ISSUE 2 | WINTER 2019
IN THIS ISSUE • Holiday Shoppes Recap • Council Reports • Sustainer News • Webinar Wednesday • 100th Anniversary Update • Condolences and Congratulations • Book Club
Stocking Stuffer Day with The Salvation Army • December 14, 2019 • 9:30 AM-11:30 AM • The Oncenter
Happy New Year! January GMM ¥ January 14, 2020 • Meeting 6:30 PM ¥ CNY Philanthropy Center Rescue Mission-Dining Room Prep • January 7, 2020 • 1:00-7:00 PM Rescue Mission-Design & Paint • January 11, 2020 ¥ 11:00 AM-5:00 PM Check the member’s website for full registration and event details.
Holiday
SHOPPES Thank you to everyone for another successful Holiday Shoppes! It’s hard to believe that we are in our 24th year of Holiday Shoppes - without our strong member commitment, we never would have made it this far. Pre-sale tickets sold through the JLS office, JLS website and Wegmans:772; General Admission Tickets: 2,982: Comp Tickets: 53; Return Entry Tickets: 13; Veteran’s Discount Tickets: 20; Total: 3,840. We slightly adjusted show hours on Friday and are happy to report that gate numbers that day were up. Overall gate numbers are slightly higher than 2018 Holiday Shoppes. We will discuss the new hours after reviewing our financial information and merchant feedback, and will decide how to proceed in 2020. Our “Socks for a Cause” fundraiser was a success again this year, thanks to our member support. It is great to see members taking ownership of this cause –not only selling socks during Holiday Shoppes but also sharing the fundraiser with family and friends. Overall, sock sales are slightly higher than last year. At the time of this printing sock sales were $3,000 (approximately $2,000 in proceeds to the league PLUS 215 pairs of warm, winter socks for us to distribute to our community partners). Overall (approximate figures)- The weekend total for gate sales: $24,000, Raffle $3,300 and merchant booth sales: $63,000. There were 112 merchants at the show, 142 booths. We did distribute and collect merchant surveys again this year. Many merchants had great shows and provided us with some valuable feedback throughout the weekend. One thing mentioned consistently was the organization, support, and general friendliness of JLS members (YOU DID THAT!). Overall we had about a 25% return rate on merchant Continued on page 2 The Junior League of Syracuse, Inc. • The NOTES • Winter 2019 | 1