Fund Raising

Ennead has raised over $150,000 for children's charities in the Memphis area. This year we are pleased to have Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Memphis, Harwood Center, and Memphis Food Bank (Carnival Memphis Kids Cafe) as our recipients.

For more information about our fundraising efforts contact our Fund Raising Chairman, Bob Laurie at 901-682-2386 or boblaurie47@earthlink.net
If you wish to donate money, prizes, or auction items, click here to download our donation contract.

Visit our Ennead Store. You may purchase our official commemorative T-shirt or Ennead merchandise.
Proceeds from our merchandise sales benefit our current charities.

Many of you remember what a great time we had 2 years ago when we had a trivia party at Rhitt's on Rex for our monthly event. This year, the Ennead board has decided to build upon the good time we had that night and has come up with an Ennead/Carnival Memphis Trivia Challenge which will be our 2008 fund raiser to be held on April 26th in the lower barn at the Agriculture Center. The difference this year is that, since it is going to be our fundraiser, we have challenged the other Carnival krewes to come and compete for a trophy for the winning krewe and prizes for the winning team. The doors will open at 7 and the contest will begin at 7.30.

Just like the event two years ago, Mike Beck will provide the entertainment, which will include the contest itself, music for dancing and some other surprises that Mike is working on. We will also have a live auction and door prizes.

Now to tell you the truth, when I was asked to chair the event, I thought, "Sure, no problem". Since then, I have come to find out that there is a lot of work involved in putting on what I hope will be a successful fund raiser. So I need the help of everyone in Ennead.

First of all, we need your participation. I need you folks to put together your teams of up to 6 people and then contact either Mike Beck or Nancy Williams by phone or email to let them know your team name and your team members. Please remember one thing. Ennead has prided itself for several years as being the krewe that raises the most money for our sponsored charities. In the past, we benefited from a large contribution from a major Memphis corporation. Unfortunately, we will not be receiving that contribution from that corporation this year so we need as large a turnout from our Ennead people as possible.

Second, we need donations of items for our live auction, for door prizes and also to be used as prizes for the winning teams. What we are looking at are $20 restaurant gift cards and a bottle of wine for each member of the top 2 teams. If any of you have any connections with some restaurants or liquor stores, please see if any of them would be willing to help. Barbara Baker and Susan Hanlon are in charge of the live auction items and donated prizes. If you have any items that you would like to donate, please contact one of them. If an item needs to be picked up, someone (probably me) will be glad to do that.

At the Christmas party in December, I asked a former fundraiser chairman if it would be okay if I picked her brains on how to make this event a success. She has been great with some suggestions and said one thing that I remember most--"Ennead won't let you down." I know you won't and, with your help, we can have a very successful and fun fundraiser.

The Grand Krewe of Ennead

OUR 2008 FUND RAISING INITIATIVE