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ISSUE 2 | WINTER 2025
IN THIS ISSUE Holiday Shoppes Recap Board Meeting Highlights & President’s Remarks Nominating: Who We Are Sustainer News Membership Updates Member Spotlight: Swathi Utukuri Community Recap
MARK YOUR CALENDARS 2/8: Diaper Bank Community Event 2/11: GMM/Galentine's Day Event 2/22: Diaper Bank Community Event 3/11: GMM- Community Book Drive 4/12: Syracuse Crunch/Chuck a Puck 4/20-4/26: National Volunteer Week
Thank you everyone for making the 2024 Holiday Shoppes fundraising event a success. We could not have done it without our members! Number of Merchants: 105 Booth Sales: ~$59,000 Foot Traffic: 3,200 (on par with previous post-Covid years) Tickets Sold: 3,300 (little under last year) Ticket Sales: $32,400 Raffle: $3,064 Socks/Postcards: $1,250 $1k for Parade of Homes, $236 Harvey Garden, $56 Tully’s We piloted a VIP Night on Friday, the first day of the fundraiser. Guests were able to purchase tickets which included food from Coppertop and two drink tickets. Participants had time with Helping Hounds dogs and time to shop our vendors. It was a big success and we ended up selling out all VIP tickets! This year for advertising we put up yard signs and posted flyers in addition to traditional efforts. We are excited to announce that we have one sponsor and 23 merchants signed up for 2025! As our biggest fundraiser for our Junior League of Syracuse, the Holiday Shoppes continue to help us fund great work and service throughout our community. Nikki Davis Holiday Shoppes Co-Chair