Lincoln Elementary Invites You to Flea Market Sale

Lincoln Elementary School students and staff are hosting the school's first flea market fundraiser to benefit its parent group on Saturday.

The Spring Fling Craft Fair & Flea Market will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the cafeteria.

"We didn’t have enough spaces to fill the gym this year — we hope next year it will be different," said Lisa Dider, a coordinator for the event. "We’re really hoping it takes hold."

Shoppers at the flea market will be able to sift through a variety of items including baby and kid items or cosmetics and jewelry, "and that’s just the vendor market," Dider said, adding that there will also be a number of second-hand items.

There will also be a silent auction with prizes ranging from a signed Packers football, gift cards for a tattoo shop, club level tickets for a Brewers game and more, she said. The baskets for the silent auction were compiled by students by grade levels, and each had a different theme, including:

• Bedtime basket — books, hot chocolate and comfortable things;
• Family fun night — board games, outdoor games, things to do as a family;
• Movie night — theatre popcorn, boxes of candy, DVD movies, marcus movie tickets;
• Arts and entertainment basket — arts and crafts items, 3 baskets worth overflowing with art supplies;
• Family gardening basket — tools, seeds, watering cans, flower field guide books;
• Family fun and fitness — sporting goods, outdoor games and other fitness tools.

The silent auction wraps up at 2:30 p.m.

Dider said the parent group is really focused on getting SMART boards into all the classrooms, and she's hoping the proceeds of this event will get them there — something that would not have been possibly without all the effort that went into the creation of this event.

"We couldn't be more appreciative to the parents and the families," she said.