Okay, so apparently our online auction kick-off event did not go so well. We did not have very many people show up at all (including myself, and I feel super-duper-ultra guilty, but I had to be in an opera workshop performance at the EXACT same time, which I had known about all semester). We even had FREE MOCKTAILS.
Never fear!! The wonderful thing about being social entrepreneurs is that we bounce right back in the face of minor setbacks. We have decided to revamp the advertising campaign and will re-host our "kick off" event on Wednesday during the dinner rush so we get the attention of more students. I just checked the silent auction website, and we do have a few bids, which is a great start, but we need MORE!! :-D
*Status update: I just received word from one of my GSE teammates that the auction has currently raised $420!!! YAY!!! That's super cool, but keep in mind that there are 12 students on this trip, and we each need to raise approximately $4,000 apiece (also, any donation that YOU make to the GSE team will be matched by a grant from the college up to $750, this includes items purchased through the silent auction).
I know that readership of this blog is very small, and I know I promised in the last post that my future posts were not going to be so focused on fundraising, but I cannot predict the future (to my great disappointment), so I did not foresee this little snafu, but fortunately, it was only a little hiccup, and we seem to be making steady progress towards our goal.
Once again, the GSE online silent auction can be found here. We have some really wonderful times including:
Never fear!! The wonderful thing about being social entrepreneurs is that we bounce right back in the face of minor setbacks. We have decided to revamp the advertising campaign and will re-host our "kick off" event on Wednesday during the dinner rush so we get the attention of more students. I just checked the silent auction website, and we do have a few bids, which is a great start, but we need MORE!! :-D
*Status update: I just received word from one of my GSE teammates that the auction has currently raised $420!!! YAY!!! That's super cool, but keep in mind that there are 12 students on this trip, and we each need to raise approximately $4,000 apiece (also, any donation that YOU make to the GSE team will be matched by a grant from the college up to $750, this includes items purchased through the silent auction).
I know that readership of this blog is very small, and I know I promised in the last post that my future posts were not going to be so focused on fundraising, but I cannot predict the future (to my great disappointment), so I did not foresee this little snafu, but fortunately, it was only a little hiccup, and we seem to be making steady progress towards our goal.
Once again, the GSE online silent auction can be found here. We have some really wonderful times including:
- a gift basket from SoMar Wine Cellars
- a gift basket from Spoon Market and Deli
- a gourmet breakfast for four at the Mirabelle Bed and Breakfast
- a night at the Black Squirrel Inn
- a "Date Night" basket
- fun activities with Professors and/or Staff around the College of Wooster campus
