[Sca-cooks] Fundraiser Lunch at Hero's Portion this past weekend

[Stefan li Rous]

   Geffrei de Warenne commented:
> Since I pleaded for advice months ago about a lunch fundraiser I ran
> this weekend for the Barony of Marinus, I thought it would be polite to
> say thanks for all the good ideas I received and give a brief recap of
> how it went so I'm coming out of delurk mode. Hopefully, the
> information might help someone in the future planning a similar event.

> We had enough food for the 80
> people we planned for (a lower than expected attendance left us with
> some leftovers which made a few people happy :-) ), and the cost for
> all the food was $138.44, or about $1.71 per person. I donated the
> bottled water we sold and the serving and cleaning supplies, we also 
> had several
> great dessert donations (I'm in a Barony with great bakers, yeah!)

> Thanks again to the many list members who answered my questions months
> ago and gave me some great ideas of things to do (and not to do!). I
> hpe this information helps someone in the future and my apologies for
> everyone who had the burden of reading through it all.
>
Huh? No need to apologize. Besides there is always the delete key.

However, you said this was a fundraiser. I assume you made a profit, 
but you didn't mention just how well it worked as a fundraiser.

Would you do it again?

Thanks,
   Stefan
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