Casio Night

Our Kiwanis club had it's Casino night. This was a first attempt and Trinky & I only had responsibility for the silent auction as part of the fundraising activity. We had gotten about 70 silent auction items plus about 10-15 other items to be used in a raffle and live auction. We had the bid sheets made up and the program which had been printed by another member. The items in the program were listed 1 thru 70. We laid out the tables(all in a row) with the item and its bid sheet. If it was a gift certificate, we had a copy of the gift certificate made up for display. At the end of the evening, the bidding was closed and after recieving payment the items were given to the highest bidder. We made good money on the silent auction and it went very smoothly. We have sent the thank you letters which included a note that we planned the same event for next year and we hoped to have the merchants continued support. Thank you notes are very important. It gives the person the retail value of their donation and to whom the donation was made for tax purposes. Plus it lets them know how much we appreciate their support for our fundraising event.