Our 15th Annual John McCutcheon Concert on Monday, Jan 21, 2019, was another
great success. We had a large crowd of over 240, with more than 64% non-
parishioners. John McCutcheon gave us another very entertaining evening. Ticket
sales totaled over $6500. The prize drawing, with 20 prizes donated by 17
generous parishioners, generated a record $966. The cookies from the snack bar
were delicious and brought in an additional $247. Not all the expenses are in, but
we estimate that the expenses to be around $4600. Part of the proceeds from
this concert will go to support ABODE services to fight homelessness.
This fundraising and community outreach event could not have happened without
all your help. There were more than 50 people who contributed time, talent and
treasure not only on the night of the concert but in the months preceding the
event. They wrote, sent out and uploaded publicity notices/articles/blog; bought
advertisements; designed, printed and posted flyers and signs; updated, hung and
took down banners; set up email address and phone message; printed tickets;
took messages; donated all those fabulous prizes for the drawings; took out and
put away all the prizes on Sunday mornings; sold concert and drawing tickets;
bought concert and drawing tickets; invited their family, friends and neighbors to
the concert; cleared the facility calendar for the event; got contracts signed;
signed contracts; booked hotel rooms for John McCutcheon and his road
manager; borrowed and returned the stage from Trinity Episcopal Church in
Menlo Park and the extra chairs from Harbor Light; wrote and made verbal
announcements on Sundays; wrote announcements and articles for the weekly
newsletter, Sunday bulletins and for the Window; cleaned up the campus; put up
lights and a canopy; directed traffic; set-up before the event and cleaned-up
afterwards; baked dozens of delicious cookies; made coffee; helped with the
snack bar; decorated and set up the Vestry Room for the Artist and Crew Dinner;
cooked and served wonderful soups and desserts for the crew; donated wine,
water and sodas; washed all the dishes; cleaned up the kitchen; set up and took
down the dressing room; ushered; sold CDs and books for John McCutcheon;
created and printed the programs; showed great hospitality; did a wonderful job
as MC/announcers; took photos; waited for the sound crew (Tesser and helper) to
set up the sound systems and the lights before the events and to pack everything
up afterwards; volunteered to be the docent of our Little Church; did all the
accounting and analysis …and countless people who offered prayers and
encouragements along the way.
Thank you, we appreciate all your support and ministering!
~Sylvia Ma and the McCutcheon Team