Day 6: Wednesday May 29th - 9am to 5pm
Since Monday was a holiday, Wednesday was a very busy day. It was our final day to finish up work for Tribute to Women. The day started out with some small tasks like printing a few more table tents, making a phone call about confusion over tickets, and reading over the PowerPoint one last time. The one big task of the day was to create the favors to place at each plate-setting during the luncheon. We used a YWCA chipclip to hold together a copy of the community report, a YWCA coaster, and a YWCA notepad. When we set them on the chairs at tribute we laid a YWCA pen on top as well. Making 650 of these was quite a job and took us every last minute that we were allotted. The van was coming to transport everything over to the Westin at 2, so they had to be completed by then.
We successfully got them done, but took a much needed ice cream break afterwords. (At Dream Cream an amazing ice cream shop downtown that benefits non-profits and fulfills people's dreams). After this break I counted out 2,000 raffle tickets for the raffle the next day and Ellen sat with Courtney to finish the seating arrangements.
Also this day Ellen gave us a list of a few things we can work on next week while she is off.
Fun Facts From Ellen:
Since Monday was a holiday, Wednesday was a very busy day. It was our final day to finish up work for Tribute to Women. The day started out with some small tasks like printing a few more table tents, making a phone call about confusion over tickets, and reading over the PowerPoint one last time. The one big task of the day was to create the favors to place at each plate-setting during the luncheon. We used a YWCA chipclip to hold together a copy of the community report, a YWCA coaster, and a YWCA notepad. When we set them on the chairs at tribute we laid a YWCA pen on top as well. Making 650 of these was quite a job and took us every last minute that we were allotted. The van was coming to transport everything over to the Westin at 2, so they had to be completed by then.
We successfully got them done, but took a much needed ice cream break afterwords. (At Dream Cream an amazing ice cream shop downtown that benefits non-profits and fulfills people's dreams). After this break I counted out 2,000 raffle tickets for the raffle the next day and Ellen sat with Courtney to finish the seating arrangements.
Also this day Ellen gave us a list of a few things we can work on next week while she is off.
- Project Planning - we need to create a spreadsheet that lays out what needs to happen and when for TTW so that someone could take over the entire event. We will need to look back at dates on letters in the many folders and create a timeline to be used in the future.
- Update the rubric used by the selection committee.
- Put together and send out a fiscal year end solicitation. This will include the notepads that we ordered, statistics, a donation form, and a letter.
- Upload new content onto website
Fun Facts From Ellen:
- Having a selection committee vote on award recipients becomes a popularity contest and there is always a winner or a looser. It is better to create a rubric of criteria and choose the highest scoring nominees. This will build harmony within the committee.
- Use statistics like 1 out of 4 instead of 400,000 people. Things that you can actually picture have more of an impact on a person.
Day 7: Thursday May 30th - 9am to 3pm
TRIBUTE!
Here are some photos from the 31st Annual Tribute to Women Luncheon!
That day went perfectly! In the morning I stopped and picked up the flowers from the florist for the awardees and then headed over to the venue to get everything set up. I packaged the raffle prizes, and then got to sell raffle tickets with the other volunteers. We ended up making over $2,000! The lunch was delicious (thanks to our menu choices hah) and the rest of the event ran smoothly.
Here are some photos from the 31st Annual Tribute to Women Luncheon!
TRIBUTE!
Here are some photos from the 31st Annual Tribute to Women Luncheon!
That day went perfectly! In the morning I stopped and picked up the flowers from the florist for the awardees and then headed over to the venue to get everything set up. I packaged the raffle prizes, and then got to sell raffle tickets with the other volunteers. We ended up making over $2,000! The lunch was delicious (thanks to our menu choices hah) and the rest of the event ran smoothly.
Here are some photos from the 31st Annual Tribute to Women Luncheon!
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