OLG Fall Festival 2026 — September 26 & 27

There is more than one way to earn hours: take a booth shift (the biggest need), donate baked goods (1 hour per donation, max 3), donate prizes (2 hours per $50, max 2), or serve at the Pasta Dinner. High schoolers may volunteer on their own; middle schoolers should have an adult with them, except at the Pasta Dinner.

The hour requirement

30 service hours per family for the school year; 15 hours for single-parent families.

8 of those hours must be worked at the Fall Festival. They are festival-specific — separate from your other service hours and not substitutable with them.

The fee

Any festival hours left uncompleted are billed at $75 per hour.

Eight unworked festival hours = $600

Where we need help most

Runners (Sat & Sun afternoons)15 open
Asian Food11 open
Hispanic Food11 open
Speed Pitch10 open
Target Alley8 open
High Striker6 open
Plinko6 open
Kid Zone Arts & Crafts6 open
Monday Clean Up6 open
Pupusas5 open
Sugar Shack5 open

Sunday afternoon is our thinnest stretch of the weekend. Shifts are first come, first served — once a shift is full it closes, so grab the one you want.

Pick a shift in the parent portal

Students, you can sign up too

High school · middle school · service hours

This is one of the best service-hour weekends of the year, and our students are a real part of how the festival runs.

High schoolers — on their own

May sign up and work a shift without a parent — great for service-hour requirements. Use the same sign-up form.

Middle schoolers — Pasta Dinner

Serve as a group at Sunday's Pasta Dinner. Anywhere else, bring an adult along with you.

How to sign up: use the same online form — list the student's name on the shift. Middle schoolers wanting the Pasta Dinner can also tell their homeroom teacher to be added to the group.

Student sign-up

Questions? festival@olgcv.org

Donate

Kid Zone Fish Tank needs toy prizes — urgent

The very popular Fish Tank booth needs new or gently used small toys and stuffed animals to use as prizes. Donations can be brought to the Parish Office by Friday, September 25. Office hours are Mon–Fri 8:30 AM–12:30 PM and 1:30–4:30 PM. Questions? Contact Leeanne Thomas (7th grade parent) at leeanne.thomas@olgcv.org.

Prize Booth Amazon wish list — anything you send ships straight to the school and counts toward prize-donation hours. Open the wish list
Cake Wheel desserts — drop off at the Parish Office beginning Friday, September 25, 9 AM–3 PM.
Prizes by hand — $50 worth of prizes earns 2 parent hours (max 2).
Baked goods — 1 hour per donation (max 3).

Log your donation

Donated prizes, desserts or baked goods? Log it here so your family gets credit — add your name and snap a photo of your receipt (if you have one) and we'll take it from there.

Festival weekend at a glance

Fri, Sept 25 · 9 AM–3 PMCake Wheel dessert drop-off opens at the Parish Office
Fri, Sept 25 · noon6th Grade Pizza Lunch fundraiser — $10 combo, preorder by 5 PM Wed 9/23
Sat, Sept 26 · 10 AM–9 PMFestival day one — games, food booths, Kid Zone, Grand Raffle
Sun, Sept 27 · 7:30 AMMass
Sun, Sept 27 · 8:30–11 AMPancake Breakfast, by the Knights of Columbus
Sun, Sept 27 · 10 AM–6 PMFestival day two
Sun, Sept 27 · eveningPasta Dinner
Mon, Sept 28 · 11 AM–3 PMClean-up crew

Questions

How much is admission?: Free. You only pay for game, food and drink tickets.
Where is it?: Our Lady of Grace, 3433 Somerset Avenue, Castro Valley — rear parking lot.
Can I pay by cash or check?: Yes — the Parish Office takes cash or check for tickets, raffle stubs and t-shirt order forms.
How do parent hours work?: Booth shifts, baked goods (1 hour each, max 3) and prize donations (2 hours per $50, max 2).
Can my high schooler volunteer alone?: Yes. Middle schoolers need an adult with them, except at the Pasta Dinner.