CHOCOHOLICS UNITE

On Saturday, April 16th, Soroptimist of Sequim participated in the first ever Olympic Chocolate Festival. Where there was chocolate....they came.... in droves. Even before the doors were officially open, the crowd began to form and the air was filled with wonder and excitement. From 10 AM until closing it was the most unbelievable sight as over 1300 people came to see and taste a variety of chocolate treats. We were especially pleased to have Chandra (our See’s rep) join us for the event. She brought all the candy with her and had cases of the newest candy bar on the market to give away as a “sample”. The Awesome Bar soon became the talk of the event and people were coming back for more. It truly was a bargain since the $5.00 entrance fee paid for 5 “tokens” and a free cloth bag with the Chocolate Fest logo. These paper tokens were exchanged for a sample at one of the 15+ booths. At the end of the day, Soroptimist turned in over 600 tokens. In fact, we completely ran out of candy bars even though we cut the last box of bars in half. Colleen raided Marti’s supply of See’s and those samples were gone in less than 20 minutes.

Kathy Purcell supplied some Soroptimist information cards that earmarked the major community service projects we sponsor. There was a lot of interest in Soroptimist and only 4 of the 50 cards placed on our table were left over. I think we may have recruited Chandra to join a Soroptimist club near Tukwila.

Club members that participated and made the Chocolate Fest a success were:
Leah Tuttle: ordering our See’s supply
Working at the Soroptimist/See’s booth:
Jane Manzer, Kathy Purcell, Colleen Blazier, Heidi Ennes, Leah Davis and Anne Knight

A special thank you to them for a job well done.

. Heidi and Chandra helping a customer.	Jane, Chandra and Kathy at the booth.
Colleen, Chandra & Heidi talking with customers.	Leah Davis and Anne Knight, in between customers.
Colleen talking with a customer.	A woman savoring the aroma of See's.