Last Friday, we had our first group fundraising event for Christie Lake Kids: a night out at Fatboys Restaurant - with live music, a silent auction and a raffle.
A week before the event, we were a little worried because only 30 tickets had been sold -we were expecting to sell at least 60... that is a bit worrisome... The night finally arrived and wow! What a turn out! The place was packed! We sold more tickets than our intended 60. The totals have yet come out...I'm sure there was was at least 75 people. The place was buzzing with friends, laughter and chit chats!
Music started at about 7:45. The band was called First Bass- they were fantastic! They played a nice variety of music -which made it even better!
The silent auction had many wonderful items -from paintings, to gift certificates at restaurants, massages, facials, gas, scarves, a beautiful wooden bench to name a few. We bid on a few items - a beautiful piece of art and a birding outing and won both those items. We were outbid on a couple more items... such is life!
Overall - Fantastic turn out! Better yet - lots of money raised for our charity of choice!
Looking forward to the next event - I have no idea what it's about - we should find out soon!
Here's my fundraising page... Please consider donating - 100% goes to the charity...
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