Spring Fling
Below is the original information as a placeholder until we can re-institute this beloved spring event, hopefully in 2021.
The Spring Fling (Sunday, April 26, 2020, from 12:15-2:00) is a wonderful social event -- BFM's annual festival to build community and raise scholarships for Ramallah Friends School.
Spring Fling
Ways you can help!
Spring Fling for Ramallah -- Sunday, April 26 (begins at 12:15) Spring Fling is a fun and festive inter-generational event that includes
Spring Fling begins at rise of Meeting (12:15 p.m.) on Sunday, April 26 in and around the Groome Building, and it benefits the Ramallah Friends School financial aid program.
Can you volunteer for Spring Fling? Read below and then use the "CONTACT US" button on our website to tell us how you plan to help or what you can donate.
WAYS YOU CAN HELP!
Many helping hands make a light load for everyone. Please pick a way to donate &/or volunteer
The Silent Auction needs your items by as soon as possible. Could you donate theater tickets or a restaurant gift certificate? Make a scarf or blanket? Dog sit? Give time at your weekend or vacation home? Join with others to set up a progressive dinner? Provide a service? Gardening? Tours? A dinner, dessert, soup?
For the Silent Auction, get creative and/or join with someone else.
Dig out that china or bicycle you no longer use. A little goes a long way.
Download an auction donation form and instructions in Word or PDF.
Hand in the form by April 1, 2019. Drop off your item by Sat, 4/25 (10:00-2:00)
The silent auction will sell some items online during a
"Buy it Now" sale from Tuesday, April. 14 - Monday April 20.
Look for an email to get an early-bird chance to buy unique items.
Examples of ITEMS PEOPLE LIKE TO BID ON
So clean out your attic and closets, and donate your items to either the $5-and-up Rummage Sale or to the Silent Auction. Come prepared to eat well, dance playfully, and spend some money!
We always need many volunteers to help the event run smoothly.
Please use the "CONTACT US" button to tell us how you can help or what you can donate.
MORE ABOUT RAMALLAH FRIENDS SCHOOL
Ramallah Friends, founded by American Quakers in 1869 (151 years ago!), is a co-ed K-12 school that provides a first-class, peace-oriented education to children of all faiths. It serves Palestinian families in the town of Ramallah in the West Bank.
Spring Fling is a fundraising event to provide scholarships for multiple students at Ramallah Friends School. For about 40 years, this school has been a main cause for our Meeting, and each year our goal is to raise $10,000, which is the equivalent of three Ramallah Friends scholarships.
Ramallah Friends School strives to be a leading educational institution in the Palestinian community, seeking to promote a constant search for God to all human situations, and to cultivate ethical, moral and spiritual values.
Download a flyer or an information sheet about Ramallah Friends School.
After Spring Fling is over...
Did you purchase supplies for Spring Fling? If so, give your expense receipt to the Assistant Treasurer so that we know what our actual costs were.