Luminaria Day is Saturday, December 3rd. On that single day, 200-400 people, at nine locations through the city, will build and deliver 13,000 DOZEN luminarias to hundreds of customers. It is an impressive feat that requires everyone's full cooperation and commitment to execute smoothly.
How do you fit into this? How can you help make it successful, even enjoyable?
First, be prepared for a full and busy day, starting early and ending only when all work houses are finished. Your participation in luminaria day is not an optional activity. Yes, we understand there are other school and personal activities that conflict with luminaria day. (For example, the SAT is given that morning.) However, it's your responsibility to find substitutes -- relatives or friends -- to take your place, if necessary. There is, of course, a benefit to having a full contingent of friends and family there for the full day: more man-hours mean more credits toward your tour account!
In order to deliver 13,000 dozen luminarias, we need 13,000 "flats" -- those 2x10x16-inch open cardboard trays that are used to hold and deliver four six-packs of soda or beer. The work houses are starting to collect and store the flats we will need, but we need all the help you can give them. Keep your eyes open for potential sources. Gather them whenever you have a chance.
We'll assign families to work houses as soon as possible. We'll try to assign you close to your own home. We'll try to accommodate your desire to work at a particular work house. We'll try to make assignments once and not change them. But try as we might, those things might not be possible. Our task is to balance many competing needs, so we'll have to make adjustments as we go, even as the last luminarias are being built and delivered. Try to stay flexible.
The luminaria order forms and payment checks are accumulating rapidly. We need help to enter these orders into our database on a regular basis. There have been some suggestions about setting up a data entry committee to stay on top of this critical task. If you can help, please call Jill Hartman (268-5260); otherwise we will be calling for volunteers.
As always, if you have questions or comments, please call Mike Kruchoski (480-5000) or any of the AYSPA officers.