And, compared to that horrible Junyaleague meeting last night, it was the difference between the Four Seasons and the Motel 6. I know that's an analogy that everyone can understand, and I have to ask: when given a choice with what to do with one's limited free time, who would choose to spend it in the $39/night room?
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Twinkle: Voluntarism Redeemed
Tonight Dibbs and I went down to the Henry Clay for a dinner and auction benefiting the Cabbage Patch Settlement House. We had volunteered for the event, but that didn't stop us from surveying the silent auction items, sipping a little wine, sampling every passed hors d'oeuvre available (sometimes twice), and getting photographed for the Voice. When dinner came, we browsed the live auction items and chatted with other volunteers; after dinner we listened to the inspiring speech of a young scholarship recipient, then fulfilled our volunteer obligation by placing a balloon in front of guests who made a financial pledge to the scholarship program. Then the caterer gave us to-go boxes filled with stuffed chicken, au gratin potatoes, snap peas, and a pear and goat cheese salad, and I left with 5 YWC community service hours under my belt.
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I want to add the lovely charm of the waitstaff and the plush throne-like chairs.
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