Our meeting on December 18th was by far the best! It was nice to see so many new faces there! We covered the shifts and positions that were still needed, and I'm very happy to report that all have been filled! Now to get more people signed up to attend the Brunch!
To do that, we will be contacting local food banks and visit the RV park in Buckley on Monday. We will have tickets printed out and will leave some with the food banks for distribution to families who come to them for help this week. We only have a few days to do this, but I have no doubt in my mind that we will have plenty of people to serve. This is the week where many will be stressing over what they will do for their children on Christmas, and we will be there to offer a solution. I knew everything would come together at the last moment, although I admit, I didn't think it would happen only days before the event. Still, we are prepared and ready! We have received so many cash, food and non-food donations in the past week!! We have $290 in cash donations, which will be matched $0.50 on the dollar for an extra $145!!! We definitely have the funds to cover everything needed for our very first event! And and all funds leftover will be saved and put towards our next event, the Easter Brunch! We have closed our account with Chase bank after learning of the fees we were not informed of upon opening the account. Instead of the $10 fees being imposed on all other accounts beginning in January - we learned that our account was subject to a $12 a month fee if we did not use our debit card at least 5 times each month! And we still have not received that card! So we will be depositing all funds into BECU once we get together the necessary paperwork that they have requested. Instead of just our business licence, as Chase required, we will also need to provide them with copies of our Articles of Incorporation and our Bylaws before we can open the account. I am working on obtaining those documents at this time. Oh, and Chase also charged us $25 just to close the account! Nice, huh? It was still a better option than paying $36 in monthly fees for the 90 days required to close the account for free. We will be meeting at the Buckley Library on December 23rd at 6pm to make swags and wreaths! We distributed wrapping paper to those who attended our last meeting for them to take home and cut to size for the window board covers. On Christmas Eve, we will meet at the hall at 6pm and begin decorating
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