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Thursday Thoughts
November 13, 2008
Carlton Rider, Principal |
Last week I mentioned that I would address
some of possible changes that we may need to
be looking at if our enrollment continues a
downward spiral in the next few years. Since
this will be a topic at our board meeting
this week, I felt that it would be better to
wait until next week to begin addressing the
issue in my Thursday Thoughts. Stay tuned!
I want to sincerely thank all those who had
anything to do with the success of this
year’s Holiday Happening. There
are simply too many people to thank and if I
start I am afraid that I will leave someone
out so I’ll keep my thanks general but
sincere.
According to some information given to me on
Tuesday, the Saturday total was $6,539.76
and Sunday was $9,270.02 for a total
business activity of $15,809.78. In
addition, both the live and silent auctions
have taken in $18,719.00 for a combined
total of $34,528.78. There are still a
number of items to be picked up and paid for
in the silent auction so that total will
grow in the days to come. It would appear
that this year’s Holiday Happening will be
more profitable than last year’s event in
spite of the current shape of the economy.
Again, thanks to all who helped in any way
to making this year’s event such a success.
When we talk about the Holiday Happening
there is more to this event than just making
money. The fellowship, people meeting people
and working with each other for a common
cause as well as the exposure of our
facility to those in our community can not
be given a monetary value. The economy has
forced all of us to reevaluate where we are
and where we are going and to possibly set
new priorities in our lives. It would be my
hope that Catholic education, although
expensive, would continue to be a top
priority for many if not all of our parents.
As an up-date to what I wrote a couple of
days ago, I received more current figures
that I would like to share with you. The
figures above did not include our raffle
ticket totals and other income. There are
still silent auction items to be included as
well as a $500.00 contribution from Kohl’s
Department Store that have not been factored
into these figures but, nonetheless, these
are impressive figures. As of November 13th
total Holiday Happening Sales came to
$15,809.78; Main Raffle Sales Prior to the
Holiday Happening were $9,393.35 and the
current Auction Deposits stand at $18,719.00
for a total of $43,922.13. That is quite
impressive considering the economic
environment we live in today! More reason to
thank all those involved in this year’s
event!
Previous Messages:
November 6, 2008
October 30, 2008
October 23, 2008
October 16, 2008
October 9, 2008
October 2, 2008
September 25, 2008
September 18, 2008
September 11, 2008
September 4, 2008
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