Posted by frappyjohn (Msg) on 2009-10-01 03:08:05:

Stop by the Brick House while you're at St. James

We're having Open House (and conducting street solicitation)

This weekend is the big weekend in Old Louisville: the St. James Art Show. Over a quarter million people descend on our neighborhood. You may be one of them. If so, you're invited to stop by the Brick House on your way to or fro. We'll be holding an Open House and Art Show.

Our first attempt at street solicitation

This weekend we're also trying something for the very first time: We're going to be out in the streets around the Brick House conducting street solicitation. That's right, just like the Shriners and the volunter fire departments, we're going to be out there with our buckets asking for your dollars!

Thanks to some wonderful teamwork among our members, we've obtained our solicitation permit, purchased the necessary insurance, obtained safety vests and traffic cones, and are now psyching ourselves up to get out there and hussle!

Volunteers solicitors welcomed

This effort will be going on from about noon till 7:30 on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. (About 24 hours total.) We can easily use five or six volunteers throughout this time to staff all the traffic lanes. That's potentially over 120 volunteers man-hours of soliciting!

Our success will depend on how many volunteer man-hours we can muster. If you are at all inclined to help the Brick House, this would be a good weekend to volunteer.

So if you're going to St James, and you stop by our Open House, and you see we could use some help with the solicitation, please find the person in charge and volunteer! (And if you're one who plans ahead, feel free to call ahead to let us know you'll be volunteering. 509-2244 or 213-0428.)

Thanks. And let's wish the Brick House some luck this weekend. Who knows, this could be the answer to our fiscal woes!!