Wow, what a night! We had so much fun! 206 Browncoats in the house
with 125 tix sold in advance.... A Big Thank you to all of you who came
and also to those who helped in various ways that made this a success
(posting on the web, helping out last night, donating items, making
signs, etc)
Highlights:
- A costume contest
- Karaoke
- Lots of shiny prize drawing/door prizes!
- Souvenir tickets for everyone
- Plus hanging out with such a large group of very nice people
What We Raised
We had a prize drawing, plus merchandise sales and raised some more that way. Here's our stats:
Tickets sold on site: $1,782
Pre Sales and Online tix: $1,475.00
T-Shirt sales: $665
Prize Drawing Tickets: $72
Auction: $179
Subtotal $4,173.00
May Shindig profit for Equality Now: $92
Costs:
- $600 (Theater Rental)
- $250 (Film print)
- $42.18 (ticket printing)
- $464 (T-Shirt/Merchandise)
- $167.50 (Misc expenses - Paypal, Volunter rebates)
Grand total raised: $2,741.32 - For Equality Now: $2,211.46 - For ACFB: $529.86 and 232lb. of food
Photos
Some cool photos uploaded to the meetup site here. If you have any to add, just add them to the meetup site or the facebook group.
Kudos
Prize Drawing/Auction Sponsors
Also, we want to thank the following
people/businesses/organizations for donating items for our door
prize/prize drawing thing-a-ma-jigger:
Other Sponsors
Atlanta New In Town Meetup Group
Atlanta Movie, Music and Art Fans Meetup Group
Milton Mingling
Nerd Fun - Atlanta
Event helpers
Of course anyone who came and helped spread the word helped
make this a success! We also want to thank those who helped with various
things
Let us know what you think!
Sign on to our site and leave a comment on the "Can't Stop the Serenity 2010" thread under General Discussion!
Thanks everyone!
- William Alonso |