International Women's Day.

International Women's Day

By Alaine Bailey-Bentley Campus

The day has finally arrived! The Australian Trade Access International Women’s Day Luncheon was on today and it was a hit! Momentum Forum should be very proud of their achievements and I was honoured to be a part of it. Arriving at the venue early, the volunteers and helpers for the event were put to work to organise raffle tickets, displaying merchandise (t-shirts with Kiss Violence Against Women Goodbye logo on them), placing flyers of sponsors on tables as well as helping with any other setting up.

It was amazing to see how all the planning for the event, came together and even the simplest of elements helped to make the venue look impressive. Once the event started there was little time to think, and rather you just had to jump into the event. My main role of the event was to try and sell raffle tickets, going around to tables to make them aware of the prizes available and encourage them to buy some. One slight issue that was overlooked was the amount of raffle tickets purchased. They were sold out within minutes! And every time I went to a table people were asking if they could buy more even though we didn't have any left to give. I think this could have been an opportunity for Barbara to ask someone to go buy some more from a local shop, because it could have helped raise funds and satisfy her attendees who seemed a bit disgruntled by the lack of ticket availability. Other than that the event ran smoothly with the recipients winning their awards and presenting on stage.

Throughout it all Barbara was in her element, socializing and networking with all her guests and looked to be enjoying herself immensely. I had not realized the satisfaction you feel after all the weeks of planning lead to the event itself. And I was only there for a short amount of time in terms of planning so I can only imagine how Stacey and Barbara must have felt when the day finally arrived.

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