Cactus Courier
Newsletter of the Cactus and Succulent Society of San Jose





Holiday Party

Please join us for the annual CSSSJ Holiday Party on 12/02, 10:30 am - 3:00 pm at Peterson Middle School in Sunnyvale.

There is only one way to purchase your tickets this year. You will need to go to the Eventbrite website to both RSVP and purchase your tickets. Below is the link to the site:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/csssj-holiday-party-tickets-761390729167?aff=oddtdtcreator

The cost for tickets is $20.00 per person.

You must be a member, or guest of a member, to attend. No memberships will be sold at the event.

The deadline for purchasing tickets is November 29th as there is limited seating available. If the maximum number of attendees is reached before the 29th, ticket sales will cease.

This is one of the best social events of the year where members can mingle and share their plant experiences and stories. The event will feature the following activities:

  • Succulent and cacti table favors.
  • Carefully selected succulent and cacti gift to all attendees.
  • A gift exchange. Bring a plant or plant related item to participate in the exchange.
  • A silent auction containing a variety of succulents and cacti.
  • A live auction of rare succulent and cacti specimens.
If you are planning on bringing plants and/or pottery for the auction, please contact Loyd Monaco for details: loyd.monaco@yahoo.com


Auction Rules:

  • There is a limit of 5 plants or pots per person attending, for each auction, silent and live.
  • Silent auction price range is $1.00 to $30.00. You will need to set opening bid.
  • Live auction price is $35.00 and above. You will need to set the opening bid.
  • Plant drop off for auction items is 9:00am - 10:15am.

*Volunteers will be needed to help with setup, check-in, auction and cleanup. If you can help with any of these please send an email to loyd.monaco@yahoo.com with your information.


Schedule:
9:00 am -10:30 am   Set up
9:00 am - 10:15 am   Auction plants arrive
10:30 am   Check-In for Party
10:30 am   Gift Exchange table set up and Silent Auction begins
11:00 am   Official start - Announcements, Election of Officers
11:30 pm   Lunch provided by Una Mas
12:00 pm   Silent Auction ends/Mini Show awards
12:30 pm - 3:00 pm   Live Auction
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm   Pay for Auction plants and cleanup. We must be out of the venue by 4:00 pm!



Peterson Middle School, 1380 Rosalia Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA, 94087-3795




COVID precautions: Masks are encouraged, but optional for our meetings.


The Cactus Courier is the newsletter of the Cactus and Succulent Society of San Jose (CSSSJ). The members of the CSSSJ freely contribute the materials published herein. The accuracy of information and opinions expressed are those of the contributors. Scannable hardcopy and Windows format text files sent via email or on CD or DVD are acceptable as input. Send newsletter articles to Rich Kroll at: editor@csssj.org



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President: Loyd Monaco, at president@csssj.org
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