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Posted on 09 Nov 2024 by Administrator and has 0 Comment
Saturday, December 14, 2024
9 AM – 4 PM
The Family Place’s 22nd Annual Gingerbread Festival
Tracy Hall, 300 Main Street, Norwich, VT
Please check back for additional updates as we get closer to the event!
About the Gingerbread Festival
Each December, The Family Place hosts hundreds of children, caregivers, and supporters for our annual Gingerbread Festival at Tracy Hall in Norwich. The festival is a fun-filled, family-friendly event that includes:
- Gingerbread House Gallery and Auction, featuring dozens of handcrafted houses from community volunteers!
- Children’s activities, including cookie decorating and more!
- Country Store and Café with lunch, baked goods, and gifts (held next door at the Norwich Congregational Parish Hall)
- Giving Tree donation program to support families in need in our community
- The opportunity to learn more about The Family Place and for families to sign up for our programs!
All proceeds from the event help The Family Place provide programs, resources, and support for families throughout the Upper Valley.
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Click Here to view a video from last year’s Gingerbread Festival!
Support the event as a Volunteer!
- Interested in crafting a gingerbread house for this year’s festivities? Visit our Gingerbread Housemakers page for more information.
- Interested in volunteering your time in support of the event? Sign up here.
Thank you to all of the dedicated community members – housemakers, volunteers, business supporters, and our staff and board members – who make this event possible! There will be many opportunities to get involved again this year, and we’d love to have you join the festivities in the way that works best for you! Check back later this fall for more information or contact gingerbread@the-family-place.org.
Thank you to all of 2024 Sponsors!
Thank you to the following businesses who are contributing to The Gingerbread Festival’s Country Store and Café: Barbey Botanicals, BJ’s, Cedar Circle Farm, Dan & Whit’s General Store, Farmer’s Body, Farm-Way Inc, GAP Factory, Hannaford, Hubert’s of West Lebanon Inc., Jay Peak Resort, Lemon Tree, Lou’s Restaurant and Bakery, Mountain Man Sugaring, Nature Calls and Bonkers, Post, Price Chopper (Lebanon, West Lebanon, and Corporate), Ramunto’s Brick & Brew, Red Kite Candy, Shaw’s – Powerhouse Plaza, Stave Puzzles Inc., The Sweet Spot Candy Shoppe, Unicorn, Vermont Teddy Bear Company, Von Bargens Jewelry, Walmart
A special thanks to all of our volunteers, staff, and families who contributed to the festival with their time, baked goods for the Café, and in-kind donations to our Country Store:
Adele Sweet-McFarlin, Alex Denton, Amanda Mudie, Amber Horne, Andy and Katie Friedland, Arnold and Annette Brown, Arrany Shaw, Ashley Dion, Betsy Avery, Brad and Lori Hibner, Brianne Titus, Britny Morrill Anderson, Cadence Genereaux, Cathee Clement, Christopher Macie, Cheril Maynard, Christopher and Terri Ashley, David Viazmenski, Don and Lisa McCabe, Emmy Whitney, Eric Smith and Joanne DeLora, Erin Swasey, Gabrielle Aube, Gary Hubbard, Geffen Melamut, Greg Mateo, Griffin Holzwarth, Hanover High School, Harlei Pierce, Hayley DeLugach, Helene Meloche, Holli Farrell, Imogen Sangha, James Covey, James Koelsch, Jamie Goodwin, Jan and Brett Peltzer, Jason Lemire, Jason Wang, Jeremya Handy, Jessica Cowen, Jody Cook, John and Barbara Rosenquest, Joslyn Meier and Nir Jacoby, Julie and Jonathan Weiss, Julie Gaudette, Katherine Hurst, Kathryn Elder, Kaya Dauphin, Kelly and Richard Wallace, Keith Loud, Kim Toland, Kira Gove, Korinne Harvey, Kwame and Lisa Banks, Lauren Morando Rhim, Layla Gove, Lilly Palmer, Linda and Joe James, Lindsay Miller, Lori Kay, Lori Stever, Madeleine Bothe, Marion Cross School, Mark Melamut, Martha Neary, Maryssa Carman, Meghan Kelliher, Michel Aube, Michele Carman, Mimi Meloche, Molly LaFromboise, Nick Delucrecia, Nina Sand-Loud, Noah and Heather Souza, Paige King, Pam Spielberg, Rachel Kohl, Rachele Chow, Riley Heidelmeier, Roger and Cyndi Young, Sabastian Bujarski, Samantha Hurley, Sandi Pierce, Sara Illsley, Sarah and Steven Schneider, Sarah Swift, Shannon and Jeremy Wallis, Sophia Thurston, Stephanie Tysinger, Stephen Thibodeau, Sunny Liu, Tammy Chou, Tammy Nolet, Terri Crawford, Tonnie Cantore, Willa Merrill.