Potluck Charity Auctions - How To Organize and Hold A Successful Event!

 If you have an organization or church that is looking for a way to earn some money and have fun at the same time you might want to consider holding a potluck charity auction. This is a good way to get your community together for an evening of good food, conversation and a little bit of fundraiser activity as well. This concept is quite easy and can be done with less effort than you might think. elephant donation

First off you need to gather a few of your friends from your church or organization and figure out when you would like to hold the Potluck Dinner and Auction. You need to make sure that everyone who is going to help you put this on will be able to be there on the date that you've chosen. You also need to see if those who are helping with the event will be willing to bring in a meat dish and some paper items like plates, cups, napkins, etc. This will help kick off the potluck part of the event.

If this is a church function you can probably just hold the event at your church other wise you will have to have to find a place if you are an individual organization. If you do have to find a place it would be a good idea if you try to find a place that is going to be free. If the weather is nice you can always have it outside. Save the Elephants

After you have figured out the date and the place you can then start sending out invitations through email as well as regular mail. You can make your own invitations as well by creating them on your computer and printing them off. You invitation should list the time, the date, the place as well as phone numbers people can call to confirm.

In the invitation make sure that you let them know that it's a potluck dinner and that you would love for them to bring a special dish of their own and a beverage. You also will want to ask them to bring a White Elephant. This is something that is in good condition but the person no longer uses or wants it and don't mind donating it for a good cause.

You can also put up posters at your church or other community centers to further advertise the potluck dinner and auction so that you can have the best chance of making the money you need for your fundraiser. You will also need to have someone go out an buy all of the things that will needed for the dinner like plates, napkins, cups, etc. This shouldn't be done any later than the day before the auction.

Make sure that you have someone who is willing to be the auctioneer. They don't have to be experienced but someone who loves to talk in front of crowds and has a loud voice would be a great candidate for the auction.

The day of the event you need to make sure that the area you are going to use for the dinner is all set up and ready to go and make sure that the meat dishes are prepared ahead of time and just need to be warmed up when it gets close to the time of the dinner. where's the elephant

Set up the dinner, welcome the guests, take their White Elephant donations and set them up where the auction area will be and sit down and enjoy dinner with your guests. Once the dinner is over the auction can start. People will be able to bid whatever they want on any item they see and think they might want to purchase. Make sure you have someone helping the auctioneer to keep track of the bids when they are placed and then have them take the winner their prizes and collecting the money at the time that they win the bid if you like. It would probably make things a lot easier if you have large index cards made up with numbers on them in black marker so everyone who wants to bid picks a card up and then holds it up each time they want to raise the bid.

Get Rid of Your Timeshare and Save Your Home

During these harsh economic times, it's stressful enough to think about how to pay for your home mortgage, putting food on the table, and filling up the gas tank. So, as foreclosures reach all-time highs and hundreds of thousands of people are losing their jobs each month, timeshare owners have actually been billed special assessment fees for hundreds, and in a number of cases, thousands of dollars. When added to rising maintenance fees paid every year, homeowners should consider getting rid of their timeshare(s) before it's too late. save the elephants charity

If you are financing your timeshare, you must pay it off as quickly as possible. First, you'll end your interest payments that make your timeshare even more costly. Remember, these interest payments are not tax deductible like the interest payments for your primary home mortgage. Secondly, by having a mortgage on the timeshare, the likelihood of getting an offer is the same as seeing flying elephants. There are simply too many timeshares for sale on the market without mortgages.

The timeshare resale market has historically been a difficult one for sellers. In a report by the FTC, only 3.3 percent of timeshares listed have been sold on the resale market over the last 20 years. Attempting to sell it in today's economic climate may prove even more difficult. You may end up waiting for a long time even after spending good money on advertising and broker fees. It's time wasted that you can ill afford not knowing if a special assessment is on its way.

Renting does not make sense when you could be invoiced for thousands of dollars in special assessments. You might make some money in rent, but lose money overall without ever going to the timeshare resort yourself.

Furthermore, fewer charities are taking ownership of timeshares because of the inherent cost and liabilities. Again, like selling, donating your timeshare may take too much time to find a proper charity that will take it. Unfortunately, the clock is always ticking and the next timeshare bill may be just around the corner.

If your checkbook cannot handle a sudden $1,000+ special assessment with the possibility of future fees, do your best to part with your timeshare as soon as you can. As you have read, trying to discard it yourself may or may not quickly end in success. Meanwhile, the time spent waiting will only build more stress on yourself. So, if you want a fast solution, go to a timeshare transfer company to get relief from your timeshare today. elephant protection charities

A good timeshare transfer company will guarantee the transfer of a timeshare out of an owner's name so that the owner is no longer responsible for any fees associated with that timeshare. This service is performed for a fee. The transaction is quick and should be binding the minute that you sign a contract. In other words, any fee that is mailed to you after the contract is signed should go to the transfer company and not to you. Your financial responsibility for the timeshare will be lifted upon signing the contract.

Be sure to go with a transfer company with a long track record. The company should be in business for a minimum of four (4) years. This rule of thumb will eliminate nearly all of the transfer companies that are not looking out for best interest of their customers. Also, check the Better Business Bureau for ratings. No company is perfect and without complaints. But, verify that the complaints on the report are addressed and that the company has a high rating.

Regardless of how you get rid of your timeshare, once it is gone, you will never have to worry about another maintenance fee or special assessment ever again. You'll be able to turn your focused attention to the necessities, like your home. save elephants sri lanka

Bobby Hernandez is a leading consultant within the timeshare industry. He has years of experience with the sales & marketing of timeshares. He's a previous timeshare owner, and now advocates extreme caution for those looking to purchase a timeshare as the financial obligations for many would-be buyers will often exceed the vacationing benefits.