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#travel auction # Travel and Dining AuctionManhattan, KS 66506 785-532-5023 785-532-5522 fax The 19th Annual Travel and Dining AuctionThe auction will take place Friday, May 1, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn Conference Center. Tickets are $25 in advance or $35 at the door. Free parking is available in the parking garage of the Hilton Garden Inn. To make a reservation please visit the KSU Foundation website or call 785-532-7093. You can also purchase tickets at 103 Justin Hall or from any of the Travel and Dining Auction students. About the AuctionThe K-State Travel and Dining Auction is the largest student fundraiser in the College of Human Ecology that is planned and executed by students. 2015 marks the 19th annual auction and for the fifth year the auction will be produced by the Travel and Dining Auction class. This event became a class in 2009 to teach students interested in event planning how to organize and execute a major fundraising event. These Hospitality Management Program students apply for their auction positions and are chosen to be part of the class with student coordinators leading the entire event. Committees are developed to manage donations, food and beverage, marketing, the event decor, organization and administrative duties. Proceeds from the Auction are used to support all Hospitality Management (HM) student organizations including:
Each club allocates a portion of their funds for student financial support for traveling to regional and national food, lodging, country clubs, conferences along with other student activities. If you would like to donate an item to the K-State Travel and Dining Auction, please visit the Donors page. Travel and Dining Auction 2014The 18th Annual Travel and Dining Auction held in April 4th, 2014, was another huge success for the Department of Hospitality Management at Kansas State University. More than 305 loyal human ecology supporters purchased tickets to the gala and enjoyed an evening of passed home-made appetizers, drinking fine Acrobat Pinot Noir and Acrobat Pinot Gris wine from King Estates in Oregon; a K-State Alumni, lively conversations, and furious bidding on over 310 live and silent auction items. New features to the auction was a raffle of two distinct pleasure adventures to Wichita and Kansas City. We also contrive a cake walk with the winner receiving a Freddy's Frozen Custard Cake. Alumni and friends of HM helped us to maintain our financial goals for the event with earnings of $33,000 and donations of items and services from local, regional, and national business in the amount of $36,000. Many of you know these funds are used for many specific purposes including:
These activities keep the K-State hospitality management students in the forefront of educational opportunities and experiences, building leadership skills and more highly qualified employees for the hospitality industry. We appreciate your continued support and hope you will join us again this year on Friday the 1st of May at the Hilton Garden Inn Conference Center, 410 S. 3rd Street, Manhattan, Kansas, at 6:30 p.m.
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