President Rick Kagen -- Bin there, done that!
Hope you all had a great New Year’s. 2011 is in the books. It was another very productive year for the Men’s Club. The 2010 Auction Project – the solar panels at the Rec Center – was completed and the 2011 Auction Project was also delivered – the single stream recycling bins. The Fourth of July fireworks tradition continued, thanks to the Men’s Club. And a number of other staples in the Woods were again funded by the Men’s Club (Hay Day, Family Fun Night, Teen’s Symposium, Fourth of July Parade, etc.).
Our generous donations throughout the year are all made possible as a direct result of the successes that we achieve at the annual Service Auction. For you seasoned members, you know how big of an effort is required to pull off a successful auction. This is an all-hands-on-deck event that requires the collective effort from every Men’s Club member. There are a lot of challenges that take place well in advance of actual auction. Then, auction night is game time. Time to again step up, pitch-in, and help to deliver a first class auction that our guests have come to expect.
What can you do?
Option 1 – Do NOTHING – And let everyone else do ALL of the work.
Option 2 – Do SOMETHING – Solicit a gift or two (or more), solicit an ad or two (or more) for the auction catalog, assist with any of the many pre-auction tasks, donate a gift or two (or more) yourself, buy and ad yourself, pre-register for the auction, invite your neighbors to the auction, assist with any of the many auction night tasks, assist with any of many post-auction tasks.
You can download a PDF gift form suitable for printing and use right here.
I certainly recommend, to lessen the “burden” on any one of us, that everyone volunteers to help on at least one pre-auction task, one auction night task, and one post auction task. This is NOT a one and done event – we need everyone to help each step of the way.
My advice to all those that opt for Option 1… (I better be PC and not comment!!)
Key Dates
- February 3rd - All gift donation commitments are due.
All catalog advertisting (along with payment) is due. - March 24th - Auction Night!!!!
For more information, contact the Gift Chairs at:
- Jerry Schude, 10847 Hart Ave., (248) 544-3312
- Amit Bhagwan, (248) 275-3473
- Craig Cesarone, (248) 399-9196
Or, contact the Advertising Chairs:
- Rob Robertson, 12790 Vernon,
(248) 797-9141, robrobertson@comcast.net - Joe Schodowski
- Phil McAvoy
Huntington Woods Men’s Club
