Q & A - Fall Booth Festival

Question: What exactly is Fall Booth Festival?

Answer: This event is a fund raising project which links United Methodist congregations and groups with the youth of Indiana United Methodist Children's Home. Today, adult and youth groups from around the state help to raise funds for the Home's food budget through fund raising projects and events in the name of Fall Booth Festival. In the past, churches have sponsored fund raising events like a car wash or bake sale with proceeds going toward Fall Booth Festival.

Question: Where does the"festival" idea come from?

Answer: The name Booth Festival is biblically based. The Feast of Booths was one of the three great annual festivals of the Israelites, celebrated with great joy after the harvest. In 1924, district churches would collect canned goods and then construct a booth describing their Fall Booth Festival work. Today, Indiana United Methodist Children's Home receives mostly cash gifts from Fall Booth Festival fund raisers and uses these gifts to purchase wholesale food items. The food purchased meets the dietary needs set forth by the Indiana State Board of Health.

Question: When does Fall Booth Festival take place?

Answer: The Home mails out information about Fall Booth Festival in late August but the fund raising events can be held at your convenience. In order for funds to go toward Fall Booth Festival, donations should reach the Home by year-end (Dec. 31st of any calendar year). To receive more information about Fall Booth Festival, please send e-mail inquiries to iumch@iumch.org or phone 765-482-5900.

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