About That Tricky Tray.. I Just Want To Say_Chapter 14 (Closed)
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As for your racehorse event, I am not sure I understand totally. Do your volunteers want the entire amount of the money for the tickets sold to go to your cause? People need to have an incentive to buy tickets and winning money is a big incentive. I find that while people may support a cause, they will support it more if they get something back.
Our grand prize (value $450-$750) tickets will be $5 each or value of 5 tickets for $20.
The super grand prize (value $1000) tickets will be $10 or value of 3 tickets for $25 or 4 for $30. Can't remember what we decided on the value.
Trickytraycherry I am not sure I understand what you are asking in regards to the horse race. I agree with your coworkers in that you are there to raise funds, but also agree that if people think they will win big they are more inclined to buy tickets.
When and where is your tricky tray?
We decided on our grand and super grand prices. We did it based on pricing at a bunch of recent, local tricky trays.
Grands will be $5 each with a value of 5 tickets for $20. Super grand will be $10 each with a value of 3 tickets for $20. Personally I think you could even do 3 tickets for $25 or 4 tickets for $30.
Trying to not scare away ticket buyers but to encourage them to buy a number of value packs.
Deciding on pricing is tough as you don't want to give them away. But I've also been to a bunch of recent TTs where prices were so high I bought hardly any tickets, and I do spend a fair amount at these things.
As for your horse racing thing, people buy tickets/horses so they can get something back. In most cases people don't really care about the cause. But we hard to raise money for the cause so have in my opinion dividing in half what each gets or maybe a little more skewed towards the winner would be good. I have to assume it is just a side thing and not the bulk of where your proceeds will come from.
KathyH
What are your value pack prices?
And hey, when is yours?
Our tricky tray is 5/14 in Manville. Our last one was in 2009 and after that one we decided to only have them every other year. One it is a ton of work, and two we thought that if we hold every year eventually our donations will lessen and our baskets will suffer because of it. I've been to some tts where is is their third year or so, the first year they have great baskets but by the third year baskets are meager.
In 2009 we did get first runner up for tt of the year and OLMV only narrowly beat us out.
Our TT has been sold out since March 8th and we currently have a wait list.
Time is getting close so we are starting to get nervous. I always worry when holding any fundraiser. You just really want everything to go right.
We work really hard to do that. We have done a ton of research to figure out what works and what doesn't and try to make it the best it can be.
KathyH
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A lot of hard work from a lot of volunteers went in putting it together. We also have gone to a lot of TTs to figure you what makes a good TT vs a poorly run one.
We welcome any comments, positive and constructive critcism. Our next TT will be in 2013 and we aim to have that one be even better than this one.
We already know a couple of changes we need to make, add a couple more ticket selling tables, add another 50/50 seller team and move the door prize stub jar away from the ticket tables.
Otherwise we feel things ran pretty smoothly.
Thank you to everyone who attended. We hope you had a great time.
KathyH
We are opening ticket sales for you NOW! Also, Trifecta Pack Vouchers (value packs) are on presale as well. $54 worth of tickets for $50 - save $4, but more of a convenience so you dont have to worry about buying a Trifecta Pack the night of the event. They will also be $54 that night.
Parties of 8, 9 & 10 may reserve a table with your payments, but those tables are limited.
Please contact me at triplecrowntrickytray@mail.com for tickets. Thanks!
Check out our updated listing with new prizes.
julie
All in all a very good time though. Don't know I would nominate it for Best Tricky Tray though, been to better ones.
Already have in the notes that next time, more diet soda. At our first TT two years ago we had tons of left over soda, this year we had almost none.
As for a coupon for a free soda, we feel that we already give a lot of added value with the $15 admission. You get the standard level one ticket, coffee and tea, desserts plus hot appetizers which also included full size hot dogs. Also everyone got a bag of Herrs chips. We pay for all of the above, none of it is donated so figured if people had to buy a soda for a $1 they wouldn't mind too much.
And point taken about the number of people. Honestly our committee went back and forth a million times on how many people to allow. We had a wait list that started on March 8th. The hall set up for 376 people and we had 350 tickets sold. Out of that 350 tickets, 16 of those were volunteers who never took a seat. So there were 42 empty chairs scattered throughout the hall, and we still had people we did not call from the wait list.
The only way we could make it less crowded would be to remove a row of tables and sell only 300 tickets.
Honestly we did try to maximize the money raised. Due to municipal budget cuts the Friends group this year has had to pick up an extra $30,000 in medical expenses over and above what we give to the shelter every year. That covers the lives of a lot of animals. I realize that most people when attending a TT don't care that much about the cause, they just want to win. I'm guilty of that too.
