We are forming committees for our upcoming fashion show in January! Each is headed by an executive and we're asking everyone to choose an area to primarily help with during the fall planning.
Committees are:
Location/Theme/Decoration : talking with our location, Espace Reunion, decorating the venue, setting up chairs/tables/etc the day of the event, lighting, any logistical details related to the venue itself
Clothing, Hair, Makeup: approaching designers/companies to get their sponsorship & clothing donations, anything related to the fashion show component itself
Publicity: closer to the date, putting ads in newspapers, online, printing posters, marketing
Tickets: designing & printing tickets, scheduling collection at the door
Food: approaching supermarkets for sponsorship/donations, cooking the day of the event... don't worry, even if you are not a chef we will be doing a lot of simple veggie/fruit/cheese plates and still need help cutting/assembling!
Alcohol: buying or getting donations, setting up a bartending schedule, getting a liquor license (this can be done as close as the week before the event)
Music: we will have a live band time (during cocktails/hors d'oeuvres) and then a DJ for the show itself.... figuring out sound system (possibly renting equipment), communicating with bands/DJ and making sure they are accommodated.
In addition to these committees, we will be asking everybody to help sell tickets and publicize the event to their friends/family/acquaintances closer to the date! For now, please leave a comment with your name, email, and committee you'd like to join, or send us an email at mcgill.rotaract@gmail.com.
Also, we are looking for models, bands (appropriate music, ideally acoustic and quieter since the space is not huge, and people will want to chat, remember we will hopefully have Rotarians attending!), and photographers for the event, so if you or any of your friends are interested in helping out, please also send us an email!
Thanks!!
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Bake Sale
On Wednesday, October 7th, we are having a bake sale in the McConnell Engineering main building from 9:30-4:30 (or until we run out, whichever comes first). We're looking for volunteers to both bake (sweet/dessert items only please, i.e. nothing that competes with a samosa sale...), and sit at the table to sell. If you are baking, please drop off your item at 9:30 or as soon after that as possible! The shifts are every hour (9:30-10:30, 10:30-11:30, etc).
If you are able to help out, please leave a comment with your name, email, and what you are baking, or what time you can help sell!
If you are able to help out, please leave a comment with your name, email, and what you are baking, or what time you can help sell!
Dans La Rue Thanksgiving Dinner
This coming weekend, on October 11th, we will be going to Dans La Rue to assist with their Thanksgiving dinner. It starts at 4 PM on Sunday; we will be helping to serve the meal, and sitting and visiting with the young people there while they have their dinner. If you are interested in coming along, leave your name and email address in the comments section, and we'll email you with further details (directions, etc) before this weekend!
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Montclair Visit
Our first trip of the year to Montclair Elderly Home will be this Saturday, September 26! If you are interested in coming along, please leave your name in the comments section.
We are going to meet at the Sherbrooke 24 bus stop in front of the Roddick Gates (Sherbrooke & Mansfield) to catch the 1:06 pm bus. If you are not there, unfortunately we as we group will leave without out you, as we need to get to the residence by 2 PM. From the 24, we will get off at Sherbrooke/Decarie, and catch the 102 or the 105, whichever bus comes first. From that we will get off at Somerled / Walkley (102) or Sherbrooke / King Edward (105) and walk the two blocks to the residence. If you miss us at the Roddick gates at 1:06 that's no problem, just take the next 24 that comes, get off at Sherbrooke/Decarie, and take the 105 as it comes more often. Don't worry if you're a few minutes late in this case!
For future reference, or if you are traveling from elsewhere and meeting us at the residence, the address is:
Montclair Senior Home
4413, av. Montclair
Montreal, QC
If you are traveling by yourself, just ring the front doorbell and tell them you are with McGill Rotaract.
We are going to meet at the Sherbrooke 24 bus stop in front of the Roddick Gates (Sherbrooke & Mansfield) to catch the 1:06 pm bus. If you are not there, unfortunately we as we group will leave without out you, as we need to get to the residence by 2 PM. From the 24, we will get off at Sherbrooke/Decarie, and catch the 102 or the 105, whichever bus comes first. From that we will get off at Somerled / Walkley (102) or Sherbrooke / King Edward (105) and walk the two blocks to the residence. If you miss us at the Roddick gates at 1:06 that's no problem, just take the next 24 that comes, get off at Sherbrooke/Decarie, and take the 105 as it comes more often. Don't worry if you're a few minutes late in this case!
