Food for your table

• Each guest brings an hors d’oeuvres to share among guests at their table (6 - 10 guests)

Potluck desserts table

• Each table brings 1-2 desserts to place at the potluck desserts table 
• Each dessert should feed at least a minimum of 12 guests
• All desserts should be cut & ready to serve
• All women are invited to enjoy desserts from this table

Beverages (Coffee, tea & water are provided)

• Guests bring beverages for their table (i.e. wine, tea, & punch)

Register online (You do NOT need to provide the names of your guests)

• Table hostesses register & pay online for their table(s). It's suggested that table guests pay the hostess $10 each to contribute to the overall table cost. Only hostesses will register & pay online (not invited guests at the table) for the reserved table(s). 
• Please pay per person
  • Round table (60-inch table): seats 6 - 7 people
  • Rectangular table (8 ft table): seats 8 - 10 people
  • Table type depends on how many people you register & the Events Team will email you a table type confirmation prior to the event
    

• Invite women to your table(s) or coordinate with a group to fill your table(s)
• Assign 1-2 people per table to bring dessert(s) for the potluck desserts table (ea. serve 12+ people)
• Coordinate which guests are bringing beverages & food for your table (coffee/tea/water provided)
• Table name: create a unique or fun name for your table (displayed at your table)
• Decide the table theme & decorate either on your own or with your table guests
• Provide a tablecloth of any type for your table(s) + appropriate number of place settings (plates, napkins, silverware, wine & water glasses, coffee cups/saucers)
• TIP: Bring a small side table (i.e. card table) to set up next to your table so you can place your food on

Register online

• Bring a beverage for yourself &/or to share with table guests. (Wine, tea, punch, etc.)
• Bring a potluck dish (hors d’oeuvres) to serve 8-10 table guests
• Optional: Bring a dessert for potluck desserts table

Tables

• Open seating tables will be provided with a simple centerpiece along with simple tableware
• If you'd like to coordinate an "open table" of individuals (decorating it, coordinating food & tableware), please note this when you register. The Event Team will place individuals at your table for you. If you're open to this, someone from the Event Team will contact you closer to the event to help review this with you.

It's suggested that table guests pay the hostess $10 each to contribute to the overall table cost

• Bring enough to last your table for up to 3 hours (& bottle opener, if wine)

Guests bringing hors d’oeuvres

• "Heavy" appetizers/light meal items are shared with your table guests
• Can be homemade or store bought - make your favorite holiday finger food (i.e. mini quiches, skewers, dips, shrimp) 

Guests bringing desserts

• AT LEAST ONE dessert should be brought to be shared on the potluck desserts table
• Individuals for open seating are not bringing desserts so we need to make sure there are plenty for them to indulge in too!
• Each dessert should serve a minimum of 12 people
• Bring the dessert cut & ready to serve
• Ideas: Cookies, pies, cakes cupcakes, special holiday desserts & anything festive

Set up

• Table set up is the night prior, Wednesday, December 3rd, from 5 - 7 pm
• It's a lot of fun as everyone is decorating their tables together!
• Pick up your table name stand & place on your table
• Desserts can be dropped off for the potluck dessert table, if you wish
  

Clean up

• Each table is responsible for their own clean up
• Please make sure to bring all of your dishes home
• If you have anyone that is willing to help us clean up the gym at 9 pm & put tables & chairs away, we'd sure appreciate it!

Provided by Event Team

• Coffee, tea & water
• Disposable coffee cups will be available
• Plates, napkins & forks for potluck dessert table

Table Sizes

• Round table (60-inch table): seats 6 - 7 people

• Rectangular table (8 ft table): seats 8 - 10 people 
  • For 10 people, 4 sit on each side + 1 on each end

Ideas

• Candles: both real & battery candles are acceptable
• Select a theme & table name for your table
• Centerpieces
• Advent / Christmas poems or small table favors for each place setting
• Skim through the photo albums from past years (bottom of this page) for ideas as well as this document: Some table ideas
  
  Feel free to be as creative or as simple as you want. Some use fine China while others use festive paper plates. Some choose elaborate center pieces, some contribute Advent / Christmas poems or little mementos for each place setting while others just bring the necessities.