FVHE Used Curriculum Fair
Mark your Calendars: Friday, June 5, 2009  Tell a Friend! 
Time: 4:00-8:00 p.m.
Set-up for sellers begins at 3:00 . I will be there at 2:00 to begin setting up tables.
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, 7 Wescott Rd., Simsbury, Connecticut
Fee: $5 rental per table (there are 6' and 8' available)
No admittance charge for lookers/shoppers
Children most welcome! My kids have always LOVED the used curriculum fairs, and always manage to find neat-stuff like science kits and models, leisure reading materials, games and more.
This is a substitution for the Used Curriculum Fair that Regina Sanchez of Charter Oak Family Resource Center used to organize at the church in Avon. Any homeschooler can rent a table (or tables) and then bring all manner of educational materials. You, the seller, set your own prices and keep all the profit from your sales. Any educational materials are welcome, including reading materials, study guides, games, puzzles, videos, text books and other traditional curriculum materials. If you are done with your Sonlight, Oak Meadow, Saxon, Critical Thinking Press, just to name a few, bring them along and turn them into cash. There are always many free items as well!
SHOPPERS: Please plan to bring cash. With many items at tag-sale prices it doesn't make sense to write a check for a couple of dollars. Also some people can't take personal checks, so cash is best.
RSVP: to me, Kris McCue at FVHEgroupis@hotmail.com
when you email to register I will tell you where to send the $5.
***Special Opportunity : Do you know a homeschool family who could benefit from extra dollars to purchase curriculum materials? I have saved a few dollars here, and a few dollars there, in all these years of planning events like Field Day, Art and Science shows, and dances. Some of you have provided supplies for these events and then refused to let me reimburse you. So I have continued to put the money away until I figured out what to do with it. I would like to gift the money back to the homeschool community. Here is how this will work:
If you know a homeschool family who is having a hard time making ends meet, ask them if they would be willing to come to the FVHE Used Curriculum Fair to collect a little extra cash and do some shopping from other homeschoolers. Not all of the money has to be spent at the fair, but I'd like it if some of the money could help other homeschoolers and not just the "incorporated". If your friend agrees, please send me their name and email address. Depending on how many people are recommended to me I will either pull names out of a hat or just divide the money evenly. I would like to "gift" 8 or 9 families. I will notify by email the families who are to be the recipients of the gifts. They must come to the FVHE Used Curriculum Fair to receive their gift, and hopefully spend a little time perusing the materials for sale and do a little shopping.
See you at the fair! 
Kris McCue | 
