Phone: (914) 763-3028
Auction and Dinner 2007
The 2007 Auction & Dinner will be held on Saturday evening, April 28
at the Willows, 201 Oakridge Commons in South Salem
(reserve the date now!).
It will be similar to last year and will include catered cocktail hour with buffet stations, silent and live auctions, and advertising journal. We will add a few new wrinkles this year including a “Giving Tree”, a new room layout to provide more room and improve flow, as well as an upgraded sound system.
For the nearly 200 members and friends who attended last year’s event you will undoubtedly remember how much fun we had. Our challenge this year is make it happen again. This event takes an enormous amount of work to plan and execute. In order to make it both a social and financial success, we need 100% participation (in some fashion) from every JFC member.
Our goal this year is to net $60,000 (we realized $50,000 last year). We need to raise this money to maintain JFC’s financial health. To reach this goal and cover event costs, we must gross $75,000. If we were to divide this total by the number of JFC members, we would need an average “contribution” of $400/family. This “contribution” can take many forms depending on your resources, preferences, skills and time. For example, you could:
· volunteer to be on one of the various auction & dinner subcommittees (priceless)
· buy tickets and attend the event with friends ($95 per person)
· purchase or get others to purchase ads in the journal (ads range from $50 to $1,000)
· buy items at the auction, or by proxy if you’re away ($35 to several hundred dollars)
· contribute or obtain goods and services from friends and local businesses ($50 to $500+)
· donate cash or securities to defray cost of printing the Ad Journal (any amount)
New this year, is that each family can earn complimentary tickets by obtaining item donations and selling ads. For every $500 of ads sold and/or $1000 of goods and services donations obtained, we will refund the cost of one auction and dinner ticket (valued at $95 per ticket). We’re hoping this gets even more of you helping us before the night of the event/
Below are links to materials to help you decide how your family wants to participate. A member of our committee will call you during the 2nd half of January to discuss options so they can reserve your tickets and connect you with the right subcommittee. Don’t delay; ads for the journal must be sold during February and March, tickets purchased by the end of March, and auction items must be dropped off at JFC by April 6. Thank you for helping to make the April 28 Auction & Dinner a huge success.
Sincerely,
Jeffrey Berg & Suzanne Sunday
(JeffreyFBerg@aol.com) (SSunday@bestweb.net)
2007 Auction & Dinner Co-Chairs
Click on a document below:
Cover letter to families for ad or donation
Cover letter to businesses for ad or donation
