Home Tour Countdown by Evelyn Montgomery
Fall will be here before you know it-and so will our fall home tour. It is time to get down to the business of marketing our tour so we have lots of visitors and sponsors. Remember, the profits go to improving Buckner Park, a project that will help the whole neighborhood, so we all want the home tour to be successful. There are many volunteer slots to be filled, large and small. We have a place for you, whatever time and talents you have to offer. We are looking for:
- Home tour committee members. Help plan the event and lend a hand with the many details along the way.
- Marketing/sales people who can go out and get sponsorship money and in-kind donations from local businesses.
- I know we have some great salespeople in our neighborhood.
- House Captains, one for each house. Sometimes the owner of the show house is the captain, sometimes they want someone else to help. House captains plan the route people will follow through the house, placement of docents and what they will say. Captains line up docent volunteers and help the homeowner get ready.
- Silent Auction, a big money maker in the past. We need a committee member to coordinate getting the donated auction items and to arrange the sale.
- Event workers. Docents for the houses, help to set up the party and clean up afterwords, take tickets, auction
volunteers, put up signs. - Kids can help as well. We need adorable tykes to
staff lemonade stands. Do you know a cute kid?
Please contact me at drevelynmontgomery@sbcglobal.net with any and all offers of home-tour help.