Christmas Carol Bar Crawl
Donation protected
About seven years ago my friend Nate and I sat together having drinks and came up with an idea of a Christmas carol bar crawl through Broad Ripple.
We began our first crawl with eleven people. Ugly sweaters, Christmas pajamas and a few other silly costumes. It was small but the potential was there. The next year our numbers more than doubled. We laughed, caroled and may of ruffled a few feathers of the people at Kilroy's. The following morning I was quick to send out an invite for year three.
As we got midway through the year there was some discussion of making the event a fundraiser. That year we paired up with Pub Theology and our crew of friends raised $2,155 for Gifts of Grace. The following year four, we upped our donation to $2,402.
For year five, we had some larger than life donors and friends really dug into their Christmas spending money to spread the love. We also focused on a new local charity, The Julian Center. With last minute donations, literally made at the first stop of the crawl, we hit the $3,500 milestone.
Our core carolers have now grown to nearly fifty with many more making donations and for year six we set a goal of $5,000 and if that was met, I would be shaving my head. Well that goal was met and exceeded as we raised more than $7,500.
Year seven we have become even more ambitious with a goal of $10,000.
Join us in song or in donation and let's remember the true meaning of Christmas!
We began our first crawl with eleven people. Ugly sweaters, Christmas pajamas and a few other silly costumes. It was small but the potential was there. The next year our numbers more than doubled. We laughed, caroled and may of ruffled a few feathers of the people at Kilroy's. The following morning I was quick to send out an invite for year three.
As we got midway through the year there was some discussion of making the event a fundraiser. That year we paired up with Pub Theology and our crew of friends raised $2,155 for Gifts of Grace. The following year four, we upped our donation to $2,402.
For year five, we had some larger than life donors and friends really dug into their Christmas spending money to spread the love. We also focused on a new local charity, The Julian Center. With last minute donations, literally made at the first stop of the crawl, we hit the $3,500 milestone.
Our core carolers have now grown to nearly fifty with many more making donations and for year six we set a goal of $5,000 and if that was met, I would be shaving my head. Well that goal was met and exceeded as we raised more than $7,500.
Year seven we have become even more ambitious with a goal of $10,000.
Join us in song or in donation and let's remember the true meaning of Christmas!
Organizer
Joe Smith
Organizer
Indianapolis, IN