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Committee explores ice cream social and group sales to boost tricentennial brick program
Summary
Committee reported bulk brick sales from the garden club and senior center outreach, discussed an ice-cream social in September as a low-cost launch event to sell bricks and raise awareness, and considered food-truck vs. volunteer-served options.
Committee members reported progress on a commemorative-brick fundraiser at the July 16 meeting and discussed hosting an ice-cream social in early September to boost sales and awareness. Members said several group or bulk orders are already in motion: a garden club bulk order (about 12 bricks) and senior-center collection commitments; the committee described a broader outreach effort to realtors and local businesses to expand bulk purchases.
Members discussed operational options for a September launch event: hire a food truck, which requires a flat fee and creates lines to manage, or run a volunteer-served ice-cream social; the committee said either approach could work and suggested the committee check Board of Health requirements and whether vendors carry ServSafe certification. Committee members suggested low-cost fundraising tactics to supplement brick sales—including 50/50 raffles and raffle prizes such as a donated brick—to increase small-dollar contributions at pop-up events.
Committee members said bricks are priced at $300 and are tax-deductible per the committee’s fundraising materials. Members also reported that two sponsorship commitments exist at high-dollar levels, and that about $30,000 in funds has been raised to date (figures stated in meeting discussion). The committee asked volunteers to help staff a September popup and for the fundraising subcommittee to price food-truck and volunteer-service options; they also asked staff to verify Board of Health permitting and any insurance or vendor requirements.
The committee agreed to refine a launch-date proposal at its August meeting and to circulate a flyer and group-order forms through the senior center and other community organizations already collecting orders.
