Centerpieces!

Centerpieces for Winterfest will be handcrafted by the Winterfest Committee and will be available for staff to win at the end of the evening. If you see a centerpiece you would like to have, put your name in the box next to the centerpiece. Please use the paper provided, not your official Winterfest raffle tickets. Names will be drawn at the end of the evening and winners announced on the Winterfest blog the following week. Winners need not be present to win!

Wishing Tree

Wishing Trees have been a part of many different cultures around the world to celebrate many different things. The Wishing Tree is a Dutch wedding custom where guests are given a piece of paper, either shaped like a leaf or made of card stock; guests write their wishes to the bride and groom and then hang the paper on the tree. In Scotland, people pounded coins into the trunks of trees for each wish they wanted granted (including a visiting Queen Victoria!). In China, wishes were written on paper which was then tied to an orange and thrown up into a tree - if the paper successfully hung on one of the branches, the wish would come true!

The Winterfest Committee will be setting up our own Wishing Tree at the Botanical Gardens. There will be special paper available to make wishes for the library and for more personal wishes. You won't have to identify yourself! Just print out your wish and add it to one of the branches of our tree. It can be funny, sweet, sad, hopeful - or just thanks for making it through another year! After the event, wishes will be placed in a scrapbook and scanned for posting to the Winterfest blog.

Raffle Rules

1. Only official Winterfest raffle tickets will be accepted. 5 raffle tickets come with each Winterfest admission ticket.

2. Additional raffle tickets may be purchased prior to and during Winterfest from any member of the Winterfest Committee. The cost is $1.00 per ticket, $5.00 for 6 tickets, or $10.00 for 15 tickets.

3. Winterfest raffle tickets must have the entrant's name and agency on it. Guests of staff should use their own name and the name of the staff person they are with. Names must be written legibly. If we can't read the name, the ticket will be thrown away.

4. Staff members and their guests must each have purchased a Winterfest admission ticket and attended the party in order to enter the raffle (this is to ensure that we have an accurate count of guests to plan for food).

5. All attending ACPL employees and their guests are eligible to win raffle prizes.

6. All attending retirees of ACPL and their guests, are eligible to win raffle prizes.

7. All attending members of the Winterfest planning committee and their guests are eligible to win raffle prizes.

8. All attending board members and their guests are eligible to win raffle prizes.

9. Raffle tickets must be entered before the raffle begins at 10:00pm.

10. Entrants need not be present at the raffle to win.

11. Individuals may win up to two prizes, and will then be ineligible to win additional prizes. The first two times the name is drawn are the two prizes the entrant will win.

12. A list of winners will be posted on the Winterfest blog within a week after the event.

Can I bring my camera?

Q: Does the presence of this photographer mean that personal cameras aren't allowed?
Ian McKinney, YAS

A: We would love for everyone to bring a camera and give us copies of the pictures! All pictures submitted to us at the party or sent via e-mail within a week after will be posted on Flickr and Picasa and may be chosen by any staff member to order as a photograph.

Cost of Ordering Photographs

We will be ordering prints of pictures taken at Winterfest for staff members who would like real photographs to keep as souvenirs. You may order as many or as few pictures as you wish, but you will need to pay in advance so we can place one big order for everyone at once.

The cost will be:

4x6 - .15 cents per print
5x7 - $1.00 per print
8x10 - $2.50 per print

Can I Bring My Child?

Q: Hello Wonderful Winterfest Committee! Would like you to clarify about how kid-friendly Winterfest will be~ Could you do a blurb on the blog about library kids? Thank you!
Lettie Haver, NRC

A: First off, we love your enthusiasm (and the flattery doesn't hurt).

The Committee decided this would be an adults-only shindig, so no one under the age of 16. There will be a cash bar for kids to stay away from, and we're borrowing the Library's karaoke and DDR machines which might be a temptation for little ones (but also might cause injury). Plus, we have not prepared any entertainment for kids. We won't ban them from the venue, but would prefer the wee ones stay at home for the evening.

How do I buy a ticket?

Q: are tickets will-call? who do we give money to?
Alysen Wade, AMM

A: Tickets will go on sale November 1st. Each agency will have a person responsible for collecting money and distributing tickets.

So far, these are the people who will be representatives in different agencies:

Alex McQuade or Sarai Spears - Administration
Erin Smith - Art, Music, & Media
Donna Rondot - Dupont
Kay Spears - Genealogy
Becky Duwan - Georgetown
Carly Wiggins - Grabill
Lisa Bordner - NEIRRS
Linda Jeffrey - New Haven
Benita Browning - Pontiac
Jane Chronister - Storage
Genie Bishop - Woodburn
Mari Hardacre - Young Adults’

More will be added as we find out who they are! :)

What is the dress requirement?

Q: What is the dress requirement? I read the word "gala" does this imply formal dress?
Alysen Wade, AMM

A: There is no specific dress requirement. Some people like to dress up and some like to go casual. There will be someone there to take pictures, so if you'd like a more formal picture, you're welcome to dress up!

How much are tickets?

Q: Okay next question. Do you know how much the tickets are?
Cindy Hull, ITS

A: $5.00 per person in advance or $10.00 per person at the door. Tickets will go on sale November 1st.

May we bring a guest?

Q: Hi I was wondering if we are able to bring our spouse's?
Cindy Hull, ITS

A: Yes! You may bring a significant other, a friend, a volunteer, a relative, or a stranger off the street - but everyone must buy an admission ticket! All party-goers must be 16 years of age or older. (And we would really prefer no strangers off the street.)

Q & A

Q: Hi I was wondering if we are able to bring our spouse's?
Cindy Hull, ITS

A: Yes! You may bring a significant other, a friend, a volunteer, a relative, or a stranger off the street - but everyone must buy an admission ticket! All party-goers must be 16 years of age or older. (And we would really prefer no strangers off the street.)


Q: Okay next question. Do you know how much the tickets are?
Cindy Hull, ITS

A: $5.00 per person in advance or $10.00 per person at the door. Tickets will go on sale November 1st.


Q: What is the dress requirement? I read the word "gala" does this imply formal dress? are tickets will-call? who do we give money to?
Alysen Wade, AMM

A: There is no specific dress requirement. Some people like to dress up and some like to go casual. There will be someone there to take pictures, so if you'd like a more formal picture, you're welcome to dress up.

Tickets will go on sale November 1st. Each agency will have a person responsible for collecting money and distributing tickets.


Q: Hello Wonderful Winterfest Committee! Would like you to clarify about how kid-friendly Winterfest will be~ Could you do a blurb on the blog about library kids? Thank you!
Lettie Haver, NRC

A: The Committee decided this would be an adults-only shindig, so no one under the age of 16. There will be a cash bar for kids to stay away from, and we're borrowing the Library's karaoke and DDR machines which might be a temptation for little ones (but also might cause injury). Plus, we have not prepared any entertainment for kids. We won't ban them from the venue, but would prefer the wee ones stay at home for the evening.