We tried to make as much money as we could without making everyone feel too crammed in. I'm sorry that you were squished.
Thank you to everyone who attended, we didn't reach our fundraising goals but that just means we'll have to work harder throughout the year.
KathyH
There are still plenty of tickets if you are interested, but we will sell out so please email us at triplecrowntrickytray@mail.com for ticket information.
Trifecta Pack Vouchers (value packs) are on presale as well. $48 worth of tickets for $45 - save $3, but more of a convenience so you dont have to worry about buying a Trifecta Pack the night of the event. They will also be $48 that night.
Parties of 8, 9 & 10 may reserve a table with your payments, but those tables are limited.
Check out our updated listing with new prizes. Keuring and Kindle have arrived. Coloina Golf & Country Club donated a round of golf for 4 and cart rental for the day - $450 value!
Just wanted to say something about the "6 Hours Trick Tray in Jersey City for "animals Need You" on Jan 30, 2011. I was part of the team who ran it. The 5 women who volunteered to run it never did this before and worked together before. To say that "Murphy's Law" was with us every step of the way - says it all. We were hit by the flu, snow storms, car break downs, help and gifts, food/soda donations and promised gifts that never happened or came in the day of the event. Never-the-less - The Animal lovers that came were very generous, the women who cooked last minute did a great job and we were able to buy lots of food and vet care for the street animals we care for. Our second event in April was much better and better organized.(thank goodness)and we promise to get better each time we have an event. Thank you all who attended - Thank you for your support.
We were at that TT. We know all the things that were going on there and we totally understand what you had to overcome to make the event happen. The only REAL Problem, the problem that made it a 6 hour event, was the caller/head of the event. She clearly had her own agenda with disregard for what the attendees were going through for hours. She dressed in a very revealing gown and decided this was going to be a social event with her as the star. People were begging her to get started to no avail. She continued to socialize, visit every table and chat and jump up on the platform and make idiotic comments. When she finally got going it was like pulling teeth to get through each prize as she called out to friends, made jokes etc. Finally and mercifully, someone decided to take a microphone and start calling from the floor leaving her on stage telling them to bring all the gifts to her to call. We are animal lovers who will continue to support your group and events but PLEASE we only beg of you to find another way for her to volunteer besides calling. I understand she works hard for your very good cause but it is not fair to expect people to pay money to watch her perform. There are many clubs and other venues to choose from if she wants to perform on an amateur level.
There is also no event that the organizers do not put in untold hours/days/weeks/months of effort. The key here, is UNTOLD. We are attending for the event (stop - do not go further). Too many committees, usually first timers, feel the need to impress everyone with what they feel was an extraordinary effort that they put in. Some commttees purchase gifts for themselves (as a thank you) while others present armsfull of roses and rounds of applause. It all takes time and detracts from the actual cause.
These events are not about the committee. If you want to have a comedy fundraiser, hire a commedian.
Just draw those numbers fairly and get on with announcing the winners.
because we do share info like that and there are always alternative events for the TT enthusasts.
I saw lots of TT regulars at the Mt Olive event last weekend. The committee for this years event stepped up their game and the prizes were plentiful and higher value. Unfortunately they more than doubled the ticket prices for regular trays. I'm thinking the prize value stepped up to where normal TTs are and they should consider the normal price of $5 for sheets with a maybe 5 for #20.
What I really expected to see posted was comments about the shifting of tickets in the big prize area. There was a large basket of several bottles of wine next to a private dance lesson. The placement of that particular big prize table along with no lids on the containers allowed for the mysterious migration of large amounts of tickets from the overflowing wine prize to the ignored dance lesson prize. By the time winners were drawn, the dance lesson prize had twice as many tickets as the wine basket.
Heads up TT committees! People cheat, whether they are the sweet greatgrandmother walking with a cane, your overworked committee members or the TT junkie who buys hundreds of dollars of tickets. Times are tough and some feel that cheating at these charitable events is a victimless crime. Look at the police reports and see how shoplifting has increased. Keep your events fair.
Our Kindle and Barnes & Noble gift card basket, our Cricut and our Pandora bracelet with charms have all arrived!
We are filling ticket requests on a weekly basis, so once you send your request, you should have your tickets within a week to 10 days.
Remember to note on the request form that you would like a copy of the porogram emailed to you ahead of time...saves times and lets you know EXACTLY where you want to go and where those prizes will be located.
Tickets still available, reservations of tables for groups of 8 or more are filling up quickly.
Thanks everyone, hope to see you in November!
Tickets still available. All trickytray.com ticket requests have been filled as of 7/25. If you do not receive your tickets by Friday 7/29 please contact me.
Hope to see you there! TripleCrownTrickyTray@mail.com
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