Saint Ambrose Parish Festival - FALLFEST 2023! | Saint Ambrose Catholic Community

FALLFEST Tickets – Food & Game Cost (Carnival Tickets are separate cost)

Carnival tickets sre $1.50/ticket and rides range from 2-4 tickets9most 3-4). Unlimited rides wrist bands are available Friday night 6-10 pm and Saturday 12-4 pm for $25 each

Stay up on the latest with FALLFEST by following all the news and notes – scan the QR codes to follow the fun on social media. Follow us on our Instagram page @StAmbroseCatholicFallFest, or on our Facebook page at Saint Ambrose Catholic Community FALLFEST. Like and follow us to get important details, timelines and pictures leading up to the event on September 22 and 23!

Have a great idea for FALLFEST? Let us hear from you at [email protected].

2023 Sponsors

Platinum Level

Please click on platinum level logo to connect to their website

^{The Geis Family}

Gold Level

Diane Kemper

The McGurrans

Silver Level

Bailey Nurseries

Cretin Derham Hall

The D’Agostino Family

Extreme Sandbox

Faith Photography Studio

HIghland Bank

HighMark Wealth Management

Hill Murray

HyVee

Intercontinental Minneapolis-St.Paul Airport

Kohler, Co.

The Moudry Family

Prestwick Golf Club

The Royal Club

Sky Nails

Sundara Spa

Total Wine

The Wolf Family

View our sponsors!

General Sponsorship Info

Please join Saint Ambrose in providing FALLFEST to our local community! We are looking forward to providing a weekend of family fun filled with music, games, food and friends. We invite you to partner with us by considering one of the sponsorship packages.

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Deadline for maximum benefit of business sponsorship level is June 15, 2023

FALLFEST Family Sponsorship

We are holding a contest for family sponsorship. Anyone who donates with this level will be placed in a drawing to win a reserved parking space for either Friday or Saturday ( 2 winners total). We will have the drawing Friday Sept. 22 and will contact the winners for each day.

You can now scan this QR code to acess form and donate on line

Silent Auction

We are in need of donated items for our Silent Auction. Please refer to our wish list for items below.

Silent Auction Donation ideas:

*Donations of professional/college sports tickets – VIkings, Wild, Twins , Gophers etc.

*Special Events – Broadway play or Orchestra Hall etc.

*Donate a weekend cabin/lake home

*Donations of specific services such as handyman, babysitting, pet sitting photography

*Professional sports jerseys or other items – signed even better!

*Restaurant gift cards: We are trying to give back to the businesses this year that have struggled due to covid. Please provide the business with a letter we have written to offer our support when purchasing the gift card. Letters are available in the Church commons on the FALLFEST table, in the parish office. or below.

*Spa/manicure/pedicure gift certificates

Themed gift baskets : family game night, sports movie nights, rainy day activities, beach basket etc

feel free to contact us at [email protected] for questions

How to participate in our Silent Auction this year:

Please note that anyone wanting to participate will need to have an email address and will need to enter a credit card to the account they create.

click here to go to silent auction website

if wanting to participate in the auction and never participated before continue with the following directions:

Go to the website (if not already on it): safallfest23.ggo.bid
Click on “Get Started”
Click on ‘Create Account“
Enter your email
Confirm email
Click on ‘I am not a robot” and follow directives
Click on “Confirm“
You will be asked to check your email messages. You will receive an email from the Greater Giving login
View the verify email message
Click on the link provided in the email
Fill in the information requested. This will include making a password you will use to get into the site from now on. Please make a note of it. It will also require entering a credit card #. These numbers are only kept in the system until the end of the Auction to pay for any itme you may win. Credit Card info is not stored long term

If you have participated in an auction at Saint Ambrose before:

Go to safallfest23.ggo.bid
Click on “Get Started“
Log in or use the “Forgot Password Link”
Enter information including credit card
Click on “Start Bidding”
Scroll down to see all the packages or go into menu to find different categories you are interested in. If you see the item and know the name or bid # you can search for something specifically.

