Jade Owen
August 29, 2013 5:09 PM
Horses, Fundraisers, and... Horses. by Jade Owen
Some meetings had a little more notice than others, depending on Jade's organisational skills, or lack thereof, but this time the horse lovers had four days warning to free up their schedules to make the meeting, which was held at 4.30pm on Tuesday afternoon. Jade was aware that a couple of people might not be able to make it to the start of the meeting, but she had held it in Cascade so they could continue their conversations over dinner, if that's what people wanted to do.When a reasonable sized crowd had gathered, Jade pulled forth the usual club scrapbook, and an extra bag, the contents of which would not remain a mystery for long. "Hey everyone," she said cheerfully, trying to include the whole group in her smile. She was hardly the epitome of society, leadership, or responsibility, but when it came to addressing her fellow horse lovers, Jade felt right at home. "I have this great story about a rescued miniature Shetland that I want to share with you," she said, with obvious delight, "but first I have an important announcement about our fundraising efforts."
They had discussed a couple of ideas during their meetings, but nothing final had really been decided. Jade had paid particular attention to the point that Aria had made about finding out what it was that students wanted to buy. After many weeks of consideration, Jade came to the conclusion that they couldn't actually supply anything that would be guaranteed to sell, and certainly not at a price, or in quantities, that would get them a trip to a ranch. So she had begun to think a little less laterally, and had realised that people would still pay for what they wanted, even if they didn't get it. It was called a raffle.
Putting in more effort to her fundraising idea than she had ever put into schoolwork, Jade had owled some of the more popular outlets and organisations, requesting prizes for her raffle. She had managed to get three great donations, and was so pleased with herself she wasn't even contemplating the possibility that they wouldn't raise enough money for a trip next year. "As you know, there will be a club booth at the fair. Aria has already volunteered to help me run it, but if anyone else wants to join in on the day you will be more than welcome. I haven't finalised the details yet, but my idea is to have a horseshoe hoopla. Basically," she went into a little more detail, to clarify her thoughts, "for a small fee, students get to throw three horseshoes at a board of poles, and if they get any to stay on a pole, they win a prize. Or maybe we could do a prize every time, but the losers just get something tiny, like a three-knut lollipop or something." She thought that the school was providing the prizes, but they didn't want to just give away all the trip money on prizes. "If anyone has any ideas for the fair, just let me or Aria know."
"Also," Jade said, aware that she was talking a lot, but keen not to lose anyone's interest, "there will be a raffle!" Her excitement was evident in her voice. "I've been asking for donations, and we have three prizes: a year's subscription to The Spectator," - the second most popular Quidditch magazine, "a hamper full of confectionery from Sweet Tooth, and an overnight stay for two, including breakfast, at Hotel Verbena in Phoenix," Jade proudly announced. "Tickets are one Galleon each, and your task," she reached into her bag and withdrew several bundles of tickets, "is to sell as many as you can!" The tickets each bore a number, listed the prizes at the top, and had a space to write in the details of who had purchased it. A tear-off portion with the number was to be kept by whoever bought the ticket when it had been paid for.
"Sell them to friends, family, teachers, whoever," the Pecari instructed. "Sell them in class, at other clubs, in your common rooms, anywhere you can. I have a special prize put by for the person who sells the most," she relayed an extra incentive. "Remember, the more we sell, the more likely we can go to the ranch next year." She was confident it would be a success. She began to hand the tickets out, giving a handful of roughly twenty to each member, with plenty more left for anyone who sold out. She also had some to pass on to those who weren't at the meeting at that point.
"Okay, so does anyone have any questions about the fundraising or anything else?" The fundraising was important, but it's not the reason anyone was there, Jade knew. They came to enthuse about horses, and she didn't want to delay them too long.
(OOC: I'll put up a post on the OOC board closer to the fair for people to register their ticket purchases, and winners will be drawn from that list. The winner of the prize for selling the most tickets will be decided by the number of IC mentions of your character selling the tickets. Feel free to put (T) for ticket in your subject line so I can find your mention. Any questions, post them here IC or on the OOC board, or in chatzy.)
