Third Thursdays at Chick-fil-A

Remember, both South Orlando locations of Chick-fil-A (on Orange Avenue and SOBT) will donate all proceeds from sales made between 5pm and 8pm every 3rd Thursday of the month.

Be sure to tell your order taker that you are a supporter of Pine Castle Pioneer Days to make sure your receipt gets added to our total!

For more information, please email pinecastlepioneerdays@hotmail.com.

Finance committee meeting

The Team hosted our finance committee meeting today in their offices at 6019 South Orange Avenue.

Preliminary figures from the recent "Cocktails for a Cause" fundraiser were the primary focus of discussion.

"Cocktails for a Cause"

Thanks to The University Club in downtown Orlando for hosting our big fundraising event this evening!

Musical entertainment was organized by local artist Joe Waller, who is also coordinating music for our festival in February.

Several enthusiastic supporters of Pioneer Days appeared in period costume for the event, including: Ginger Rudiger, Susie Mosholder, Ben Bateman, Tom Tart, and Betsy Story.

Local historian Sharon Wilson provided a CD of festival images to serve as a backdrop for the event.

The silent auction portion of the evening exceeded fundraising expectations, as did direct cash donations and sponsorship subscriptions.

Local art student Charity Hill was recognized for her acryllic interpretation of the original Pine Castle, which served as a certpiece of the auction.

More than anything, the organizing committee was pleased by the level of "friendraising" that took place at this event!

For more information on how YOU can get involved, please email pinecastlepioneerdays@hotmail.com.

General planning session

Belle Isle City Hall hosted our monthly general planning session this afternoon.

The meeting was focused on last minute preparations for tomorrow night's big "Cocktails for a Cause" fundraising event at The University Club.

For more information, email pinecastlepioneerdays@hotmail.com.

Silent auction items

We have a preliminary list of all the items to be included in the silent auction at our big November 4th "Cocktails for a Cause" fundraiser at The University Club.

And, the list keeps growing with last minute donations.

For more information about any of these items, or to make a tax-deductible cash donation in support of our next festival, please email pinecastlepioneerdays@hotmail.com.

Charity Hill painting complete!

Local art student Charity Hill has completed her acryllic interpretation of the original Pine Castle in time for our big November 4th "Cocktails for a Cause" fundraising event.

It will be the feature item in our silent auction at that event.

For more information, please email pinecastlepioneerdays@hotmail.com.

Finance committee meeting

The finance committee met today in The Team Offices at 6019 South Orange Avenue.

The primary focus of the meeting was to fine-tune plans for our big November 4th "Cocktails for a Cause" fundraiser at The University Club.

Poster for November 4th event

Thanks go out to Shirley Cannon for designing this poster for our big "Cocktails for a Cause" fundraiser at the University Club.

To find out more about all the different sponsorship levels detailed on the poster, please email pinecastlepioneerdays@hotmail.com.

Orlando Magic ticket auction

A reminder, Commissioner Linda Stewart has donated two (2) tickets to the next home game in the new arena.

Email pinecastlepioneerdays@hotmail.com by 7pm tonight.

The high bidder gets the tickets, with the proceeds going toward funding our next festival.

Thanks, Commissioner Stewart!

Local diner hosts two planning sessions

Carol's Place on South Orange Avenue hosted two Pioneer Days planning sessions this morning.

The first began at 8am, and focused on plans for the silent auction component of our Nov 4th fundraising event at The University Club.

The second began at 9am, and focused on emerging plans for a fishing tournament on the Conway chain of lakes.