twestival local - Tweet.Meet.Give. - March 24, 2011

Thank you to all the sponsors, people who donated, and people who attended our event! We raised $1478 for MANNA!

Philly Twestival 2011 is TOMORROW March 24, 2011 from 6-10PM at National Mechanics in Olde City.

We'll start off the evening with registration and forming of teams. Some of the wonderful folks at MANNA, who we're raising money for, will say a few words. Then the fun begins! Depending on the weather, we will either be having a scavenger hunt around Olde City or doing Pub Quiz style trivia inside the bar. Either way, there will be teams, fun times, drinks, and raffle prizes galore. The winning team of either the scavenger hunt or the trivia (whichever we end up doing) gets first dibs on the raffle prizes. We'll then raffle everything else off! Raffle tickets will be on sale for $1 throughout the evening - each participant will receive one raffle ticket when they check in.

If you can't make, please help us reach our fundraising goal by either donating to MANNA using the Donate button in the upper right of this page, or going to Twitter and retweeting the tweet about @TheFreshGrocer as they are donating $1 to MANNA on our behalf for each RT!

100% of all event ticket sales, raffle ticket sales, and donations will go to MANNA!

EDIT AS OF NOON MARCH 24: WE WILL BE DOING PUB QUIZ DUE TO THE COLD!

Should the weather in Philadelphia be rainy and chilly on Thursday evening, never fear! We will still have Philly Twestival 2011 rain or (moon)shine. The backup plan is to do Quizzo, Twestival-style inside National Mechanics. 

So regardless of what the weather brings, buy your tickets and form your teams. We'll see you Thursday!

 We're starting to get some great raffle prizes donated for our event! The winning team for the scavenger hunt will have first pick at the prizes, and then the rest will be raffled off. Here's what we have so far:

• Coupons for free dozen donuts from Krispy Kreme Philadelphia
• 2 tickets to Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead from the Curio Theatre Company
• A signed copy of Linda Garfield's Behind the Scene/Seen
• A signed copy of A**holeogy: The Cheat Sheet from Chris Illuminati 
• A signed copy of The Ripple Effect from Steve Harper 
• You could win a visit, for you and a guest, to the brand new 93.3 WMMR Studio to watch the Preston and Steve Morning Show.  Spend a morning, Monday through Friday, with Preston, Steve, Casey Boy, Kathy, Nick and Marisa while they broadcast from  6 – 10 AM.
• Household membership to the Woodmere Art Museum
• A signed copy of The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuk
• Two signed copies of Social Media Marketing: Strategies for Engaging in Facebook, Twitter & Other Social Media by Liana Evans
• One 2-3 day class, up to $1500 from Future Media Concepts
• A signed copy of Content Rules by Ann Handley of Marketing Profs
• Bag of swag from Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing 
• Several cases of PopChips (There will also be PopChips provided at the event!)
• A gift certificate for a half hour photo session from Lens Friends in their one-of-a-kind do-it-yourself studio, plus a high resolution CD of all the images you take at the session
• Two tickets to the March 30 76ers game vs. the Houston Rockets from the Social Media Marketing Institute
• Trucker hats from Eternal Snow
• A GoogleTV from Dish Network (will be shipped to your house, don't worry you won't have to try to drag this home from the bar!)
• $75 gift certificate & some swag from ZipCar
• $100 gift certificate to Brauhaus Schmitz from Erblaw
• Totebag full of KIND bars
• Framed original artwork from local artist Ed Hall

Want to be on this list? Want your logo & link on our site, and a shout out at our event? Please let us know what you can donate @phltwestival or email us phillytwestival AT gmail DOT com.

 

 We are very excited to announce that local supermarket chain, The Fresh Grocer has offered to help us reach our goal of raising $3000 for MANNA! It's very easy for you to help The Fresh Grocer help us reach our goal:

Go to @phltwestival on Twitter (which you should be following anyway ;))

Retweet the following tweet which you will find there from 7AM EST or 7PM EST (also can find here:

We're benefitting @MANNANourishes! For every RT @TheFreshGrocer will donate $1 to help reach our fundraising goal! http://t.co/LDsQIX6

For every RT between 7AM EST this morning until our event at 6PM on Thursday, March 24, The Fresh Grocer will donate $1 to MANNA for us.

Just another little way to help!

Remember to buy tickets (prices go up to $25 at the door) or donate using the button above on the right if you can't attend!