Subthreads: Horses, fundraisers, and food... GREAT combo! by Abigail Thornton with Jade
Overwhelmed! by Darina Porter
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Abigail Thornton
September 04, 2013 3:36 PM
Horses, fundraisers, and food... GREAT combo! by Abigail Thornton
Abigail was very excited about Horse Club. There was something about the idea of talking about and actually getting to see real live horses that made the third year even more excited about the club. The fact that they were going to have a booth at the Fair also helped. Abi wasn’t really one for dealing with a load of people and any of her sisters or cousins would know that. The thing was, nobody else really did, unless they noticed she really didn’t get involved in too much.When the Crotalus saw Jade’s sign for the meeting at 4:30 on Tuesday, she excitedly jotted down a few ideas she had for the club and whatnot. Four days later, she went into Cascade Hall for the meeting with a big smile on her face. She walked towards Jade and watched as she pulled the scrapbook out for them and told them that she had a story for them and an important announcement about fundraising. Abi watched and listened carefully to Jade as she spoke. When Jade explained the fair booth, Abi smiled. It was something she was actually okay with helping with herself, Good. she thought to herself as Jade spoke on.
Abi looked down at the notes she’d jotted down and ripped them up when she realized that some of what she had on there was already being used and the rest of it now looked ridiculous. Jade spoke on about raffles and just as the third year was smiling before, a frown showed up. I have to talk to people and sell tickets? Abi thought, wondering how well that would work for her. At least I have my family that I can sell too… she thought as she decided she was going to raise her hand and wait for Jade to call on her. She only thought it would be right to raise her hand rather than to speak out, out of turn. But still, she waited till Jade finished talking and asked if there were any questions.
“Can we sell them to family and friends and whatnot who aren’t here at school too? Or just to the people from here?” Abi asked Jade, wondering, because she was sure she could get her whole family to buy from her and also from Rina who sat there next to her, open mouthed at the whole idea. She saw the look on her cousin’s face and she couldn’t help but almost laugh at the fact that she could see the gears moving in her head already.
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Darina Porter
September 04, 2013 3:37 PM
Overwhelmed! by Darina Porter
Darina’s cousin Abi had told her about the Horse Club Meeting and Rina was so excited about everything she’d been doing extra-curricular style. However, her grades were slipping of sorts, so as much as she wanted to go to the meeting, she had work to do as well. So her books were with her while she was sitting there. And when she swapped to eating she’d be doing some work along with it. Rina guessed that she’d be up most of the night trying to finish her work for the next day, but she wasn’t afraid of a little lack of sleep. She’d catch up on that later on.She was reading one of her texts when Jade spoke nearby. Rina dog-eared the page she was on and closed her book so she wouldn’t lose her page and looked up to the leader of the Horse Club. Rina listened carefully to Jade, as usual, and grinned from ear to ear about the story she’d be telling. Jade spoke up about the Fair booth and the raffle and Rina’s eyes glittered with happiness. I can sell ice to an Eskimo! This is gonna be easy! she thought to herself as she smiled towards her cousin Abi.
Jade passed out some of the tickets and Rina swore to herself that not only would she sell the ones in her hand, but that she’d sell much more than that and she’d be the winner for selling the most tickets to boot. Abi asked if family and friends not at school could have raffles sold to them and Rina waited patiently for the answer, as she’d been curious about the same question!
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Jade
September 17, 2013 3:34 PM
Thanks; I am a genius. by Jade
The first question to come was from Abi, which Jade didn't find very surprising - Abi seemed to be chatty a lot of the time, particularly when it was about horses (which, admittedly, was all Jade would ever talk to her about, as that was where their acquaintanceship ended). Jade frowned initially at the words she heard, as she was pretty sure she'd just said to sell the tickets to friends and family, so hadn't a clue why Abi was just asking if they could. The addition about selling them outside of school was telling, however; Jade guessed that with someone who was so heavily burdened with family inside the school walls might forget that not everyone had family inside the school."Yeah, sell them to whoever you want," Jade said, her tone perhaps with the slightest hint of derision. "I don't care who buys the tickets," she said, "I just care that we raise enough money to go to a ranch next year. That's what all this is about guys, don't forget it," she said, hoping that yet another reminder of why she was giving them such tedious homework might create some enthusiasm amongst them. "As long as we have some way of contacting someone in case they win, you can sell them anywhere. In fact, if you guys like the sound of the prizes," and who wouldn't? They were awesome prizes, "feel free to buy a load of tickets yourselves. I'll be doing the draw, and I'll be blindfolded or something, it will be totally random, so I don't see why club members can't enter, too." Besides, several of the clubs members came from families with money, so they were bound to be able to support the trip in this discreet and indirect fashion.
"Any other questions or comments?" Jade asked the group. She tried to be approachable, and knew that she would raise more money if she could get everyone on board, so she did her best not to look impatient while waiting for some sort of indicative response.
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