For future reference, or if you are traveling from elsewhere and meeting us at the residence, the address is:
Montclair Senior Home
4413, av. Montclair
Montreal, QC
If you are traveling by yourself, just ring the front doorbell and tell them you are with McGill Rotaract.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Welcome Back!
Hi everyone!
After a relatively quiet summer, we are back in business for the school year! We have a fantastic exec, lot of great activities and events, and hopefully even more members involved this year. We'll continue to use this blog to keep everyone updated on what's happening, in addition to posting sign-ups for samosa and bake sales, Montclair elderly home visits, and our new volunteering project with Dans la Rue- so keep an eye out for new posts!
After a relatively quiet summer, we are back in business for the school year! We have a fantastic exec, lot of great activities and events, and hopefully even more members involved this year. We'll continue to use this blog to keep everyone updated on what's happening, in addition to posting sign-ups for samosa and bake sales, Montclair elderly home visits, and our new volunteering project with Dans la Rue- so keep an eye out for new posts!
Saturday, April 4, 2009
24-Hour Twister
Hey everybody, great job on the fund-raising front! We raised almost 1300$ from our day-long twister game. Here are some highlights.
-Unfortunate weather had no chance to ruin our fun. We toughed through moderate rain and uncomfortable cold for a whole day! (So maybe some of our success was due to pity. It was well worth it.)
-Heather was the charitable renegade, chasing anything and everything that moved by our station. Students, teachers, any slow-moving or familiar pedestrians, bikes and eventually the president of McGill were fair game and got hassled by her. Effective, if a bit unorthodox. Her tactics WERE largely successful.
-Arian, general member extraordinaire, was inspired by Heather's tenacity and followed his first victim up halfway to the SSMU building and succeeded in wrestling some spare change for our cause. Way to go, young grasshopper.
-Manyi, who played the most games.
-Pamela, who finished off her shifts undefeated every single time.
-Stacey and Elisia, who gathered themselves up at 2am and stayed till the morning.
-Jin, who was visited around 4am while working on an essay in burnside. Sorry we bothered you... it was really wet ouside.
-The many odd and wonderful patrons who walk around McGill in the wee hours of the morning. Thanks for keeping us entertained.
-A few breaks for some Tim Horton's coffee and scones
-Unfortunate weather had no chance to ruin our fun. We toughed through moderate rain and uncomfortable cold for a whole day! (So maybe some of our success was due to pity. It was well worth it.)
-Heather was the charitable renegade, chasing anything and everything that moved by our station. Students, teachers, any slow-moving or familiar pedestrians, bikes and eventually the president of McGill were fair game and got hassled by her. Effective, if a bit unorthodox. Her tactics WERE largely successful.
-Arian, general member extraordinaire, was inspired by Heather's tenacity and followed his first victim up halfway to the SSMU building and succeeded in wrestling some spare change for our cause. Way to go, young grasshopper.
-Manyi, who played the most games.
-Pamela, who finished off her shifts undefeated every single time.
-Stacey and Elisia, who gathered themselves up at 2am and stayed till the morning.
-Jin, who was visited around 4am while working on an essay in burnside. Sorry we bothered you... it was really wet ouside.
-The many odd and wonderful patrons who walk around McGill in the wee hours of the morning. Thanks for keeping us entertained.
-A few breaks for some Tim Horton's coffee and scones
Friday, March 13, 2009
Bake Sale March 23rd
Our bakesale event for the fundraising blitz will be on Monday, March 23rd in the McConnell Engineering building.
We are still looking for a few people to sit at the table and sell during the following hours:
10:30-11:30 (1 person)
11:30-12:30 (1 person)
12:30-1:30 (2 people)
If you are available during any of those times, please leave your name and time you can come in the comments section.
We also need people to bake! If you can help with that, please leave a comment with your name and what you can bring. You can drop food off at the table starting at 10 AM, if that is a problem feel free to send me an email at nicolette.neumann@mail.mcgill.ca and we can meet a different day.
And of course, stop buy and support the cause by buying delicious homemade baking!
We are still looking for a few people to sit at the table and sell during the following hours:
10:30-11:30 (1 person)
11:30-12:30 (1 person)
12:30-1:30 (2 people)
If you are available during any of those times, please leave your name and time you can come in the comments section.
We also need people to bake! If you can help with that, please leave a comment with your name and what you can bring. You can drop food off at the table starting at 10 AM, if that is a problem feel free to send me an email at nicolette.neumann@mail.mcgill.ca and we can meet a different day.
And of course, stop buy and support the cause by buying delicious homemade baking!
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