Andrea: Take a Wild Guess

Sunday was the Peace and Justice Christmas art auction, and it was absolutely wonderful! If you'd like to read more about that, go to: http://www.haitiwaterproject.com/have-a-peace-and-justice-christmas/

I don't want to simply reiterate what I said for the Haiti Water Project blog, but I would like to point out several ways our community worked together really well.

1) Christine and Jennifer were absolute heroes of navigating Marbeck stuff. When we got there I realized we needed easels for the art and I had no clue where to access them, they totally handled that mini crisis! They both did so much running around at the beginning; Christine made like 5 zillion last minute copies of things for me!
2) Jason Frey arranged and decorated the Gallery and it looked so nice! He and Shawn really helped me with getting everything set up on tables. The whole tone of the event was better because of their personal touches- you guys did a great job!
3) Kristen and Devon were my strategy rockstars: I was so frustrated with some of the auctioning logistics (christmas tree vs. ornaments!! ahh- spaz!) Maybe they didn't even notice they were doing it, but they were speaking SO enthusiastically at the event about the art, and explaining different ornaments to people; they were excited about the art and that got other people excited about it too.
4) Erin Weaver: you. rock. She was my insider informant for the music department: she got an add put in the Messiah bulletin. That was her idea in the first place, and it wouldn't have happened without her.
5) Judahchris- I don't know if you know this, but Judah actually made a table for the auction! Jennifer's brother bid on it ;) Seriously though, Judah's mobile attracted so many people's attention to the Gallery.
6) Ethan got like half of his friends over here to help make ornaments on Friday night- that was absolutely fantastic. It meant so much to me that people I barely knew came over here to help with the event!
7) Karla doesn't know this, but she's actually the one who inspired the layout of the bid sheets. She told me a while ago (when she was planning the CUP dinner) that having a nice sign up sheet made everything seem more put together... and she was so right! Several people commented on our snowflake forms. thanks for the idea, Karla!

So there you have it: Ubuntu in action. You guys have no idea how much your support and encouragement means to me. This event would NEVER have happened without you guys keeping me sane. I don't know if I've ever been prouder of our community. you guys rock, and i"m so thankful I live with you.

Also, Judah said that he wants to plan one every month, so... who wants to plan our "Peace and Justice January" event?!