UPDATE 4/27/17: Marble Springs won the SOUP grant! It’s going to go a long way toward helping us get materials we need for school group tours. Thanks to all you folks who turned out and voted for us!
This one’s for you folks in the Knoxville area. The South Knoxville Alliance is hosting another SOUP fundraiser at Dara’s Garden on Thursday, April 27.
We will open the doors at 6:00 pm, collecting a $5.00 donation from attendees. At 6:30, 4 preselected individuals or groups will present an idea or project they would like to carry out. Each presenter (or group) has 4 minutes to inform, impassion and inspire the audience. They then have 4 minutes to answer questions from the audience. Dinner is then served while attendees digest, discuss and deliberate over the projects presented. They then cast a ballot for the project they would like most to fund.
When the evening nears a close, the ballots are counted and the group that has the most votes takes home the money from the door to help fund their project. Democracy meets Charity…
Marble Springs State Historic Site will be making a pitch for funding to support some of our programming. The more history buffs and supporters we have at the event to vote, the more likely we are to win the door take, so hopefully we’ll see lots of you there!
