What a great time we had this past Monday hosting the company to Halloween fun with hot dogs, costumes, and camaraderie. It was great to pick up the tradition from past years of throwing a Halloween shin dig including good times, good food, and good people. We even got to showcase our club.
It was awesome to see how we all pulled together to pull off the event. It had a rocky start, with no electricity to heat up the dogs and other what-nots, but we managed to get started in the nick of time. A lot of Toastmasters leadership training shone through from planning and implementation to organizing and delegation with public relations and time management thrown in. As busy as we all are, we made time to successfully throw an event and kept smiling through it all! That is what we are all about.
I would like to give special shout outs to:
- Sara Brunner who headed up the decorations committee and made sure to decorate even though she was sick and working on a priority project that day! True grit.
- I would also like to specially thank Stacy Franks who came in on her day off to help. Now, that is dedication.
- Thanks to Kathy Leu from getting away from her pressing end of the month work to set up and serve the food and drink station. She was quick to help head up the hospitality committee when asked knowing that would be a crazy time for her. We had a good time shopping for the food!
- Thanks to Patrick Tyczynski and Martina Chambliss for being awesome and buying much needed extras for the event in their limited spare time.
- A HUGE thanks to Art Leuterman for all his help setting up and breaking down.
- James Stark and Nathan Rife were instrumental in helping Sara start decorating early for the event. This was a big undertaking considering how hard it is to get away from work.
- Stella Zepeda, Autumn Lewis, Rosemary Mayo, Tamesha Wells, and Carol Lowry significantly helped out with last minute details in order to help our club have a successful event. They are not even members but wanted to help out any way. Thanks so much, ladies!
- Facilities was reliable and responsive in helping us out in a pinch and making sure we had plenty of tables and chairs for our guests and setups.
- Eric Ngo you rocked the camera! Thanks for taking on the task when asked last minute :-)
- A big thanks to all who helped bring in coolers and slow cookers for the event; Min Liu, Stacy Franks, LaShaunda Johnson, Stacy Franks, and Sara Brunner.
- Thanks to our sponsors who contributed generous gift certificates to award as prizes: Tracy with Double Daves, Karen with Houston Adventure Boot Camp, and Antonio with Corporate Retreat Car Spa.
Thanks to everyone for helping in whatever way they could from attending to passing on by word of mouth to pitching in some elbow grease at the event or taking down signs afterwards. We had a wonderful time and I look forward to next year's main event.