Volunteers

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP NOW!

Many hands make light work! We need your time and many talents to bring this festival to life. There are numerous tasks that need to be accomplished in the planning, set up, days of the event and tear down process. Please click here to allow easy access to our signup genius which will allow you to volunteer for specific day of activities and times.

Bucket Raffle

There will be great prizes for adults and we have added some for kids

TIcket prices for general prizes will be: $5=1 ticket $10= 3 tickets or $20=10 tickets

List of prizes:

Adirondeck Chairs
WIld Package
Pizza Oven
iwatch
HP laptop
Bose head phones
Charcuterie basket
ipad
Activity wagon
Pickle ball set

For kids raffle prizes $1 = 1 ticket

List of prizes for kids

popcorn machine
TBD

The drawing for all prizes will be held Saturday evening, September 24 at the FALLFEST event.

The winner need not be present to win

Donations

In addition to the donations needed for the Silent Auction, the Giving Tree will be up in the commons this summer. We will be primarily asking for gift cards. Please feel free to pick a leaf, purchase the item and return by Sept 1st to the office, in the collection basket during masses , or to a FALLFEST rep if present at our table after Masses later this summer . These items/gift cards will be used for some game prizes at the event along with Silent Auction. We will have representatives at the FALLFEST table after most Masses starting in mid July until the event if you have questions. Thank you for your support!

Schedule of Events

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Entertainment

Live Entertainment

Friday night: 6 pm to 10 pm RIZER

RIZER is five piece rock n roll band out of Hastings, Minnesota. A 60″s, 70’s & 80’s band with keyboard, saxophone trumpet, guitars and drums.

Saturday afternoon 12- 1 PM Family trivia game cost is 5 tickets with max of 8 people per table

1-2:30 PM TALENT SHOW

2:30 PM Praise and Worship live music

Saturday Night 6 pm to 10 pm GOOD FOR GARY

Click on photo to go to the band’s website/schedule

With an electrifying live show, Good For Gary is one of the most exciting and sought-after cover bands in the Twin Cities. Stocked with accomplished musicians, this seven-piece band specializes in playing current and classic dance hits, focusing on the newest Top 40 songs.

Talent Show

Our festival will be holding a talent show once again on Saturday, September 23 from 1-3 PM

If you dance, sing, play an instrument, tell jokes, perform magic , or other special talent. WE WANT YOU!

Audition dates are:

Monday August 28 6-8 PM
Thursday, August 31 6-8 PM
Tuesday, September 12 6-8 PM

To sign up for an audition click here

If you have questions or need a special audition time please contact Brigid Maki at [email protected]

Food

Hungry? We have something for everyone!

*Hamburgers amd hotdogs (gluten free buns will be available)

*Pulled chicken

*Pizza

*Baked beans

*Nachos

*Chips

*Pop

*Corn on the cob

*Culvers frozen custard

*Carnival food

*Beer/Wine tent

iPierogi Food Truck

Committee Contacts

	FALLFEST Committee Roster – 2023

Name	Committee	email
Brigid Maki	Head Chair – Steering Committee	[email protected] or [email protected]
	Sponsorship
Matt Lasure	Finance/Permits etc	[email protected]
	Security/Grounds/Carnival
Sarah Turner	Entertainment
	Entertainment/talent show
Katie Eggert	Food/Beverage
Clare Schisler	Big Ticket
Molly Schaefer	Games – Teen/Kids/cake walk
Drew and Becky Wolf	Marketing /PR
Brittany McGurran,Liz Scaefer,Kim Macynski	Silent Auction/donations	[email protected]
Dave Klun	Grounds
Lori Pounds	Bingo
Roz Johnson/Lexy Lamar	Volunteers
Fr. Peter Williams	Spiritual Director	[email protected]
Pat Schwietz	Bucket Raffle
Geri Reardon	Wine Raffle
Debbie Larson	Mystery Bag
Cody Schaefer	Grounds