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Originally Posted by chucken1
Ive read about these.. Brilliant idea..I suppose my only concern would be that nobody would turn up!! Is it difficult to set up??
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It needs to be advertised. They had posters around the town (as seen on my thread) and one of the organisers was interviewed on Shannonside Radio, local newspapers, word of mouth, postings on Facebook, you could post on here too I'm sure.
They took in clothes the night before and issued the tokens then and did the same on the afternoon of the event so that they could have most of them sorted into sizes before the actual party. Some people though, brought stuff during the night and we had a few helpers to sort them, and hang them on the size rails.
We had a rail for each size from 6 to 18+.
There was a good-ish turnout but I imagine it will be better next year and grow if it becomes an annual event.
Local business gave raffle prizes and local shops donated hangers and rails. It was held in the ballroom of the hotel in the main street of the town.
Good luck if you decide to have one. Let me know if it is near Dublin and I will give a hand if I can.