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Winterfest 2008

Saturday, December 6, 2008 - 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose
Open to all Girls Scouts (grades K-12) and their families
$8 per participant + 2 cans of food or non-perishable food items
(Price DOES NOT include patch* or parking**)

Celebrate the holiday season with an incredible variety of crafts, activities, and shopping offered by older Girl Scout troops. Make your own room decorations, jewelry, and fun crafts. Get your face painted, play games, win prizes, and shop for inexpensive holiday gifts all under one roof! For one low price, you get over 70 activities and games plus the opportunity to shop for the holidays. A weeklong food drive for Second Harvest Food Bank wraps up the event.

* Winterfest patches will ONLY be available for pre-order at $2.00 each. Click here to download the patch-request form and return it by October 31, 2008. Pre-ordered patches will be waiting for you at the event. Orders received after the deadline and up to the day of the event will be filled while supplies last and are not guaranteed.

** Parking is available across from the fairgrounds for $8.00 per car.

Registration Information

Register between September 15, 2008 and November 22, 2008

Click here to download the Choices Registration Form (english)
Click here to download the Choices Registration Form (spanish)
OR
Click here to register online using E Council

Don’t forget your patch pre-order form (see above)!

Did you miss the deadline but still want to attend? We will sell wristbands the day-of at the entrance to the Expo Hall of the Santa Clara Fairgrounds from 10:00am to 2:30pm Be prepared to wait in line.

Run Your Own Booth!

Junior troops are invited to run activity booths. Cadette and Senior troops are invited to run shopping mall and activity booths.

To run a booth:

1. Download the Booth Registration Form


2. Mail or Fax back by November 14th, 2008
   Winterfest Booth Registration
   Girl Scouts of Northern California - San Jose Office
   1310 S. Bascom Avenue
   San Jose, CA 95128-4502
   Fax: (408) 287-8025


3. An adult from the troop must attend the Winterfest Orientation, October 22, 2008 from 7:00pm to 8:30pm and the Girl Scout office in San Jose

If you need to cancel your booth, please fill-out and return the Booth Cancellation Form by November 14th, 2008

Volunteer Positions Needed - EMT or R.N.

Please contact Marla Howard, mhoward@girlscoutsnorcal.org, or (408) 287-4170, ext 251 if you would like to volunteer.

This event is sponsored by Teens Take Over (TTO).