Right after Shannon & Clay's wedding, we had a huge event for Halloween... along with running Planned to Perfection, I am also the Special Events Director for Ridgeline Church. We transformed the park in Cortessa into a carnival, complete with games and inflatables for the little ones, a "Rock Band" Stage and paint ball range for the teens and tons of CANDY!!! We offer a safe alternative to trick or treating door to door. This was our second year, we had close to 80 volunteers pull this event off for over 1200 attendees. It took months of planning, organizing, building, painting, marketing and a little smoozing to get the number of volunteers needed. Just before we opened the gates, I muttered "I'm never doing this again", with less than 20 hours of sleep that entire week before the event, I was ready to hand over the reigns to another committee member, I was exhausted...
But by the end of the night I was exhilerated, a renewed spirit, I was functioning on pure adrenalin, seeing all of our hard work come to fruition. The event turned out better than anyone could have imagined. The community really appreciated it, the results were phenomenal! After seeing all of the kids smiling faces and their parents thanking us for the safe, fun, well lit environment, I was ready to do it all over again. I went back to my office, made my post event notes and we'll be gearing up in a few more months to do it all again!
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All the best & 'til next time,
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