Vendor Information:

Dear Friends,

Plans are underway for the 2012 St. Louis Catholic Homeschool Association Conference, which is coming up soon! The Conference will be held on Friday and Saturday, March 30 and 31, 2012 at the Cardinal Rigali Center, 20 Archbishop May Dr., St. Louis, MO 63119.

Our featured speaker this year will be Andrew Pudewa, the founder, principal speaker, and director of the Institute for Excellence in Writing. With attendance expected to top 300 this year, we hope you will consider bringing your fine products and exhibiting in our vendor hall.

Set-up time on Friday, March 30 will be from 11am - 5:30pm; please keep this in mind when buying tables! Due to the popularity of the Friday evening vending hours, we will again open the Vendor Hall on Friday evening, from 6-9 pm. Friday night will include programs geared toward teens again this year.

Vendor Hall will open at 9 am Saturday, March 31, allowing vendors the opportunity to participate in the 8 am Opening Mass. Set-up time is available from 7 -8:30am for vendors not selling Friday evening. The Vendor Hall closes at 4:30pm, but pack-up time is extended until 7 pm. Complimentary box lunches are provided to vendors, but the number is limited to the lesser of tables purchased or the number of their staff.

Electricity access is quite limited at the Rigali Center and will be available on a first registered, first served basis. Registration is not complete until payment is made. Until payment is received your space will not be reserved. In addition, vendors will be limited to four tables, although 2011 vendors are grandfathered, and may reserve tables up to last year’s level.

You may participate in any combination of three ways:

Register for table space to display and sell your materials at the cost of $72 per 8 ft. table. We are still able to hold the cost to 2008 levels!
Provide promotional materials to be placed in our conference packets, at no charge.
Provide attendance prizes to be awarded throughout the evening/day at the conference. Donors of the attendances prizes will be listed in the conference program and on our website.

All promotional materials and/or attendance prizes for conference bags must be received by March 10. Please note on the outside of the package if you have enclosed an attendance prize. Promotional materials are to be shipped to:

Mrs. Kathy Harkins
709 Robinson Ave,
Webster Groves, MO 63119

In order to simplify and expedite the process, all registration will be done online at the link provided below. Please fill out the online registration form and submit. Once we verify space, you will receive a confirmation notice and payment instructions. Payment before Feb. 27 is $72 per table. The number of tables in the vendor hall is limited so please pay early. Price after Feb. 27 will be $92 per table. And again, there is no guarantee that your table will be in the vendor hall. Once registration is verified and payment is received, your space will be reserved and your name will be added to our conference vendor list on the website and included in our conference program.

Please feel free to email or call me with any questions or concerns.

Sincerely,

Lucy Hannegan
lhannegan@ourladysinn.org
daytime Tues-Sat: 314 481 3332
Mondays and evenings: 314 367 3779