Please join us for the 2008 Gingerbread Holiday Cottages Competition sponsored by South Puget Sound Habitat for Humanity. The event is being hosted to support and bring community awareness to our organization, to join the Olympia Downtown Association in celebrating the holidays, and to tap into the creative magic that is abundant in our community. The event will be held Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 29-30, 12-5PM at the Olympia Ballroom above the Urban Onion, 116 Legion Way SE, Olympia.

This is the first year of the Gingerbread Holiday Cottages competition, and we have high hopes for the event. We look forward to seeing the magic of creativity that I know the participants will bring to the event. There are three divisions of competition: “Professional,” “Sponsored,” and “Community/Family.” There will be 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes in all three categories and the entries will be judged at the opening of the competition by a delegate of the major sponsoring business. There will also be a “people’s choice” winner determined by the most number of tickets sold to the visiting public. That award will be named at the end of the competition. All judging will be based on overall appearance, originality, creativity, seasonal theme, craftsmanship, architecture, and adherence to the contest rules.

At the end of the competition, the “Professional” entry winner will be awarded to the event’s major sponsor; the rest of the professional entries will be auctioned in a silent auction to the highest bidder. The “Sponsored” entries can be picked up by the business that sponsored the designer; the “Community/Family” entries can be collected by the entrants. Just complete the “Application Form” and return it with your entry fee to Habitat for Humanity, 210 Thurston Avenue NE, Olympia WA 98501. Please remember that we are a non-profit 501(c)3, and your canceled check is your receipt. Thank you for considering this invitation to participate in the competition. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me on my cell phone: 360 791-7487 (please leave a message with contact information and best times to reach you). Space is limited, so enter soon to guarantee a space for your Gingerbread Cottage! MANY THANKS!
For more info please visit our website at http://spshabitat.org/events/gingerbread/