With just over a week to go, we’re getting really excited to kick off the Eat So They Can weekend for 2011. If you’d still like to host, it’s not too late! Here’s some event ideas that go down a treat. If you’ve already signed up to host, have a read anyway. It might inspire you to spontaneously theme your event. (Skip to the bottom to read about the GVN event for this year!)
Show off your culinary skills by cooking an impressive dinner for your guests! In the past, hosts have chosen to hold a formal sit-down dinner for friends and family. Or if you’re not a budding Jamie Oliver or Martha Stewart in the kitchen, challenge your guests to bring a dish to share each.
Don’t let the name fool you... Eat So They Can events do not have to be solely food related! We’ve had Eat So They Can art exhibitions, cocktail parties, movie screenings, cigar lounge events and tea parties, and all of them were a great success!
Get competitive. If you have a competitive streak in you, plan an event based around a competition or sport. A cooking or baking competition, trivia night or friendly sports game (or a game of garden bowls if you’d prefer to laze in the sun) are all great ways to get people involved and having fun.
Or, if you are struggling to come up with an idea or theme, combine your event with an existing holiday. Halloween is coming up... Trick or Treat So They Can, anyone?
If an event isn’t your thing, recruit some friends to get busy in the kitchen and produce some baked goods to sell. A bake sale at a community fair, school or workplace is an easy way to spread the word about Eat So They Can and raise some money.
We hope these ideas helped... but please don’t limit yourself! The more creative, the better – we want you to enjoy your event.
So... what are we up to this Eat So They Can weekend? GVN and the Eat So They Can team will be attending a fundraiser movie screening of Oranges and Sunshine in Petone, Wellington on October 17th. Alongside this, our generous sponsors have donated some awesome prizes for our raffle this year. We're aiming to raise $800 at this event, and we plan on attending other ESTC events in the region over the 15-16th. If you're in Wellington and would like to attend, send us an email to hear the details - we'd love to have you come along.
If you have any questions, or would like to share an idea,drop us a line! We’d
love to hear from you.
- Fiona and the Eat So They Can team
A A huge thank-you to our event sponsors: Paramount Theatre, InterContinental Hotels, Bluebridge Ferries, Lazule Jewellery, Southern Cross Bar, The Body Shop, SuperLiquor, Hardy's, Health2000, King of Knives, Villa Costa and Brendan Grant Artwork.
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