On the 14th of April, the Operation Smile club at ISK held a concert featuring the Composers' Club. In this concert, members of the Composers' Club performed, while Operation Smile members sold food and drinks. All of the profits went towards the Operation Smile Mission in Kenya. Tons of planning went into this concert, and a lot of time was spent in preparation for it. I, along with the other members of the club, had to organize all of the logistics, such as the venue, date, time, ticket prices, posters, food, drinks, tables, program etc. It was also our responsibility to keep the Composers' Club members aware of our ideas, and take all of their ideas into account. I was extremely stressed for the half month leading up to the concert, because as the president of the club, I had to make sure that everything was going according to schedule and everyone was doing their part to help organize this event. I wanted the event to turn out really well and for a lot of people to come to it, because I was eager for the club to raise as much money as it could so as to pay for the surgeries of several children. I therefore tried my hardest to make it an enjoyable night.
On the night of the event, we had a turnout that was much greater than what we were expecting. We sold more than 200 tickets! Everything went according to plan: the Composers' Club put on a great show and the Operation Smile members sold a lot of food and many drinks. Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves, and Ms. Flaminia DeAgostini, the Development Coordinator of the Operation Smile Mission in Kenya, who we had invited to the event, told us that she was extremely happy with the work we had put into organizing the event. From this event, we managed to make 148,000 ksh, which went towards paying for the surgeries of 7 children, with a bit of money left overs. We were ecstatic about this amount, as it surpassed our goal by a huge amount. The members of the club are eager to raise even more money in the upcoming months, and we are constantly coming up with new fundraising ideas.
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