So I didn’t know what to expect from the collections at the show but I can say that I over estimated what I thought people would donate.
I don’t have Craig’s totals yet but my Father and Kathy collected $289.00 and $152.00 respectively on the front lawn of Sheehan and over at Moran.
I was at the rear of Sheehan and on the lawn over at Highland and managed to collect $720.00.
So at this point the 2011 total collected is $1,161.00
If I can estimate that Craig collected about the same as I did (about $700.00) then were at about $1,850.00.
When you consider that the estimated crowd is about 10,000 for the show and if you only assume that half of them (5,000) are there (others are on the east side of town or in their yards), we still averaged less than forty cents a person.
I was really hoping we could clip $5,000.00 collecting at the event but it wasn’t meant to be.
We are still off to a better and earlier start to 2011 than we were to 2010 so we’ll take it from here.
The next opportunity for us to collect some more for the cause will be at Celebrate Wallingford in the fall.
Hope to see you there.
Other than that, you can always send in your tax deductable donation to:
The Wallingford Fireworks Fund
c/o Jason Zandri
35 Lincoln Drive EXT
Wallingford, CT 06492
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