Kris Kringle Fair

Save The Date!
Saturday, October 23, 2021
10:00 – 2:00 pm
The Kris Kringle Fair is UUCR’s biggest fellowship event and fundraiser of the year. When the fair comes around each year, everyone at UUCR organizes, donates, bakes, cooks, sings, plays music, greets, staffs tables, or shops – working side by side to make this daylong fair a much-anticipated and enjoyed event for the church, for Reading, and for surrounding communities. In 2020, a small group of dedicated volunteers made our pandemic year online fair a great success. This year, we are proud to announce we are able to bring a new, hybrid version of the fair back to UUCR – with both online and in-person, outdoor sections of our fair!
Fair Favorites
Our in-person, outdoor booths will include our Country Store, Baked Goods, Boutique, Coffee and Chocolate, Raffles, Toys, and Attic Treasures! Our online stores will include Jewelry, Silent Auction, Coffee and Chocolate and more!
Raffle Quilt: Each year the UUCR Quilters design and create a quilt for auction at the fair.
Donations
Donations will be accepted beginning on Sunday, October 17th from 2 – 4 pm.
Additional drop off times will be published in upcoming newsletters.
A list of Acceptable Donations for 2021 will be in the Sept. 23rd newsletter.
Your Support
Opportunities to help our in-person fair:
Now – October 17th: Get your fair donations ready!
October 17th – 22nd: Sign up to help with an area of the fair to help sort and price donations and help set up tables
Friday, October 22nd: Late in the day, join the Big Tent crew to help set up the tent!
Saturday, October 23rd:
8:00 – 10:00 am Sign up to help put up tables and canopies across campus to help create our fair
8:00 – 10:00 am Sign up to help carry donated fair items from inside buildings to their designated booths
10:00 – 2:00 pm Find a shift of an hour or more staffing a booth during the fair
2:00 – 4:00 pm Once the fair is over, unsold items will need to be brought indoors, as well as tables and canopies
Week of October 24th: Help to transport unsold goods to designated local charities
Opportunities to help with our online fair:
Before the Fair:
  • Take digital photographs of donation being sold or raffles online
  • Create descriptions items being listed on BidBeacon
Saturday, October 30th: Help fill and package online orders
Sunday, October 31st; 1:00 – 4:00 pm: Help distribute online orders
For information about the Kris Kringle Fair or to volunteer to help, please email the fair chair.