Monday May 13, 2013

Monday May 13, 2013  update #451

I had Hearts Of Gold deliver me the bid sheets from the April 13^th Silent Auction so we could determine what products or services did better than others, etc.   I spent most of the day doing the spreadsheet with breakdowns and percentages but there were few surprises.  The items that sold over retail prices were mainly food items and spices that did not bring in a great deal of money.   Many items did well with the Buy-It-Now feature although we probably expected more so that will be an item for discussion next year for sure.   The bottom line is that we probably averaged around 42% of retail overall which is understandable when we are dealing with retired folks on limited incomes.  Not too many big ticket items brought in more than 30% so that dragged the percentages down quite a bit.

I then had to follow that up with a plan of attack as Event Coordinator for our current Back To School drive.  It is an online drive to raise $6,150 to give 123 kids 2 pairs of shoes and their initial school supplies.  It is an ambitious number to raise but we are off to a good start.    Our main problem is a short timeline to be completed by July 5 and then we have to deal with most of our volunteers being gone during this period, including me.  

The tree directly in front our house is almost free of leaves as we are in the middle of our fall season.   Last year it only seemed to take about a week before the new leaves were sprouting again.   It is kinda different having a spring, a fall, and 2 summers, but we will live with it, lol.

I have been so busy with all this paperwork that I haven’t even stuck my head out the door, so sorry, no pictures today.

That was the day's excitement,   Cheers, Al