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One of the signs of an active and growing parish are the number of activities
which happen at the parish on a regular basis. St. Elizabeth Seton Parish
is just such a parish. Because we have so many activities that people
want to occur at the parish, we have had to implement a procedure of requesting
those events in writing. Any activity which requires space in the church,
whether it is in the commons after mass or any other room, the attached
request form must be completed and submitted to the parish office as soon
as possible. If it is for a fundraising opportunity for an organization
within the church, that request should be submitted to the office at least
60 days prior to the date on which you wish to have your event. In addition,
please review the parish fundraising policy defined below. If you have
any questions, regarding the form or the procedures, please contact the
parish office at 846-3850, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Space Use and Fundraiser Request Form
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St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Fundraising Policy
Objective
Fundraising is a necessary activity of the church, its ministries and
clubs. However, fundraising should be carried out in a manner that is beneficial to the church and
its parishioners. The church should not become like the Temple in the gospels. This policy will
ensure that fundraising is carried out in a positive fashion at St. Elizabeth Seton
Church. Fundraisers are defined as those activities that raise money for the church, its ministries,
clubs or causes sponsored by the church. Requests for special envelopes in the pews or
mailed envelope packages are included in this policy (except those required by the diocese).
It also includes solicitations of food, clothing or other items for charities sponsored
by our church.
Policy
1. All fundraising activities are to be conducted for the benefit of St. Elizabeth Seton Church,
its ministries, clubs or causes approved by the church. A church ministry or club, including
the Knights of Columbus must sponsor all fundraising activities. Fundraising should not be
done to benefit non-sponsored organizations or for-profit entities.
2. Many parishioners own or work for businesses that provide products or services to the
public. Many of these parishioners are willing to donate part of their profit from sales to
parishioners to the church. Offers of this type should be handled through the preferred
partners program. Fundraising activities should be done so that there is no appearance of
partiality or favoritism to a particular business.
3. All fundraising activities are to be approved by the Pastoral Council, recommended to the
Pastor and placed on the parish calendar. It is understood that some fundraisers won.t be
anticipated at the time of the Pastoral Council meeting, and the Council or the Pastor
can, at their discretion, entertain fundraising ideas at any time.
4. In general, fundraisers should be short in duration, with solicitation not lasting more than
two Sundays. Solicitation time does not include the delivery of items sold or goods
received. The Pastoral Council should specifically approve exceptions to the two-Sunday
period. Certain on-going fundraisers such as Seton Fest, Café Seton, the script program
and coffee and doughnuts are excepted.
5. Exceptions to this policy are the annual stewardship program of time, talent and treasure
and all parish capital campaigns. They will be conducted at the discretion of the Pastor
and at a time specified by him.
6. The Knights of Columbus Council #12387, while not officially attached to St. Elizabeth
Seton, should conform to this policy by seeking to coordinate and communicate their
activities within the Parish community, but be exempted from adhering to paragraph (1)
since their benevolent activities often reach beyond the local parish.
Space Use and Fundraiser Request Form
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