Over the years I have attended, worked with and organized hundreds of festivals and events. With this new series, "INSIDE with the Festival Nomad", I want to give you an "inside" look at some of the festivals and events that I have been involved with or that I have visited. Along the way, I have had a lot of fun and sometimes frustration, but I have never been bored!
The Biggies and More...
Judi
and I have attended and volunteered at a number of fundraising auction dinners.
These are a lot of fun and, of course, raise money for worthwhile causes. In
the next few articles, I am going to tell you about two of the larger and more
interesting fundraising dinners we have visited and about some of the funny things
that we have seen at other fundraising auctions we have attended!
The Warren
Michigan Banquet (The Clean-Up) ...
Clean-up
was very interesting! The challenge was to get everyone, first to pay for the
goods they purchased (silent and live auctions) and then to get then to leave.
There were many who wanted to continue the “party”,
while the RGS Staff were tired and just wanted to clean-up. While accounting
was doing their work (see previous blog),
the rest us started the arduous task of cleaning up and putting equipment away.
We also needed to guard the prize area until all the prizes were paid for and
then picked up. As I have said in other articles, it is amazing how you seem to
have more equipment going out then when coming in! The challenge, of course, is
finding the right box, for the right piece of equipment. Fortunately, the RGS
Staff were very practiced, and everything was eventually packed and made ready
to take back to head office. The whole ordeal was very tiring, but, in the end,
extremely rewarding!
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