemade baked goods!
Don’t worry about a diet…we’ll provide plenty of activities to help you walk it off!
Volunteering
VOLUNTEERS, C'MON DOWN!
Family involvement is the heart of Fall Festival and we encourage every family to get involved…volunteer to work on a committee, sponsor an activity or donate a product/service to the event.
Got a special talent, such as making balloon animals, face painting or clowning? Volunteers for these areas, please contact Kelly Bartholomew at 972-556-0741.
Want to share your musical talents with us? We welcome you to perform on our main stage! Volunteers for live entertainment, please contact our festival chairpersons below.
Bakers, we need you too! We can use your home-baked cakes for our cake walk, plus loads of homemade cookies and brownies for our Sweet Shop. Watch for signup sheets in the church bulletin in mid-September.
Volunteers are especially needed to help on these committees: Food Coordination, Entertainment, Children’s Activities/Booths, and Volunteers Coordination.
For more information on volunteering for the Fall Festival, call our festival chairpersons or contact the church office at 972-243-7104. Or you can fill out this VOLUNTEER FORM and place it in the collection basket.
SPONSORS, WE LOVE YOU! Due to limited ground space for our festival, we don’t have much area for sponsor booths. However, we’d be happy to recognize your company on our post-festival bulletin flyer and website.
We do have room available to hang your corporate banner on the side of a refrigerated truck and/or a POD type of storage unit for the companies that can sponsor their costs.
Items, products and equipment may be donated to help defray the cost of Carnival operations. Here’s some items we’re always on the lookout for in big quantities: • Tortilla Chips •Nacho Cheese Sauce •Jalapenos •Hot Dogs •Hot Dog Buns •Hamburger Buns •Packets of Relish, Mustard, Ketchup •Cans of Soda – Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite and Dr. Pepper •16 ounce bottled water •Paper Products:paper plates, paper towels, napkins, toilet paper, forks, knives & spoons •Foil Sheets and heavy duty foil rolls •Charcoal •Candy/small toys for prizes •New medium to large stuffed animals
For more information on sponsoring the Fall Festival activities or to make your donation, call our festival chairpersons or contact the church office at 972-243-7104.
