Raffle Problems

Set off to buy some raffle prizes in the afternoon. We trailed around for ages and found plenty of suitable bits and pieces. Unfortunately my hip was giving me a lot of trouble so we had to take a couple of breaks so that I could sit down and rest for a bit. We took the prizes back to my place until the party.

We are still trying to think of another way of doing the raffle so that the best prizes don't go first, and so that people don't hang around deciding what to choose. Romy suggested putting numbers on the prizes, with a different colour for men, and giving out different colour tickets for men. I was thinking about this, as it would not then depend on a draw but would be like a tombola or lucky dip and might lead to a mad rush to pick a ticket. If we ticketed the prizes, then covered all the prizes with a sheet during the day, gave the tickets out as normal with a different colour for men, then later on uncovered the table and called out the numbers written on the items, this could be quite good, though it would give people less choice. It would involve throwing away all the extra counterfoil tickets so we would be giving out tickets 'blind'. Additionally, we would have to ticket any items donated at the party. Must remember to take sellotape. We must also get some extra bags for carrying the prizes home. Romy is going to look out some cheap gift bags and I shall collect some carrier bags and bring them.