Fundraiser Success!

Leah C.

February 12, 2010 - 4:00 PM

I must say, the rose fundraiser was a success! Thanks to the members of HKSA we've raised a little over $200 by selling Hershey kiss roses. Without them, the process of making each rose would have taken us weeks. I cannot explain how thankful I am for our fellow members and friends who showed up to our rose making workshops. The handful that were involved proved to me that HKSA has some great dedicated members. Even my urgent cry for more roses didn't fail. A number of members came to the rescue and made another 200 roses to fill in the pre-orders requested. This is what drives me to run the Hong Kong Student Association. It is the events we put on and the dedicated students that motivates me to lead.

At 8 am, the day of the sale, I woke up, quickly got dressed and gathered all the roses from my room. My better half Karen, CO-President, was waiting for me at 8:30 in front of the Duck Store. She had called me earlier because she couldn't get the tables and chairs out since I had the table request receipt, so I ran as fast as I could to meet her. From 8:30am to 12:00pm I was running back and forth to the fundraising table. I was only supposed to set-up and come back at 2, but there were a few things that were needed. The first time was the club banner. I didn't have my keys and had to run back to my room, then to the HKSA office for the banner, and back to the Duck Store. The second time I forgot my camera. There was also a confrontation at the Duck Store regarding a police arrest that was partly my fault.... I had stayed at the table until the situation had passed (more on that in next week's blog). After that I went to class, stopped by again to check on the volunteers, as well as to wrap up some more bouquets.

It was a busy day and I had to leave for Portland at 3pm to spend Chinese New Years at home. In between, I got food, packed, did a little cleaning, and finally settled at the table again for my actual shift. It was a very long day, and it was really sweet to see and hear everyone who came by to purchase our roses. Many of our costumers were husbands who bought bouquets for their wives. We also met a mother who was working on a "Guns and Roses" project for her son. The best costumer by far was probably a guy who bought a rose and presented it to his girlfriend in front of us. It was definitely a sweet day.