Our small local history museum, the Oconomowoc and Lake Country Museum, always tries to have a thank you event for our volunteers- an annual Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast. Breakfast food is a little less expensive than a dinner and we host it at a local restaurant who gives us a break in the price because we are a non-profit. Along with the meal we have a program. This past year we had a musician who volunteered his services, to play a selection of songs from vintage songsheets that we have in our collection written by locals or inspired by our community. Several were made into sing-a- longs which proved to be very popular- especially since they got to sing "I Took a Walk in Oconomowoc". Besides that, this year instead of the certificates or pins,which we have discovered are not valued by the volunteers, each person received a canvas tote bag (less than $5) with our new museum logo on it. Valerie Davis. Oconomowoc and Lake Country Museum Oconomowoc, Wisconsin Jyue Tyan LOW <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Dear all We have a group of less than 10 volunteers whom we would like to show our appreciation to ( a yearly affair). In the past we had a gathering for both our students and adult volunteers where we play ice breaking games followed by a buffet and a small presentation ceremony. This year, we do not have any student volunteers and will thus be doing one only for the adults volunteers. Anyone with any fine idea (on the sovenirs to give, the things to do, type of venue etc) on what we can do to make the gathering a cosy and memorable one? The number we are looking at is about 10 volunteers plus another 15 to max 20 staff. We are a Centre which houses both storage facilities for artefacts and conservation laboratories. Any ideas big or small is much appreciated. Thanks in advance! Regards, Low Jyue Tyan Asst Registrar Heritage Conservation Centre ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).