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| May 2009 |
On Your Plate
Special Events and Food for Special People |
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Greetings!
I love summer rain, I just wish it would rain at night. That way my days can be filled with motorcycle riding, when I'm not doing deliveries or picnics of course.
This issue we've got some great pictures and an introduction of our Lawn Games (Team Building) Package. In the May Newsletter we introduced our "Catering Referral 5% Program" as a way to help our customers help with fundraising for youth organizations. We thought we could help families with the ongoing challenge of providing financial support for youth athletic programs, church groups and school clubs. And now we are ready to take a good idea and make it better. We have decided to expand the program to include additional special causes.
My business partner Mike Kelly has a niece in need of help. Angela Tierney Jung, has been battling Multiple Sclerosis (MS) for 10 years. Recently, the MS has progressed and is dangerously attacking her brain stem. There is hope to halt her disease and save her with a stem cell transplant offered at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois.
So far, 100% of the people who have had this transplant for MS have halted their disease, and 81% of them are healing the neurological damage that MS causes!
Angela and family (3 young children) need your help. Angela has seen the experts at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago and they have determined that she needs this stem cell transplant. The transplant requires Angela and her caregiver to relocate to Chicago for up to 3 months. Transplantation takes several weeks and includes chemotherapy, the actual transplant, and weeks of waiting for Angela to stabilize.
Angela and her loved ones need this miracle to save her life. Stem cell transplantation alone will cost about $100,000, so fundraising is vital. With the help of God, you, and medicine today, we can save Angela's life.
Here is how it works. Designate Help Us Help Angela as your "Catering Referral 5% Program" recipient and Angela will receive a donation of 5% of the total amount of catering or event services purchased over the next year and a half (June 1, 2009 - December 31, 2010).
We offer a wide variety of catering and event services including corporate meeting meals, special events, company picnics, weddings, graduations and celebrations of all types. Our staff can assist you with everything you need to plan and coordinate a successful meeting or event. It's easy. Just call Mike Kelly or myself and let us know you want to help Angela to get 5%. We will handle the rest of the details.
The "Catering Referral 5% Program" is administered by Special Events Midwest. There is no extra cost to you to use our services. In fact you might save money because of the great values we offer. There is no cost to Angela either. She gets the donation of 5% of the Food and Services Sub Total of every order placed (Order Total less Delivery Charge, Service Charge and Tax), delivered and paid for in full during the duration of the program. Donations will go to a fundraising campaign in Angela's honor that has been established with the National Transplant Assistance Fund (NTAF)..
Talk to you soon,
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HUHA! |
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Meet interesting people. Eat great food. Volunteer.
Angela and her loved ones need a miracle to save her life from Multiple Sclerosis that is progressively and dangerously attacking her brain stem. Stem cell transplantation is her hope to halt the disease. However, costs related to the procedure will be about $100,000, so fundraising is vital.
Please join us to see what you can do to help make this miracle happen.
What
HUHA! Volunteer Kick-Off
Meet Angela Tierney Jung and her family.
Sample great food.
When
Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Where
Gethsemane Lutheran Church
715 Minnetonka Mills Road
Hopkins, MN 55343
Directions: http://www.glconline.org/directions
What we need
Action Committees are being formed right now to produce special events, and implement multiple fundraising and PR campaigns.
· Silent Auction/Music/Entertainment Gala
· Pancake Breakfasts
· Direct Solicitation of Donations
· Catering Referral 5% Program from Special Events Midwest
RSVP
Please RSVP to by June 24th, or just stop by!
About Angela
Angela Tierney Jung is a mother of three, and has been battling MS for 10 years. Recently, the MS has progressed and is dangerously attacking her brain stem. There is hope to halt her disease and save her with a stem cell transplant offered at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois. So far, 100% of the people who have had this transplant for MS have halted their disease, and 81% of them are healing the neurological damage that MS causes!
