Help With Set Up!

Traditionally, the festive decorations and twinkling lights at Crippsmas Place are put up on the weekend right after Thanksgiving. For 2025 we will start the weekend *before* Thanksgiving.

We welcome volunteers to help with decoration set-up and take-down! Local high school students can earn community service hours to fulfill the graduation requirement.

  • You CAN NOT earn community service hours required for law enforcement-related tickets, etc.

The set-up consists of arranging and installing the unique plywood cut-out decorations on the lawns for those neighbors requesting help along Nicolet Avenue and the cul-de-sacs of Asquith Place, Cripps Place, Wellington Place, and Nicolet Court.

We will not have volunteers climb any ladders and work on rooftops; just ground-level work. Tasks involve carrying the wooden decorations, using a mallet/pounder to tap in the support stakes, and using a cordless screwdriver to attach the wooden decorations to the metal support stakes.

To be sure you receive emails about ALL Crippsmas Place service learning opportunities, please sign up on our interest waitlist: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0F49ABAA2CA5FD0-2021

 

2025 Crippsmas Decoration Set-Up & Take-Down Schedule:   

=> set up

SAT Nov 22, 2025: 10am-noon

SAT Nov 22, 2025: 2-4pm

SUN Nov 23, 2025: 10am-noon

SUN Nov 23, 2025: 2-4pm

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SAT Nov 29, 2025: 2-4pm (no morning shift)

SUN Nov 30, 2025:  10am-noon

SUN Nov 30, 2025: 2-4pm

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SAT Dec 6, 2025:  10am-noon

SAT Dec 6, 2025: 2-4pm

 

=> take down

SAT Jan 10, 2025 10am-noon

SAT Jan 10, 2025 2-4pm

SUN Jan 11, 2025 10am-noon

SUN Jan 11, 2025 2-4pm

HOW TO SIGN UP:

Interested students and their families e-mail kateamon@yahoo.com to get added to the schedule (or waitlist).  The student (or parent) should include the following information in their email:

Subject: Crippsmas Place Set Up/Take Down

  • Student’s name
  • Student’s high school
  • Student’s preferred work shifts
  • Contact phone number (to advise the student of last-minute shift changes, cancellations, or openings)

For questions, call or text Kate at 510.821.5579.