I had my fundraising quiz last night and was blown away by the amount of support I was given by family and friends. It was important to try and keep my overheads down as I was trying to raise as much funds as possible so that fact that I was able to get the venue for free and that I had friends who made the puddings really helped.
I'd tried to publicise the event as much as I could but with it being the middle of August many people were away. Still, if I could get between 25 and 35 the event would be successful. I would have been surprised if I got more than 50.
I manged to use my local church as the venue and it worked really well. I drafted in my home group on the Thursday evening to help me set up. We were able to push the pews to one side to clear a central space and then move tables and chairs into the middle and create a nice cafe feel. There was only seats in the middle for about 45 people but I wasn't really expecting much more than that. Still, as a contingency I had some long tables brought in and was prepared to set up the pews as over flow seating if need.
I arrived early on the night to make sure everything was set up. I'd asked my brother and another friend to help me with the questions and the hosting of the event. This was defiantly a good idea as my friend Greg had run quizzes before and I was able to rely on his advice to tie things together and keep things running smoothly. My brother was also able to help with the technical stuff as well as another friend from my homegroup so I was able to get the projector and the sound to work without any trouble.
People began arriving at around 7.45 and the church began to fill. I soon realised that I had to move into the contingency when I asked people to find seats and arrange teams and was able to pull out the tables and pews I'd set aside. I never managed to make a final count of actually how many people came through the doors but it was well over 60 in the end!
Everyone seemed to have a really good night. Some of the rounds didn't work quite as well as I might have hoped but they were rounds where I'd wanted to try something a little different and if you don't try you don't know. Also, even though I had tried to make the quiz as diverse as possible I think people around my age had a bit of an advantage but I don't feel that others were excluded. Things to work on next time.
Generally everything went really well. A quiz and pudding night proved to be great idea as it kept overheads low and didn't require a terrible amount of preparation. The fact that the puddings were provided by friends and were all home cooked really helped also. When I first decided to do some fundraising I wasn't to provide an enjoyable event that people would be happy to pay £5 for and I don't think anyone left without getting a good deal. Certainly the puddings were good value for money, and I hope the quiz was as well. I
n total I took over £300 on the door but many people handed cheques with other donations in. All together I've raised about £1000 from friends and family which I think is brilliant! Ideally I'd like to raise another £1000 from other funders, but we'll have to see how that goes.
I'd tried to publicise the event as much as I could but with it being the middle of August many people were away. Still, if I could get between 25 and 35 the event would be successful. I would have been surprised if I got more than 50.
I manged to use my local church as the venue and it worked really well. I drafted in my home group on the Thursday evening to help me set up. We were able to push the pews to one side to clear a central space and then move tables and chairs into the middle and create a nice cafe feel. There was only seats in the middle for about 45 people but I wasn't really expecting much more than that. Still, as a contingency I had some long tables brought in and was prepared to set up the pews as over flow seating if need.
I arrived early on the night to make sure everything was set up. I'd asked my brother and another friend to help me with the questions and the hosting of the event. This was defiantly a good idea as my friend Greg had run quizzes before and I was able to rely on his advice to tie things together and keep things running smoothly. My brother was also able to help with the technical stuff as well as another friend from my homegroup so I was able to get the projector and the sound to work without any trouble.
People began arriving at around 7.45 and the church began to fill. I soon realised that I had to move into the contingency when I asked people to find seats and arrange teams and was able to pull out the tables and pews I'd set aside. I never managed to make a final count of actually how many people came through the doors but it was well over 60 in the end!
Everyone seemed to have a really good night. Some of the rounds didn't work quite as well as I might have hoped but they were rounds where I'd wanted to try something a little different and if you don't try you don't know. Also, even though I had tried to make the quiz as diverse as possible I think people around my age had a bit of an advantage but I don't feel that others were excluded. Things to work on next time.
Generally everything went really well. A quiz and pudding night proved to be great idea as it kept overheads low and didn't require a terrible amount of preparation. The fact that the puddings were provided by friends and were all home cooked really helped also. When I first decided to do some fundraising I wasn't to provide an enjoyable event that people would be happy to pay £5 for and I don't think anyone left without getting a good deal. Certainly the puddings were good value for money, and I hope the quiz was as well. I
n total I took over £300 on the door but many people handed cheques with other donations in. All together I've raised about £1000 from friends and family which I think is brilliant! Ideally I'd like to raise another £1000 from other funders, but we'll have to see how that goes.
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