Here's a chance to practice and apply multiplying "talents" from Jesus' parable through our Talents Business Fair hosted by The HolyDay Club. This business fair is aimed towards allowing our children's creativity to flourish in a fun and educational market setting designed for families to support each others' efforts.

Children from age 5-17 are welcome to set up a shop at the tables in the pavilion. We encourage that the children do a lot of the marketing, creating, and selling around this event. Lower elementary children can get more assistance from their parents and caregivers provided that they turn every opportunity for learning and growing faith!

Application must be submitted online through TheHolyDay Club's website or through here. Please submit one application for each business. Children working as a group should submit one application that includes each child's information.

Two cupcake businesses? Not a problem. In general, we will let market forces play out, though we will possibly publish a general list of what other shops will be selling throughout the prep phase so you can decide to keep your idea or find something else.

The fair will be held at a covered pavilion next to the playground so younger siblings are free to play nearby within reach. Each business will be allotted space at the tables and will officially last at the designated time, so be prepared to stay the entire time. Optionally, you can pack lunch and come hang out to stay till after the event!

There is no fee to apply for space at the market and all profit belongs to each family. No need to bring tables or tents. You will just need to bring yourself, your own products and signs, some cash to buy what you'd like there, and friends and family to invite!

PHOTOGRAPHY
Photos and videos will be taken during this event to document and help promote our future fairs to other interested families. A separate professional photographer will be on site to take back-to-school photos for a fee for your personal use.

This event is designed to give children the experience of selling, or trading, a product or service as a practical application of multiplying their "talents" based on the biblical parable to the talents. Please share and review this story with your children to prepare themselves for our event!

Children from age 5-17 are welcome to set up a shop at the tables in the pavilion. We encourage that the children do a lot of the marketing, creating, and selling around this event. Lower elementary children can get more assistance from their parents and caregivers provided that they turn every opportunity for learning and growing faith!

LABELING
We encourage allergen labeling of products. If selling food, please mark on your product or sign if your items contain gluten, nuts, dairy, soy, fish, shellfish, eggs, sesame, or if they are free of these.

AI
We highly discourage the use of AI. If choosing to use AI, please limit your use of it. Please list, as honestly as possible, what you anticipate using AI for as it relates to this fair.

PHOTOGRAPHY
We will be taking photos and videos to document our activities online and to encourage others to participate. By participating in the event, you give consent for your image to appear on TheHolyDay Club's and Acton's website and social media.

Yes, organizers will contact you at least 24 hours in advance regarding the rain date if the event is cancelled due to rain, if there is no predetermined designated rain.

The HolyDay Club is hosting this event organized by Rachel Dahl of New Hope Baptist Church in Essex, Maryland is hosting the event. You do not have to be a member of the church to participate and is open to Christian families of any denomination.

The Acton Children's Business Fair inspires children to discover their inner entrepreneur. The largest entrepreneurship event for children in North America, this one-day market gives children the opportunity to showcase their very own businesses.

Jeff and Laura Sandefer and a few other families wanted to spark a sense of wonder and entrepreneurship in their children so they created the first Acton Children's Business Fair in Austin, Texas, in 2007. That year, there were seven entrepreneurs and around 25 attendees. Now, there are over 115 entrepreneurs and 1,500 attendees at the Acton Children's Business Fair in Austin.