VAT Social Committee Needs Your Help

We hope everyone is having a great beginning of fall and looking forward to the fun that the change of weather brings. the VAT Social Committee is reaching out today to ask for your help.The Social Committee is funded solely by donations from homeowners. Last year community children hosted a popsicle/water sale during the annual garage sale and the Social Committee sold water at National Night Out to raise funds and solicit donations. Annual Assessments (ie Dues) are NOT allocated to the Social Committee. This is a committee of your neighbors and volunteers who work together to host events for our community.

Recently we hosted Kona Ice at the VAT Park for our 2023 block party. As is the standard with food trucks a minimum sales threshold must be met – if not, the host of the truck will be responsible for the difference. Last year, we had a great turn out and easily surpassed this threshold and were even able to secure a donation back to the Social Committee. However this year we were not able to meet this threshold and as a result the limited Social Committee funds we had were depleted and our Board Members personally paid for the remaining difference.

These funds are necessary to secure services like a North Pole representative, Easter supplies, and food trucks for community events. We have some supplies that we reuse year to year but there are still needs beyond this.

Neighbors have requested we host MORE events/food trucks however, without the generosity and participation of our neighbors this simply isn’t possible. Bookings of food trucks carry risk as the minimum sales requirements of these trucks can vary (starting at $500 and going up) and there is no guarantee of participation from the community. We have 275 households in our community, yet our social committee is between 5-10 people and often they are the ones donating to make these events possible.