APEL Sainte-Thérèse Flea Market

APEL: pillar of Catholic schools

APEL (Free Education Parents Association) is essential to French Catholic schools. Volunteer parents drive school life: events, project support, trip and outing funding, activities. Sainte-Thérèse Châtellerault APEL holds its annual flea market Sunday 5 July 2026, a key end-of-year rendezvous.

Doubly beneficial: hunters get a fine day; the school funds concrete projects via proceeds (stall fees, refreshments, raffle). Fine parental engagement for the educational community.

What to find

• Parent-seller family bric-à-brac
• Adults' and children's clothes, shoes (often abundant)
• Toys, games, books, comics (huge quantity — school flea market)
• Baby gear, strollers, car seats
• Tableware, small appliances, decor
• Used school books, supplies, educational material

A distinctive school flea market

Parent-run markets have a particular flavour: sellers are mostly families with kids, stock reflects this. Abundant kids' clothes for all ages, evolving toys, books for all school levels, baby gear. Ideal for parents preparing the new school year affordably.

Châtellerault, Vienne sub-prefecture

Vienne's second city (31,000). Remarkable industrial, military and historic heritage: Arms Manufactory, Henri IV Bridge (1611), mansions, Auto-Moto-Vélo museum. Crossed by the Vienne with river walks and green spaces.

Nearby

Poitiers (30 km). Futuroscope (15 km). Ingrandes and Richelieu at Indre-et-Loire border. La Roche-Posay (35 km) spa. Vienne valley.

A gesture for the school

Coming supports a school and its pupils. APEL projects can be concrete: school trips, educational outings, IT purchases, library creation, playground upgrades. Every euro counts. Chat with parent volunteers about their actions.

Tips

Arrive by 8 am — best kids' clothes go fast. Cash, bag. Bring a list (kids' sizes, specific items) — offer volume can be impressive. Families: come with kids to pick their own finds.