Ways & Means: Fundraising Activities

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The AVSC Ways & Means Table, organized by Toronto AVS with many interested dele-gates gathering around. (Photo by Bill Farrand)

Deanna Belli used the donated items from Lakeshore AVS and Toronto AVS to create two stunning baskets for the TAVS/AVSC Ways & Means Table.
(Photo by Sayeh Beheshti)

Toronto AVS designed and printed a poster to promote AVSC. This poster is now available on the AVSC website for all Affiliates to download and print.

Linda Hall, AVSA President was the winner of the TAVS basket: The Toronto Tourist Experience which featured Toronto items including locally brewed beer. (Photo by Sayeh Beheshti)

Dorothy Laidlaw, Ottawa AVS President won the Lakeshore AVS basket titled: Weekend Relaxation. It featured such useful items as an organic hammock, moose munchies & freezable margarita glasses. (Photo by Sayeh Beheshti)

Austin 2013 Ways & Means Table was very well organized and full of amazing donated items. Their energy and enthusiasm was evident and everyone knew that the 2013 AVSA Convention in Austin is bound to be great. (Photo by Bill Farrand)

Convention 2012 Pages

Convention Overview

Show Results

Showroom

Salesroom

Convention Events

Ways & Means: Fundraising

Affiliates Breakfast

Board of Directors Meeting

Minutes of the General Meeting

Convention 2014

Without a doubt, one of the most successful methods of promoting AVSC was the AVSC Ways & Means table, organized by the Toronto African Violet Society. Tasked with fundraising for the 2014 convention, it quickly began doing double duty as an AVSC membership table. By the end of the convention, an astounding 19 new members and two Affiliates had joined AVSC.

Deanna Belli used the donated items from Lakeshore AVS and Toronto AVS to create two stunning baskets for the TAVS/AVSC Ways & Means Table.

Toronto AVS designed and printed a poster to promote AVSC. It shows the location of all AVSC Affiliate clubs as well as an overview of Chatter. This poster is now available on the AVSC website for all Affiliates to download and print.

Toronto AVS used various ways to promote Toronto as a destination to visit. Tourism Toronto had kindly provided a promotional DVD which was played on a DVD player. There was also visitor guides and maps about visiting Toronto as well as pins of Ontario and Canada. Toronto AVS used several ways to raise funds:

1. Chinese Raffle baskets where tickets were purchased at $1 for 1 ticket or $5 for 6 tickets and put in the box for the basket you wanted to win. There were a total of 3 baskets from TAVS, Lakeshore AVS of Toronto and AVSC, each with a different theme.

2. Silent Auction of donated items: These included Rare Russian AV Leaves, Ceramics, a hand-knitted quilt and even a beautiful framed cross-stitch of an Optimara Ontario sport.

3. Selling of Notecard sets. In 2011, TAVS printed a set of 5 notecards and envelopes featuring the 2011 Show winners. They were sold at $6 for a set of 5 with envelopes.