One Love Festival 2021

Unity, inclusion and love, for all, by all

Dear St. Paul the Apostle Families,

It is with sheer joy and excitement that we bring you, One Love 2021, a festival aimed at celebrating love and community as we re-emerge out of the Covid-19 global pandemic. This year, the Festival Committee is thrilled to bring back the festival in its traditional, live format. Rich in over 40 years of history, our festival will be a 3-day event, with safety protocols in place, consisting of rides, games, food, entertainment and fun.

The goal of our One Love 2021 Festival is simple. We aim to come together as a community, as SPA families (new and old), alumni, parishioners, neighbors and friends, to celebrate the privilege of being together after over a year of being apart. We also aim to raise additional funds for our school. In the spirit of love and unity we reach out to you for support of our one, annual fundraising event.

Tuition does not cover all of our school’s operational costs and funds generated from our festival help to fill those gaps. Further, tuition doesn’t cover the increased costs associated with preparing our school with the infrastructure, supplies and extra support needed to run our school as we emerge from a pandemic. Not only do we need to cover our traditional expenses, but we also need to maintain our elevated safety and teaching requirements brought on by Covid-19.

With that, we are looking to you, our school family, to help raise the funds necessary to cover not just the one-time expenses associated with this year, but the ongoing expenses associated with maintaining the new standards of health and safety of our school, while continuing to foster the community for which our school is so well known.

Supporting SPA via our One Love 2021 Festival is easy. You can donate in the following ways:

• Patronage – We invite you to make a cash or check donation directly to SPA.
• Spirit Wear – Purchase spirit wear tees, sweatshirts and more that can be worn every day leading up to festival and every Friday following festival. And make sure to check out our green tees and white polos which have even been uniform approved for daily, year-round wear!
• Auction – We invite you to donate items or experiences for our silent and live auctions. We also invite you to bid on parties and items during our silent and live auctions.
• Grade Baskets – Purchase raffle tickets for our incredible grade baskets sponsored by each class.
• Booth Sponsorship – Sponsor one of our many festival booths.
• Corporate Sponsorship – Advertise your business via donating to Corporate Sponsorship.
• Tickets – Purchase lots and lots of tickets for rides, games and food!
• Apostle’s Attic – Donate your gently used items to Apostle’s Attic and make sure to shop our upscale retail shop on Nov. 5th & 6th.

In closing, please consider supporting One Love 2021 however you can. Please make sure to follow and connect with us on Instagram @SPAfestival and on Facebook @St. Paul the Apostle Church and School for details and updates regarding our upcoming festival. And, if you have any questions, please reach out to us at festival@sp-apostle.org.

Warmly,

Wanda Albano Ahmadi
One Love 2021 Festival Chair