FUN for the FIELD: The 4th Go aROUND

Our annual resource fair is back, but with a twist! This year we’re combining the fun of meeting and engaging with vendors with our cozy Afterschool Roundtable model, to strengthen connection and understanding. Relax, connect, and enjoy good conversation with colleagues for the first hour, then meet with vendors to learn all about the amazing resources they have to offer your program!

PARTICIPANTS

We’ll begin the day with a Roundtable discussion from 10 – 11 AM. We’ll have refreshments ready — all you need to bring are the topics on your mind. Whether you have ideas to share, challenges to talk through, or simply want to spend time with peers who understand the work you do, you’re welcome. Together, we’ll shape the agenda and create a space that feels supportive and energizing.

From 11 AM – 12 PM you’ll have the opportunity to visit vendors tables and complete your Vendor Passport, learning all about the resources they have to offer. Meet with representatives from statewide institutions, businesses, museums and others to learn about their afterschool and summer offerings in STEM, the arts, history, literacy, and more! As always, we encourage vendors to have games, giveaways, and prizes. Complete and turn in your passport for a chance to win a free conference registration to our 2026 Annual Afterschool Conference in November. 

Register by Friday, May 22nd

PARTICIPATING EXHIBITORS

• TBD

EXHIBITORS

Are you curious about the obstacles Afterschool & Summer Programs face? Is your organization looking to share curriculum or activities with afterschool and summer programs? Searching for partner organizations to deliver your services, or seeking audiences for your events and exhibitions? Join us for our 4th annual Fun for the Field Resource Fair! You’ll have the opportunity to sit in on the roundtable discussion and connect with afterschool practitioners!

We ask that:

• Exhibitors are available for the entire event.
• Exhibitors provide their own table.
• Exhibitors collect participants’ info, as we will not be sharing participants’ info.
• & In the spirit of making the event more “fair-like,” we strongly suggest having a fun game or activity for participants to win prizes, a raffle, giveaway or other cool creative idea. (i.e. the Network table does a balloon dart toss, some other examples ring toss, wheel spinning, shell game, etc.)

Exhibitor Fees:

• Free for Nonprofit organization
• $25 for For-profit organization

Apply by May 22nd. Space is limited.

If you would like to sponsor this or any other event, please click here.
To access our 2026 Prospectus, click here.

Audience: Multi-site Director, Supervisor (Program or Site), Direct Service Staff; (Elementary School, Middle School, High School)

RELEASE STATEMENT – Photographs and/or video may be taken. By taking part, you grant CTNCY full rights to use the images and sound resulting from the photography/video filming/recordings, and any reproductions or adaptations of the images or sound, for fundraising, publicity, or other purposes to help achieve the group’s and/or CTNCY’s aims. This might include (but is not limited to), the right to use them in CTNCY’s printed and online publicity, social media, press releases and funding applications.