1. Setup - Day has been moved up to Monday Oct 29th.
. The Mall has confirmed that our layout platform will be ready and available for us to begin the setup on Oct 29th. The Board of Directors voted today to go in as soon as we can. Time is still 8am. That way we take full advantage of all the time available to prepare for opening day on November 10th.
2. We will sponsor a free Train Drawing. MGRS plans to give away a new ready to run Thomas Train Set to some lucky person! The Mall will setup a nice looking display case at a convenient spot around our layout to show off the boxed prize with a professional looking poster explaining what we are doing. We do not have to handle anything! The Mall will provide the entry slips and record and pass along the contact information to us. We expect a large number of people will be interested. Santa Claus will draw out the winning name. Some little boy or girl will be excited to receive a great Christmas present and we will benefit from excellent publicity and contact with the public.
3. A Fantastic Fund Raising Opportunity for MGRS. Because we are a non-profit organization the Mall has offered us and excellent opportunity to raise money. There is an opening that just occurred that we could fill. It involves either 2 or 3 days (Dec 13, 14 or 15th) that we could run the gift wrapping area which will be setup right next to where we will be running our trains. The hours are the same as ours, actually 1 hour less. The Mall provides all the supplies. Paper, tape, bows, boxes. Gift wrapping is free but there is a sign that suggests donation amounts. Here is the exciting part for us. Because this is an official fund raising activity we are allowed to keep all the money that is donated for wrapping gifts. The Mall estimates that we would receive $3,000 per day! We have never conducted a fund raiser like this but the Board of Directors has recommended that we pursue the opportunity and contact members and family members to help raise volunteers.
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