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scruggle · **mommyfink!!!!!**

Is there anything that you need donated that I or someone else far away can mail to you? How do you make money with this event? The silent auction? I am curious because it sounds like something I could do here to raise money for my Church. They are building a new church and it's going to cost over $3 MILLION!! In our little town with a congregation of only 250 families!!!

mommyfink · 06-24-2007, 11:52 AM

Hi! I think it is going to be an awesome event!

There is a $30 (tax deductible donation to JDRF) for the registration fee. The attendees and the vendors pay the registration fee and with that fee they get table space, lunch, goodie bag, give-aways, and tons of fun!

Then the silent auction will work like this: tickets can be bought at the event for 1 for $1.00; 7 for $5.00; 15 for $10.00; 50 for $20.00. Then they can put as many tickets in each auction as they wish.

I am also having a rummage sale so the attendees can bring things they no longer need and donate them to the event and all of the proceeds for that will be donated to JDRF. I think I will just not price anything and it can be at their discretion as to how much to donate.

If I get 70 attendees and vendors that will alone come to $2100.00

I am getting donations for the goodie bags, auction items, and whatever else I can get. I have sent about 200 requests for donations. I think for your church...your community would probably offer donations. I am getting donations from lots of scrapbooking and stamping companies, but I don't know if they would give donations for your community church...but you never know...you would be getting their name out there. It doesn't hurt to try...the worst that can happen is that they will deny your request.

Tina Jackson (the gal in Georgia that started this event) has suggested contacting JDRF to see if they could make it a national event "Crop out Diabetes". I don't know how far she has gotten...she hasn't said anything about that since.

If you try something out...good luck! Keep me updated. If you want some copies of registration forms to give you an idea of how to layout your information let me know and I can email them to you.

Sara

mommyfink · 06-24-2007, 12:00 PM

Oh yeah...and as far as helping out from far away....

Here is a list of things that I need:

-tickets for the auction
-bags for the goodie bags (I have 12x12 paper that is being donated so I need bags that will hold that) (If anyone knows of a company that might donate such bags let me know so I can contact them)
-fillers for the goodie bags
-name tags
-gift cards to walmart, target, office stores, etc. to purchase the above items or other items such as chocolates and mints for little snack cups at the tables; snack cups; or whatever else might come up that I havn't thought of yet
-gift cards to restauraunts in the area to put in the auction.
- anything else that you might have or have access to that would be relevant to the event (auction items do not all need to be scrapbook realated)

Thank you so much for your interest!

scruggle · 06-24-2007, 12:56 PM

Thanks! I will see what I can send to you. I saw that your friend in GA had her event in May. I just missed it!

scruggle · 06-24-2007, 12:57 PM

Ooh! There's a teacher's place here where I can cut things on the die cut machine. Let me see what all they have that I may be able to cut out for you!

mommyfink · 06-24-2007, 04:15 PM

sounds great!