SATURDAY FALLTACULAR - FINAL DETAILS
Good morning. Tomorrow is the big day. We have about 110 people due over here, with about 130 different wines, a silent auction with over 200 items, all designed to raise money for Laura’s House.
As a goal, I’d like to see us do $35,000 for Saturday. We’re about 40% of the way there with the front door tickets sold, and if we can do 150% of the starting auction aggregate bids, we will get there. Already we have a long-time Falltacular donor/guest who has donated $500 to Laura’s House this week in honor of tomorrow, so we’re getting there!
Here are the final details to keep us all on the same page…
WHERE – My house. If you need the address, message me
WHEN – Saturday, 2/17 @ Noon
WHO – Anyone that is on the paid list. This is a private event and honors the commitment to our event license.
PARKING – Other than not parking in front of the fire hydrant on my corner, everything else is fine.
STEMWARE and NAMETAG – When you arrive, you’ll be greeted at the door. You’ll get a special glass for the event, one to take with you at day’s end. And a nametag (thank you Ramon!) so we all know who you are. And on the nametag will be a color coded sticker: yellow for Decade of Support (10 years) and green for Champions For Fifteen (15 years). We want to ensure all of these supporters can feel purpose and pride for their years of Falltacular support.
SILENT AUCTION and RAFFLE – Starts at Noon, ends sharply at 5PM. We will have the usual bid sheets and pens for you to bid. We will also try a raffle this year for a bottle of Colgin, donated by the Caplans. You can buy tickets for it in the garage. At 445PM, we will pick the Colgin winner. At 5PM, we will collect the bid sheets and come find the winners. PLEASE, if you bid, then win but leave before 5PM, we need to call you so print LEGIBLY! Everyone will be charged onsite with credit card and then you’ll be given your winnings!
WATER STATION – I have loads of water for us. Since, we don’t use plastic water bottles, I’ll have the water station in the usual place downstairs and please use it. Either your wine glass or our fancy reusable Falltacular drinking cups provided at the station can be used.
VOLUNTEERS – If you have signed up for an hour on my schedule, THANK YOU! Please come find me when your hour begins. And please bring your own corkscrew as we seem to always lose them in the event very quickly. Having your own means you can help me succeed with our stations!
AWARDS and SURVIVOR SPEECH - Around 130PM, I will hand out our awards and make my thank yous. And, we will have an impactful short talk from both Margaret (Laura’s House CEO) and also from a survivor who has used and thrived from the services provided by Laura’s House. This is where we see how what we do on Saturday matters to someone else.
FOOD – Bring a side dish and/or something to cook on our BBQ. This is how we feed each other, and is tradition, always more than enough food for us.
RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR – There will be spit buckets and every station. Use them. We have a successful and mature history in this event of being smart tasters. Please uphold this reputation we have worked so hard to earn. If we observe anyone that has crossed the responsible threshold, we will tactfully shut that person down, and when time for them to leave, have a car come get them.
AFTER-PARTY – Typically we get this going around 430PM. No additional food is being provided as we’ll just stay with what is overwhelmingly on the counter. But please bring beer, champagne or other special wines you want to share for those who stay for the after-party.
I think that be it. THANK YOU to everyone who helps us make this work. This event is by us, through us, in support of Laura’s House. We do it TOGETHER!
