Just one week until Flight Lite at The Antler's -- still in need of some help with the project.
- Does anyone have 18 bales of hay we can "borrow" for the event?
- We are also asking for two 20-24’ enclosed trucks or trailers to be used from Thursday the 6th morning through Saturday morning the 8th to transport trees and bushes/ plants from Harding Nursery to the Antlers for our Butterfly Gallery and Vignettes.
- Harding Nursery has graciously stepped in as our Butterfly Garden sponsor and are allowing us to use ANY plants, trees, bushes or garden pieces like benches, trellises, etc. and when we sell them during this event, they will donate 25% of the proceeds to our Rotary Club!! So, if you are planning on buying anything to plant this Fall, please consider buying a butterfly bush, or silver maple tree, mums Friday night! AND if you have a certain tree, perennial, rose bush or ANYTHING else you’d like me to choose from Harding to be in our Butterfly Garden Friday September 7th, please email CassDaleyDesigns@USA.net or call Cass at (719) 332-0005. She will get the plants you order, deliver to your home and our Rotary will get 25%! Our goal is not only to sell all the 53 butterflies, but to sell all the decor trees, bushes and plants as well!!!!
The time has arrived for Flight Lite -- our fundraiser. Tickets are available at csflight.org and they are $59 for individual tickets. Table sponsorships are also available. All “invoiced” Rotarians will receive a credit back per the regular cost of your Friday luncheon as the "Flight Lite Social and Silent Auction" takes the place of our regular meeting on that day, so you will only pay the difference between regular lunch cost and the $59 ticket.
In order for this event to be successful, we need your participation! In the way of selling Raffle Tickets… attending the event… and purchasing butterflies! Bring your family and friends to this year’s event! It will be a fun afternoon/evening, filled with live music, great food and drinks and exciting competition in bidding on these beautiful butterflies. In fact, you don’t even have to wait to bid….
Log on to csflight.org and “View Items”. From there, you can place your bids.
Beyond this, we need HELP in setting up the event on either Thursday, September 6th, or Friday, morning September 7th (TBD).
We need at least 20 able and willing bodies to haul in plants, and flowers and decorations for our “Butterfly Garden”! We just brought on Harding Nursery as a sponsor and all of the beautiful garden plants will also be for sale at the event. Anything we don’t sell, though, we will be torn out and returned to them on Saturday.
We also need at least 6 people (Primers?!) to help register attendees for the event and close out the sales after it.
On behalf of the steering committee, thanks to all who have sponsored or helped in any way so far: Caryn Adams/Raffle Tickets design and implementation and to many of you who have sold tickets, both raffle and event, arranged music/Jean Feist, sponsorships/Mike McGrath, visited other clubs to promote the event, Kay Rendelman, Judy Casey and Curt Ormand, helped set up and serve at COPPeR at the unveiling, Lynn Boutte and Terri Cain for photography, and very special thanks to Josh Slate who set up this year’s website and to Larry McCants who has done a tremendous job in interfacing with the Gestures site for bidding. I’m sure by September 7th, we’ll have many more to thank!
Folks, this is OUR FUNDRAISER… not just the Flight Committee’s. It takes everyone’s participation to make it happen. And remember the adage “Many Hands Make Light Work”….. ?! If you can be of help, please contact Cass Daley at: 719-332-0005 or Annie Valades at: 719-321-0050
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