This Saturday, Noon - 5pm.
We anticipate this will grow into a huge Community-wide Annual Event
We will be promoting local businesses by distributing
your business cards, hosting several FREE drawings at
our booth throughout the day (and collecting more
email addresses).
Don't forget to get your business cards to us and
any special offer fliers to be distributed.
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Saturday, Nov. 13th
Derita Community Fiesta
will be held at the Derita Presbyterian Church, 2230 W. Sugar Creek Road
12 Noon -5 pm. Mark Your Calendar, Come join your neighbors as we celebrate
fall. Fun for the whole family!
Free admission! Free games, live music, face painting, hayrides to
a pumpkin patch, inflatables, piñatas, popcorn and cider. Craft items and
baked goods for sale. Fish fry, hot dogs, and lots of other food for sale.
Organized by five churches in the Derita area along with local merchants
and service organizations.
Please bring a canned food donation for the Loaves & Fishes food ministry.
Visit the Derita Business Association & Derita-Statesville Road Community Org
booth to sign up for the Free Drawings. Gift Baskets & lots of other prizes!
Rain date: Nov. 20, 2010 More info at
http://deritachurch.org
The five churches working together on this event are Derita Baptist, Cole United
Methodist, Freedom Ministries, Fuente de Vida Ministry, and Derita Presbyterian.
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A few of the items in Saturday's Drawings:
Bakery Treats from Derita Soda Shop & Grill
Two $10 Dining Gift Certificates at Maria's Grill
A huge electric Betty Crocker Roasting Oven
Two "Goodie Baskets"
What Happens at Our Breakfast Meetings
We get this question often. The group gathers at Maria's Grill around
9am every first Thursday. Some folks come for breakfast; others just
have a coffee or tea. We chat while the orders are being prepared and
discuss what's happening in the area. We talk about upcoming events
and promotional opportunities that are available.
We exchange business cards with new members and take a minute to
describe our businesses and we remind our friends that we'd appreciate
their referrals.
It's pretty laid back, not really as much a business meeting, as it is a
breakfast with friends. There's no membership fee and you choose
which projects you like to participate in.
Got to dash? That's no problem. We understand. We'll try to handle
the business first so that you can get back to work promptly.
No reservations required.
EAT FREE promotion
At the end of this month our EAT FREE promotion goes on hiatus
until after the New Year. It has been a good promotion. We have
gathered around 250 new email addresses for your future emailings.
As we notified entrants of this weekly winners by email, we also
delivered an embedded business card from each of the sponsoring
businesses.
Response has been good and more people entered this year than
when we tested the promotion last Spring . . . Double the number
of entrants some weeks and triple on other weeks.
For the same $10 per month sponsorship, we also had an ad naming
sponsors (& contact info) in every DSRCO Newsletter, weekly
Bargains Galore and Friday Morning Funny Mail.
Needy Child Fund & Operation Sandwich
During December & January, we will offer a "Pass the Hat" promotion
for any business that wants to participate. Whatever amount you give
gets you listed (Name & Contact info) in our Community Service ad
which will appear in the DSRCO Newsletter.
Mike Kleban & friends at Oak Grove United Methodist Church will
be providing Christmas for 100 Needy Children. 100% of everything
collected goes into this project. There is no administrative fee and
receipients are all local and have been carefully screened.
Every other week, volunteers at Oak Grove United Methodist Church
prepare 300 wrapped sandwiches for the Urban Ministry to distribute
to the Homeless. Last Spring we made a small donation that helped
by bread & sandwich makings. The folks at Oak Grove handled all
the details.
Community Dinner Night
Several folks have asked if the Community Org will try this again?
More than 30 folks attended the Thursday Night drop-in dinner at
Maria's Grill.
From the first experience, we determined that we needed a larger
room . . . That people were interested in having some type of program
. . . and that we have plenty of time for casual discussion.
Thursday night worked well because there were a good variety of
entrees & vegetables. Desserts were on sale, so folks could choose
a meal, a sandwich, or dessert of their choice.
With everything else going on, we're thinking this might work best
after the holidays when folks' schedules are not so hectic.
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Thanks,
Bernie Samonds
Derita Reporter Printing Service
2600 Allen Rd South -- Charlotte, NC 28269
704 806-3818 Pls Leave a Msg deritarep@aol.com
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