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Library’s Family Fête Supports the DCL Foundation & Community Members

Douglas County Libraries inspires a love of reading, discovery, and connection.

August 15, 2022

After a successful inaugural event in 2021, Douglas County Libraries is excited to host its second annual Family Fête fundraiser, benefiting Douglas County Libraries Foundation, at its Lone Tree location. Tickets are selling quickly!


Hansel and Gretel's Gingerbread Cottage
Saturday, August 27, from 6:00–9:00 PM

DCL in Lone Tree
10055 Library Way, Lone Tree

BUY TICKETS!


The Family Fête is a spinoff of the DCL Foundation's annual Fête des Fables Gala fundraiser, which celebrates a different literary fable each year. Guests can explore the tale of Hansel and Gretel through exciting activities designed for families with kids ages 4-10.

For more information on the Fête des Fables Gala for adults on Friday, October 14, at the Highlands Ranch Mansion, visit DCL.org/fete-des-fables.

Families are encouraged to dress in costume and enjoy fun photo ops, face painting in the Witch's Oven, a mini Biergarten and pretzel tasting, live music, dancing, and performances.

Other entertaining experiences will include kid-friendly crafts, a tasty make-and-take (to wear and eat), a woodland friends' Stuffy Pull, and an exciting silent auction.

Each ticket includes catered food and drinks, including Bavarian-style brat sliders and mini hot dogs, a French fry bar with tasty toppings, crudites, fresh fruit and berries, a candy dessert bar, pretzel bar, and other treats.

Tickets to the Family Fête are $50 per adult and $25 per child. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit DCL.org or call (303) 791-7323.

Funds raised at the Family Fête and Fête des Fables Gala support scholarship programs and other library services that give back to the community, including Camp DCL, Career Online High School, Cuddle Up and Read, Operation Paperback, Children's Hospital, and high school equivalency test prep.




The DCL Foundation provided 2,200 Cuddle Up and Read packages for new parents this year, distributed through hospital partners. In 2021, the Foundation funded 21 Camp DCL scholarships, donated 500 books to Children's Hospital, and shipped 525 books to military members and their families through Operation Paperback.


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