National Transplant Assistance Fund (NTAF) is a nonprofit organization that has been serving the transplant community for over 26 years, helping patients and their families organize, launch and sustain grassroots fundraising campaigns. Contributions to Angela Tierney Jung's fund can be made at the NTAF web site.
HUHA! (Help Us Help Angela) information:
HUHA Web: www.tierneysrus.com/angelajung
Contacts:
o Mike Kelly 952.210.0197
o Eileen Tierney Kelly 612.396.3966
o Mindy Douglas 612.554.5481
o Tara Bjorkstrand 612.309.7753
Email:
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Fundraising... |
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by Mike Kelly
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Fundraising Programs
Special Events Midwest is proud to announce the creation of a Fundraising Program for a wide range of youth organizations. Youth Sports Associations or Teams, Church Youth Groups, High School or Elementary School Clubs and Neighborhood Youth Activity Groups are eligible to participate.
Effective June 1, 2009, we are offering an easy and profitable "Catering Referral 5% Program". Introduce us to customers and we will provide a donation to your organization based on the total amount of catering or event services purchased.
We offer a wide variety of catering and event services including corporate meeting meals, special events, company picnics, weddings, graduations and celebrations of all types.
It's easy. Families just deliver our Menu Book/Program Packet to family, friends, neighbors and business associates. There is no selling. There are no up front costs. Just talk to people and explain how the program works, provide them the program packet and leave the rest to us. Our Event Planners can assist you with everything you need to plan and coordinate a successful program.
We administer the program, we do the sales and then we send a check for 5% of the Sub Total (Order Total less Delivery Charge, Service Charge and Tax) of every order placed, delivered and paid for in full during the duration of the program.
For added value talk to us about your organization's Team Banquets, Awards Dinners or Season Kick-off Events. Registered programs are eligible for the 5% donation as well as additional discounts and bonuses.
Contact Mike Kelly (763) 746-7992 or for more information or to sign up your group.
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Lawn Games and Fun Based Team Building! |
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It's picnic season and let me tell you, I have seen some serious team bonding going on at recent picnics. Come on now, don't be the only company on the block without a summer picnic! Special Events Midwest hosts a fun (and hilarious) game package that would be perfect for your office.
As I assist in running these games, I watch employees bond naturally through laughter, communication and competition, and did I mention laughter? Our staff has taken home some pretty great stories in witnessing companies like your own play these games. We will run the games in our (new and clean!) referee jerseys so, watch yourself! The games will challenge your office to something other than going the distance with phone calls or blast emails. Our company will bring on the challenge of distance in marshmallows and blasting chickens across the yard. Let me clarify, we are not evil people - the chickens are rubber.
Team up this game package with a scrumptious meal plan, BBQ on site and beverages of your choice and, BAM - what a picnic!
So, let me ask you, can your office take the heat?
Want to take on this activity with a group other than your co-workers? Make it a family outing, or a gathering of friends!
Contact our Event Planners to put together the perfect picnic for your group this summer!
-Courtney Horsch
763.746.7992
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| Catering Rewards |
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Special Events Midwest appreciates your business, and we want to thank
you for ordering your meeting and event meals from us.
As a member of our Catering Rewards Program, you'll quickly earn
points which are redeemable for gift cards from your favorite stores and
restaurants (hey-we like to eat out too).
Receive points for every dollar of every order, once you reach 3000 points, you can trade them in; otherwise, let points accumulate and redeem them when you are ready. Then take your gift card on a spending spree, give one to a friend, or use them for your annual employee recognition.
It doesn't cost anything to join the Catering Rewards Program, and the
points add up fast! Simply contact customer service or visit our website to
get started. Every member will enjoy saving money for their company and
know that we appreciate their continued support.
You can track your Catering Rewards Program points at any time by
contacting customer service. Gift cards are issued monthly and may have
minimum and maximum value amounts; call to verify the amount you
wish to redeem. A maximum of 250 points may be redeemed for any one
gift card.
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