Ivybridge Donkey Sanctuary 10 Year Celebration Function 2017
The Ivybridge Donkey Sanctuary was opened in 2007, so this year 2017, we decided to commemorate 10 years with a big celebration. A Committee was formed, of which I was one, and planning started for the big event way back in 2016. First of all the Committee had to decide what sort of celebration it was going to be and we all agreed that it would be a nice meal, with live entertainment and we were hoping for a good turnout of current staff and volunteers and also previous staff, volunteers and anyone who had been involved with the centre during the 10 years.
The next step was the venue and each of the committee members had to research one for us to make a final shortlist of 3. This was quite difficult because at this time we had no idea how many people would attend, we were hoping for about 60 – 80 but didn’t really have a clue. We whittled them all down and when we got to the final 3 visited each one, but it was an easy decision as once we had visited Boringdon Park Golf Club at Plympton we knew that this was the place. Final numbers didn’t matter at this stage, as they had movable walls to make the very large room accommodate however many guests there would be, which was absolutely brilliant. The staff were also most accommodating and nothing was too much trouble and a good deal was done!!!
The next job do to was to sort out the menu with good choices to suit every taste. This was quite difficult as the 10 members of the committee had difficulty in agreeing what the final choices should be, but a decision was finally made. [Read more…] about Ivybridge Donkey Sanctuary 10 Year Celebration Function 2017
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