The ladies who were responsible for the evening are affectionately referred to as "Team Barry"; Lou Storie from Red Rocket, Jan Dennis from Marketing & More and Chrissy Moore my wife. Between them they worked solidly for 8 weeks to turn the concept into a reality. MC Kieran Revell also donated his time, which was very generous.
It was the inaugural Sydney based fundraising dinner dance for MPA (Melanoma Patients Australia) so everything had to be done from scratch.
Chrissy mailed out to about a 1000 companies and individuals trying to get a show of interest in either attending or donating a gift to be used in the live or silent auction. Lucky dip fund raising balloons were also organised. We had a very generous amount of goodies donated; everything from a night at the Observatory Hotel in Sydney, a BridgeClimb and restaurant vouchers to Rosehill Racecourse tickets, limousine rides and a trip to the zoo!
A very big thank you to everybody who volunteered their time or donated items - without you it would not have been possible. Thanks also to our friends from near (ie. our neighbours) and far (like Tony Wouters all the way from Melbourne) who supported us by coming along on the night.
We were hoping for about 150 attendees but finished up at 124. I had done some Rotary presentations in the last few months - they supported us with 2 tables. Corporates like Turner Freeman Lawyers, Rance Blamey Real Estate, Konica Minolta and World of Tiles also bought tables, plus the Hills Shire Council.
The venue was Castle Hill RSL and the lighting, table settings, acoustics and band were all first class. All the live auction items were snapped up with all the other raffles, lucky balloons & silent auctions going too.
Everyone said they had a good time dancing and participating in the various games or auctions. Thanks again to all particularly all the volunteers on the evening.
Once we know the amount raised I will post it to the blog.
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