Fundraising Opportunities for Youth and their Families

Our hope and prayer is for everyone to be able to come join us each summer on our trips, retreats and camps! We offer a variety of fundraising opportunities throughout the year for your family to raise money to offset the cost of the various events. Check back regularly for more information about how to sign up for these fundraisers!  We will post information on how to sign up for these fundraisers as soon as they are available, but feel free to contact our youth ministry staff in the meantime with any questions!

After wrapping up a fundraiser, it may take up to 1 to 2 months to update our records to reflect the amount you earned, but feel free to shoot us an email anytime with any questions.  Thank you for your patience and your participation in our youth ministry fundraisers!

Current Fundraisers:

Winterfest: January 31-February 1, 2026

St. Michael Catholic Church is hosting a fun weekend, where the youth from STMA Catholic Youth Ministry are asked to help serve.

Most shifts listed below have descriptions of what you're signing up for. Gabby will send an email a few days out with any more additonal details needed. Everyone who comes and is on call will earn funds for their youth ministry account. 

*Adults if you sign up for for adults shifts, you will also earn funds for your childs account. 

Make sure when you arrive that sign-in at the youth room prior to your shift.

Please only sign up for one shift to start. Once we are one week away and there are still open spots, then you are invited to sign up for more shifts.

For questions please contact Gabby Ilkka at 6124189596 or email at gilkka@stmacatholicyouth.org

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Buy Stock in Youth

Buying Stock in Youth is a super easy fundraiser where we invite parishioners to pray for all of our youth and donate to assist them in attending summer ministry opportunities. Youth are invited to sign up for as many Masses as they can. The more Masses your child attends the more they will make in this fundraiser. Teens are not expected to participate fully in each liturgy (but it's encouraged), however they need to be present before Mass to greet parishioners and at the end of each Mass to be present to collect donations and thank parishioners. During the Masses if your child is not attending, they can hang out in the Youth Room during Mass. 

We also need teens who are willing to give a short testimony with the parish how the Lord has youth ministry to impact your faith, so if you are willing or interested, please let us know!

Please plan on attending the entire time slot listed. You will be able to attend Mass during one of the shifts you sign up for. 

You will be credited a percentage of what is raised. We will put money in your accounts by the end of April.

*The few adults shifts will earn funds for their families account as well.*

You will still need to check in at each mass with a Youth Minister/Intern in order to receive credit for participating in this fundraiser. Thank you!

If you have any questions please contact Steve Sustacek at ssustacek@stmacatholicyouth.org or call/text at 612-578-4876

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Friendly City Days Parking Lot Fundraiser 2026

*Only one shift per person until May 1st, 2026. If there are any more shifts open, then you can sign up for additional shifts.*

Come manage the sale of parking spots at one of the three parking lots at St. Albert's during Friendly City Days! Arrive five minutes before the start of your shift, wear comfortable shoes, bring your own camping chair (if you want), and bring a water bottle. Keep in mind that there is limited to no parking in the area, so plan on walking a distance or being dropped off for your shift. If you sign up for the first shift OR last shift of the day, plan on helping with set up OR take down signs, cones and canopy.

Adults: Please note that we have some day/evening shifts for adults. For any shifts you take as an adult, you'll earn funds for your families account as well. 

*We are only doing Friday-Sunday shifts this year and the price is $10 per parking spot.

Questions in advance? Contact Steve Sustacek at 612-578-4876 (call/text) or email at  ssustacek@stmacatholicyouth.org