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The Family Place's Gingerbread House Display and Auction Thanks to the generous members of the Upper Valley community who have made wonderful gingerbread houses, and the businesses and organizations who are hosting and displaying them, you will have the opportunity to view all the houses on a self-guided tour. Seek and you shall find these creative and delicious-looking holiday homes from November...

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You Are Invited to The Family Place's 19th Annual Gingerbread Festival Featuring LIVE and VIRTUAL Activities Celebrate the Holiday Season & Support The Family Place To keep everyone safe again this year, our festival will happen over several weeks. Throughout the pandemic, The Family Place has continued to offer responsive opportunities to help families and young children thrive.   HOLIDAY...

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Calling all gingerbread housemakers! Our 19th annual Gingerbread Festival is on for 2021! We had so much wonderful feedback from the community following our reimagined festival last year, we’ve decided to repeat the new design – a community display of gingerbread houses and an online auction of those houses to raise funds to support the programs of The Family Place. The gingerbread houses created...

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  On behalf of all of us at The Family Place, I want to thank everyone for their wonderful contributions to our Gingerbread Festival! We are truly grateful for your support of our organization through the reimagined festival! We couldn't have done it without the support of our event sponsors, gingerbread house makers, volunteers, dedicated staff and board members, auction bidders, local...

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You Are Invited to The Family Place's 18th Annual Gingerbread Festival Featuring LIVE and VIRTUAL Activities Celebrate the Holiday Season & Support The Family Place To keep everyone safe this year, our annual festival will happen over several weeks. Throughout the pandemic, The Family Place has continued to offer responsive opportunities to help families and young children thrive. GINGERBREAD...

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