Creative Caring in Quota

AROUND QUOTA'S WORLD
A Bouquet of Quota Caring

AROUND QUOTA'S WORLD
Catering Boosts Club Coffers

UNITED STATES
Bakersfield Quota Includes Beneficiaries in Service Projects

AROUND QUOTA'S WORLD
A Bouquet of Quota Caring

Quota clubs around the world blossom in service to their communities. Many clubs consider it a GREAT IDEA to feature flowers in major club events, too!

Roses…

Rose shows bring in significant income to Australian Quota clubs in New South Wales. Gardeners compete in a rose show and cocktail party sponsored by QI of Goulburn that generates healthy community spirit as well as nearly Aus.$1,500 for club coffers.

Meanwhile, club members join in the competition in QI of Wagga Wagga's fledgling annual event, which nets around Aus.$1,000 for club service to a local nursing home. The Wagga Wagga club also partners with the local Rotary Club to sponsor an art show that brings in more than Aus.$11,000 annually!

Geraniums and Carnations…

Two clubs in America's Midwest sell summer flowers each year. The "Bloomin' Geranium Sale" brings in more than U.S.$2,000 for QI of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Club members pre-sell the plants and organize the event to coincide with "Administrative Assistants Week," making recognition for office workers easy for local bosses. In Ohio, QI of Alliance sells carnations in a park booth earning nearly U.S.$5,500 for a day's work.

Daffodils…

Many Australian Quota clubs participate in Daffodil Day, a nationwide fund-raiser for the Cancer Council. QI of Cessnock, New South Wales (pictured above), operates three stalls in their community, selling flowers and gift items that bring in well over Aus.$9,000 for research. "We give our all, regardless of the weather," says past club president Marcia Maybury. "We get out there and sell, sell, sell, because we have all been touched by cancer."

Quota clubs of Forster-Tuncurry, New South Wales, (pictured above) and Boonah, Queensland, operate stalls in their communities as well. Members work feverishly to cellophane wrap hundreds of daffodils with filler flowers and greenery and tie each bouquet with a ribbon before sales begin. In addition, clubs create bouquets of other purple and yellow flowers to sell. The Boonah members bring food dishes for a potluck dinner for volunteers at the end of the "very long day."

Mother's Day Posies
A pair of Australian Quota clubs focuses on flowers for Mother's Day. QI of Townsville, Queensland, assembles and sells colorful posies at a roadside stand, bringing in over Aus.$3,000 in this annual fund-raiser. Meanwhile, QI of Coffs Harbor creates a service project from their bouquets. Club members meet over coffee and cake the day before Mother's Day to assemble some 550 posies that they bring to local nursing home residents. "It's a great social event for us and brings a lot of pleasure to elderly members of our community," notes past club president Ruth Palmer.

Lessons from the Flowers
A recent newsletter from the Quota club of Temple City, California, U.S.A., included a poem appropriate to our floral news:

AROUND QUOTA'S WORLD
Catering Boosts Club Coffers

Quota clubs around the world find treasure in food. Check out these GREAT IDEAS from five groups with recipes for success!

The Five Cities Quota Club in California, U.S.A., raises about U.S.$3,000 for club service with its annual enchilada sale. Every club member participates in pre-selling the delicious Mexican fare, gathering to cook, and manning the carryout booth on the day of the sale. Some of the enchiladas are frozen for a later date, when the club caters a meal at the local People's Kitchen in Grover Beach.

Several clubs in New South Wales, Australia, count on catering to boost club coffers. Members say working together to prepare and serve food makes the effort both fun and profitable.

The Casino Quota Club is famous for donuts, sold at a number of events from their Quota Caravan. But when catering a Charity Golf Day or day at the races, members prepare more substantial fare, featuring hot beef rolls. Past club president Jannie Stevens says catering "is proving a winner for our club, because we have fun while we make money."

The Wellington Quota Club is famous locally for their hamburger-catering event during the Wellington Vintage Fair. Meanwhile, the Coonamble Quota Club partners with the local Lion's Club to cater the annual "come-by-chance Picnic Races" in their community, and the Gunnedah Quota Club caters an annual clearing sale in their town. Each club raises around Aus.$1,500 for service and considers these events their most successful annual fund-raisers.

UNITED STATES
Bakersfield Quota Includes Beneficiaries in Service Projects

With four deaf club members who rely on sign language interpreters to help them communicate during club functions and one member with a cochlear implant, QI of Bakersfield, California, U.S.A., knows the needs of hearing-impaired people. Since most of their club service benefits the deaf community, they developed a GREAT IDEA by including local deaf individuals in major fund-raisers, too.

At the club's Casino Night, four deaf individuals were recruited as blackjack dealers, which delighted nearly 30 deaf attendees who were able to play the card game in sign. A sign language instructor served as Master of Ceremonies, accompanied by a sign interpreter who also circulated through the crowd, helping as needed when the emcee wasn't speaking. In addition, 16 local deaf persons volunteered to help the club set up and take down the event.

At the end of the night, the club's net profit totaled U.S.$5,425, which will be returned to the deaf community in service.

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