Next New York Payment

So, the end of the month is coming upon us…so is the deadline for our next payment for New York. We're needing $420 by next Friday. I'm sorry there hasn't been more traditional fundraising set up yet. This is for a couple of reasons: 1) We haven't been able to end coupon book sales because I hadn't hit my quota – we are ending this Friday! 2) I literally have not had time to stop and think about fundraising. We did set up the Booster accounts (please take advantage of those) as well as the evening at Mellow Mushroom on November 6. Please encourage your friends and neighbors to join you there for some pizza that night! I think we may be able to set something similar up with Chick-Fil-A.

I have not received the total from the concert last night (which I thought went really well!), but it should take a couple dollars away from each total. I'll let you know when I get that figured out. PPAG and GFAF have agreed to give us $4500 (about $100 per person), but that won't come until our November deadline.

Fall Concert Tickets

The tickets for the Fall Choral Showcase are now available for purchase. The tickets are $3.00 each. These are available through the Poplar Pike Playhouse website (ppp.org). You can click this link to get directly to the purchase page: http://ppp.tix.com/Schedule.aspx?OrgNum=703. You may also call our box office to reserve tickets by calling 901-755-7775. You may buy tickets in advance or purchase in person that evening.

The concert is going to be amazing! We'll see you there!

UPDATE: just realized that I didn't actually put the concert information in the post. The Fall Choral Showcase is on Tuesday, Oct 21 at 7:00 PM in the Poplar Pike Playhouse (the theater in C Building). 

Booster.com setup

Hey gang,
I set up two accounts at Booster.com. On one site, a T-Shirt is available to buy to support the choir. NOTE: This is not the official shirt that we will use on the trip. That will be designed later.

The other site is for someone to just make a flat donation without buying a shirt (better for people who aren't local, or not really affiliated with our school). 

The goal is to sell 50 shirts, but of course, more shirts means more profits. All shirts will be delivered to the school by Nov 21, so if someone outside of the Memphis area buys a shirt, we'll have to figure out how to get it to them.

Here's the link to the T-Shirt Booster page: https://www.booster.com/ghschoir-new-york
I encourage everyone to buy a shirt - even if you're not going on the trip!

This is the link for the Donation Booster page: https://www.booster.com/ghschoir-new-york-donations

Please copy both/either link and send it out via email / Facebook / Twitter or any other means you have.

Update: We've sold 1 shirt so far and it's only been live for a couple hours! Woo-hoo!

Sponsor Letter

I finally was able to post the Sponsor Letter on the website. It's on both the Chorale and the Chamber Choir pages. Please mail this letter out to as many people/businesses as you can. I've had one returned so far with a check for $200. That's $200 that someone doesn't have to pay toward their trip because a sponsor paid it for them.

I've figured out that our next deposit (due by the end of the month) should be $420 per person. There will be another payment of $420 due by the end of November. The balance will be due right when we get back from the break in January.  If you play your cards right, you could get some sponsors this month and not have to worry about the second deposit!

Check this blog over the break in case I have information about fundraisers.

Cheers!