This year we hosted the eagerly awaited Christmas Party. Each year we try to come up with something different to show our guests that we are not only Real Estate Agents but we are Dads, Mums, Sisters and this year extremely good cooks.
At Christmas each year we like to raise funds for a local charity and each year we create a new theme. In previous years we've donated to the Paddy's Van which is co-ordinated by St Patrick's College Shorncliffe to feed the homeless, locally and in the City, they do such a wonderful job! This year we were privileged to have the Salvation Army come along and sing Christmas carols. They were absolutely amazing, just like angels.
Once confirmed that they would be singing, it was decided that they would be the charity that would receive the funds this year, so we put our heads together and came up with a silent auction, but what to auction!!! So we decided that our expertise outside of Real Estate was cooking, so we all set out to cook some Christmas treats. Everyone got on board and they all came up with some exciting items, like a traditional Christmas Cake, Chocolate Ball, Rum Balls, Apricot Balls, White Christmas, Chocolate crackles and the best of all a large Ginger Bread House.
A Silent Auction enables each individual to enter a price that they would pay for a particular item. The auction process was opened for 1 hour and the bidding began. Gradually each person places their bid and in the last 5 minutes is usually a frenzy or rush to enter their last bid. Once all bids are entered each treat was delivered to their new owner. The highest amount paid was for the Ginger Bread House at $110 which was amazing and made by Fiona. The next item was the traditional Christmas Cake with fondue icing at $90 made by Gai. Overall the money raised through the Auction was $635.00. We've even had orders for next year already! We must be extremely good cooks.
The Salvation Army and our guests were absolutely blown away by the wonderful assortment of treats that our staff made as they all thought that we had just purchased the items. It was a credit to Leanne, Sue, Fiona and Kym. Next year we'll have another exciting theme to organise.
