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Orchid Society Fund Raisers
The question is what does your society or one you know well do to
raise funds? This is not asking each member to pay dues or kick in a donation. How do you get enough money each year to hire speakers and pay their airfares? Denver has a Spring show which is for the purpose of raising funds for the Society's year. The real purpose is a sale of plants by the society to the general public rather than a show and vendors for the members to buy from. We get about 200 blooming plants in March, mostly Phal. some dendrobium and some mixed intergeneric or cattleya. These plants have sold at $20 or 3 for $50. most years. This gives us enough space for the expenses of the show (judges and helpers food, sales tax, & shipping) and a profit to run the society on. Because shipping can eat a large part of the profits, we have to watch the overall cost delivered. The President's Contest: The President picks a cross and buys about 20 unbloomed seedlings. These are sold in lunch bag disguise at $10 a plant. The first bloomed plant is awarded $50, $35 for the second, and $15 for the third. The cross is not identified until after the first is bloomed. Then the hybrid's name is announced and tags become available for all plants purchased. Some years this contest goes into the 2 year. So this year many of the plants were in spike. 3 bloomed within a week of each other. Which is first is still debated. Monthly we have donations from members of divisions, AOS magazines or books. These are sold at such a discount that the income is insignificant. The society allows members to sell plants at tables in the back of the meeting room. The speaker may or may not also be there with a collection to sell. We like it if they do bring things. We have only one commercial gh locally. SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php |
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