Soup-er Bowl

Since we aren't going down to New Orleans until April this year, we decided we had time to add in a couple more fundraisers. The Soup-er Bowl was a fundraiser the group had done a few years ago. Considering holding the event would be fairly simple and low cost, the group agreed to try running it again. Being the soup-fanatic and lover of quality puns that I am, I volunteered to chair the fundraiser. We made numerous phone calls, typed up forms and letters that were mailed out to over 40 restaurants, and sent out emails to parents and faculty. The decorations group worked hard to find the most perfect football-related Patriots vs. Seahawks decorations, the raffle group sold tickets at lunches, the advertisement group made a new and improved eye-catching flyer, the set-up group configured the cafeteria tables and made a sign up sheet for power strips and extension cords, the contest group designed a system for voting and made awards for the champions, and the donations group managed to get plenty of breadsticks and desserts donated from local restaurants.

    

As with all other fundraisers, the night of the Soup-er Bowl came and things were hectic. Last minute we realized a couple of things we had forgotten and had to buy/search for them. Nonetheless, everything came together quite nicely and the rest of the night went off without a hitch. We had a great playlist playing, people were really getting into the competition aspect of it all, and most notably, we were all having fun (weird, right?). While we did not receive any soup donations from restaurants, we did receive a whole lot of support form friends and families who donated 10 soups, 3 chilis, and 2 chowders. Congratulations to Nancy Hynes who was the overall winner with her delicious corn chowder.

Dominique