“A Connecticut Christmas” – To Benefit the Connecticut Food Bank and Tiffany Farm

This has come together fast and furious in the last two weeks over a cup of coffee and now it’s time to tell you all about it.

We can all work together to put food on the table for so many struggling families in Connecticut and help save a long time dairy farm at the same time.

This is being lovingly produced by, Heather Colby, Carol Dahlke, Ann Nyberg and Anna Rubino and we hope you will join us for our fundraiser: “A Connecticut Christmas – for Connecticut Food Bank and Tiffany Farm”, will be held at High Hopes in Old Lyme, CT!

We will have music and hot coffee and this will be neighbor helping neighbor. Your price of admission is non-perishable food.

It is time to help our neighbors:  Connecticut Food Bank reports that the need for food in Connecticut is up an incredible 30% over last year.*   The need is up a stunning 100% in areas that never needed to ask for food.*

About Tiffany Farms

Tiffany Farms has been around since 1841 in Lyme, CT.  In September 2010 the lower barn burned down and at the time was holding equipment, antiques and over 1000 bales of hay that would have fed the dairy cows over the winter.  The Farm is in need of our help to rebuild the barn and replace the hay for the animals this winter.  Please join us this holiday season to make their season a little brighter.

Enclosed are more details about the farmers market portion for Tiffany Farm.  The Farmers Market will be a component of an over all fundraiser for Tiffany Farm and the Connecticut Food Bank.  We appreciate the instant interest by many of you for participation and look forward to working with all of you to make this event a great success.

Below are the details for the Farmers Market component:

Event Name: “A Connecticut Christmas” – for Connecticut Food Bank and Tiffany Farm

Where: High Hopes Therapeutic Riding, Inc, 36 Town Woods Road, Old Lyme, CT  06371

Date: December 11, 2010 from 1-4pm

Set up time for vendors will be: 12 noon

1. Please bring your own table, plan for a 10 foot space.
2. As there is no space fee, we are asking participants for a 15% donation of sales from the event.
3. Please plan to make your 15% donation to Tiffany Farm at the end of the event before you leave.  Please make checks payable to Tiffany Farm.
4. There will not be access to electricity, so please plan accordingly for booth set up.

Please email Heather Colby at hcolby@colbystrategicmarketing.com with your final confirmation for participation and agreeing to donate 15% of your event earnings.  Please supply the following information in your confirmation email:

1. business name, address, phone number, email & your name
2. name & contact phone number of contact on day of event
3. category of goods sold (ie; food, gifts, art, etc.

We sincerely appreciate your generosity in participating in this great holiday cause!  We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Please contact Heather Colby at hcolby@colbystrategicmarketing.com for further questions or detailed information.

*Source: Connecticut Food Bank