Gift cards and gadgets and goodies…oh, my!
October 23rd, 2008We’ve found a jaw-droppingly generous donor and we’re raffling off a Hummer at the convention this year; winner’s choice of color.
Just kidding. Not true. But I really needed to get your attention. And you probably didn’t get that psyched up anyway: Who can afford to drive those beasts? (But if I could, I’d want taxi-cab yellow). I’m sorry; I didn’t mean to be cruel.
Now, as we approach the approximately two-weeks-out mark (which is why this blog is semi-short…I’ve got work to do!), I’m really excited for you because frankly, there’ll be opportunities everywhere you look in San Antonio - free ones! - to WIN stuff! Good stuff! See, TSSA Executive Director Ginny Sutton has a lot of class and has good taste and doesn’t allow me to completely cheap out on giveaways (nor does our fantastic marketing and membership director, Silvia Pendleton). And they love this stuff! They go nuts! (in a good way).
Ginny gets cool gadgets for giveaways, like the two Tom-Tom devices (a type of GPS) we’re giving away at the Membership Luncheon on November 10. And all you’re going to have to do to be in a drawing for one of them (one the next day in the trade show, one after the convention) is fill out a very short but very important survey card while you eat lunch. It’s only one question, and it’s going to help your Association plan just the right education for you in 2009.
There will be prizes at the Bronco-bustin’ Bash that night at LaVillita, too! Pig out on BBQ and hold onto that raffle ticket you’re given. I admit that I don’t know what the two sponsors - Extra Space Storage and TSSA - have in mind for prizes, but like I said, Ginny is class and fun all the way when it comes to this stuff. And there’s always a good quantity, so your chances are better. Plus, she’s really considerate: When she buys, say, restaurant gift cards, she gets them for a good amount of money, and she gets them for major chains so that wherever you live, you should be able to use the card. Can you tell I have a performance review soon? Ha, ha, ha. No, all these things about Ginny’s prize-buying abilities are 100% true! If it were all left to me, I’d get one $5 card to McDonald’s (at least it’s a major chain). Not because I don’t love you, you see. But because I’m, um, a tad too frugal sometimes. That’s why I need Ginny and Silvia (and my husband and my father and my friends and the planet) to keep me in line. Sadly, my mother and my sister are no help. They have the same…issues.
Anyway, to get in on the door prize action at the Third Annual Charity Texas Hold ‘em Tournament Benefitting the Shriners Burn Hospital for Children (Sunday, November 9 at the Westin Riverwalk; please register now to ensure a place; call 1-888-259-4902 or register on our website at www.txssa.org), you do need to make a $100 donation to play poker or a $25 donation to just hang out and have fun. But either way you’ll get a free cocktail and chow down on quesadillas. And of course you’ll donate to a great cause. And you’ll be eligible, as I mentioned, for…you guessed it…door prizes! Good ones! Chosen by Ginny and Silvia. Not by me, thank your lucky stars.
Finally, there’s always cool stuff given away in the trade show on November 11, not just by TSSA but by our awesome exhibitors. (Should someone [way] over the age of 22, like me, really be using the word “awesome”? Oh, well.)
I better go now, and make sure we have the convention center booked and that our event really is in San Antonio (just kidding…trying to make sure you’re still with me).