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Monday, August 27, 2018

2018 Fall Carnival Planning Meeting Friday 8/31 at 9:30 AM

We will have a planning meeting for SHM's 2018 Carnival on Friday, August 31, at 9:30 AM!

It's time to make final preparations for our Fall Carnival that is only 2 months away!!!

If you can't come, please email your suggestions or comments!!!

Here is the current agenda for the meeting, please let me know if you have any suggestions/additions:

Carnival topics:

Recap of 2017 Carnival:  Carnival brought in $9,267.42 total, with expenses of $4,095.68, that's a profit of $5,171.75, but a big caveat is that not all the expenses are reflected because some things were purchased and leftover from the previous year.

Date and time of Carnival:  The date has been chosen: Friday, November 2. But we still need to discuss hours for the Carnival.

Food:  Last year it was only tacos, nachos, quesadillas, etc.  Previous years there was also burgers. Most profit comes from doing the food ourselves unless a vendor is willing to donate.  But doing it ourselves requires manpower. Also to discuss location, but maybe at a later meeting.

Fundraising:  Possible sponsorships, signage, booths?  Ideas?

Promotion:  Ideas for more promotion of the event to the community.  Ie. mentions in Church bulletins, more neighborhood signage.  Ideas?

Attractions:  see attached attraction totals from 2017
Band:  Texas Soul Beats (was unavailable in 2017, but performed all previous years in English and Spanish)
Cake walk:  was very popular last year.  Line up more pastry donations
Prizes:  Do we have enough prizes for the games?  Need an inventory and order more if necessary.

Volunteers:  Parent/Teacher volunteers, Tarleton volunteers were extremely helpful last year, maybe even some volunteers from Christ Chapel.

Leadership areas:  Food, Attractions, Sponsorships, Promotion/Signage, Volunteer coordinator

attachment to agenda:  Ticket income by attraction from last year's Carnival: