kim Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 our club (north shore) normally does a bottle auction,We had all sorts of goodies; from jellybeans to wine, body gel to a mini fish tank in a bottle, sparkling grape juice a bottle of rum ect what each member does is wrap up a bottle of what ever you want in newspaper, wrapping paper, backing paper well anything as long as we cant see what is in the bottle. then we auction them off!! not knowing what we are getting is half the fun, we raise quit a bit of money that way mind you we normally have Jon Eastwood as auctioneer! we do this about once a year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 The HBAS (Hawkes BAy Aquarium Society) runs Auctions as well, mainly Fish and Hardware but we have the odd auction where anything can be auctioned. Raffles every now and then, and even A Fish Expo helps the club funds. And of course the good old subscriptions (These only just cover the day to day running of the club, newsletters etc) /Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim Posted January 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 we normally have a monthly auction of fish and plants as well somethings filters, heaters, tanks , food, books depending on what we have to sell. and we have a raffle every meeting as well normally just a bottle of plant food or something fishie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 We only have about 6 - 9 members attend our meetings as the majority live too far away. We used to have a raffle when we had more people at meetings where tickets cost $2 and the winner supplied the next prize. This paid for the hall hire (which was $8 so we always made a profit). We now meet in members' homes so it is no longer needed. Our subscriptions cover our costs as our newsletter is emailed to the majority and I have so far forgotten to charge the club for printing the rest :roll: When we do fund raise, we prefer to get money from other people rather than club members so have, over the years, run a sausage sizzle outside The Warehouse and run grocery raffles at displays we have set up at flower shows, hobby exhibitions, A&P Shows etc. Each member was asked to donate a grocery item or 2 so it cost very little, if anything, to set it up but we have made $100's doing this. We have also set up a 30cm square tank with suitable inhabitants, ugf and pump (all donated) and raffled it at the above mentioned displays with the winner getting 1 year's sub to the club as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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