Greater Ohio Candle Gathering Information Page Latest updates are first! UPDATE 1/8/03
Gathering will be held June
28th in Canton, Ohio. The zip is 44710. Go
to map quest , and you can
see exactly how long of a trip it is for you! (Keep in
mind that we do give a doorprize for the person that travels the
most miles to come!) It will be held in a hall that has
kitchen faculites, and will be catered. We will be using the
same caterer as we did last year! I will try to get everyone
in at the same hotel and will be working on a group rate for us.
Please, please, please email me early if you are going to need a
room. This area is my home town, and rest assured
there is plenty of hotels in the area, and things to do.
Those of you who want to bring a hubby that won't be interested
in the gathering, the football hall of fame is 10 minutes from
the hall. KEEP IN MIND this is only a
gathering. It's not a convention! Our main goal here is
to have fun!
Everyone is welcome to come.
If you've made one candle or 1 million candles!
The cost is 20.00 PER
person. I feel the need to stress PER
person. Due to the fact that we have so many inquires, and
the room is maxing out at 72 occupancy, we will be charging for each
person that comes. You are free to bring your husbands, but
you will have to pay the 20.00 fee for him. If you want to
bring you neighbor, that's fine, but you have to pay the $20.00 fee.
If you want to bring your child, that's fine, but you have to pay
the $20.00 fee. Suppliers fee this year is the same
as attendees. If
you plan to attend or sell and you are a supplier, please email me.
I will have a separate email group for suppliers. This
years cut off date to pay registration fee is JUNE 1st and is
limited to the first 70 registrations fees that I receive. AFTER
JUNE 1st, there will be a 5.00 late registration fee
for a grand total of 25.00. You may send payment in anytime
before JUNE 1st. I suggest payment early if you are sure you
are coming. I stated I have over 80 people on the list, and
that only includes them! Some do require more than 1
reservation! GET YOUR MONEY IN EARLY! Whew,
glad that is out of the way!
What your $20.00 fee
includes: Not only does it cover you lunch, it
helps with the cost of decorations, rental for the hall, and any
fees that I incur from paypal when I take reservations.
We WILL be co-oping again
this year- Co-oping means we pick out several
suppliers and bulk buy from them. You send your order and the money
order to me, and I place all orders as one big order.
Co-op cut off will be JUNE 1st as well! This
usually gets us a fairly good discount, and saves us all
on shipping. I will separate the orders, and they will
be ready for pick up at the gathering. There are a few changes
this year with co-oping. I will NOT split any pound bottles
up. You may order less than a pound, but you will have to pay
the regular price for that amount. I will also be adding on
1.00 to every co-op order for each supplier that you co-op from.
I will only accept money orders for co-ops this year.
I ran into many problems with waiting periods for out of state
checks, and trying to figure out the processing fee for Paypal was a
nightmare! This year we're keepin' it simple! Last
year we did TV Guilfoil, KY,
Steve's, & Tradewinds. I will be looking into a jar co-op
this year, from a company I found in Cleveland. Email me any
other companies you would be interested in co-oping from.
The agenda for the gathering
is quite flexible right now. A quick rundown of what to
expect: A meet & greet session. Demonstrations of
some sort. Suppliers hour. Lunch. Door prizes.
A used goods sale. And some kind of contest for the most
creative product idea. There will be more, I just don't
know what yet ;)
What demonstrations will we
have? There will be more this year than last
year. I, for one, will be doing the dipped bears.
I've done over 700 of these, so I think I can handle that!
LOL. If you are interested in doing a demo of some
type, or have something you would like to see demonstrated,
please email me. Keep in mind, that we must keep
it fairly simple.
What suppliers will be
there? Of course this is subject to change, but I
have a few that have said they will definitely be there, and some
that are very interested, and expect to come. Jeff and his
wife (sorry I can't remember her name...I want to say Tracy!)
from "That makes scents"
WILL be there again. He will be doing an informative speech of
some type! Brenda from "OakCourt
Creations" is planning on attending. I'm
sure Deborah and Dreama from "Natures
Garden" will be there. I've also heard
from "Candle Supply" She is
almost positive she will be there. I also had alot of
conversations with Daryl from Alabasters
about coming this year. "Southern Candle
Supply" has expressed interest in coming. Deb
May from"Wholesale
Supplies Plus" expressed an interest as well.
And last but not least, we all
hope that Vickey from "KY
Candle Supply" will be able to attend this
year. For those of you that
weren't there last year, we had a TREMENDOUS response for door
prizes. Everyone got 1 door prize valued at 15.00 or more, and
some got 2! Everyone also received a goodie bag, with samples,
coupons and many other items. It was like Christmas in August!
OK GUYS! I think that's it for
now. If you have any questions, please email me,
or feel free to call. I appreciate any suggestions you may
have.
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