Potato Bar Fund-Raiser

Last night we had a dinner/dessert auction for the library foundation.  Tony and I are on the board... we love our public library and try to support it.  The foundation raises money through a used book store, and various fund-raising events, then we use the money  to help meet some of the needs of the library.  Last year we bought a baby grand piano for the community room, and this year we are working on  getting more computers in the children's area.  Anyway... I was in charge of the food last night.  We had a baked potato bar, and things went pretty good.  They started the dessert auction too late though, and most everyone had left.  The board members were pretty much the only ones left, so we were bidding on the desserts that we had donated.  It kind of made me laugh... why didn't we each just give some money to the foundation, rather than going through all the work of the evening?  (There were community members who came, it just felt like there were more board members than "regular" community people.)  I think we will do it again next year, but do better advertising, and start the auction earlier!  Glad to be done with planning and preparing for the dinner!