Eat Your Heart Out... Devoured Tickets Available!

This week's blog post is everything Devoured!

WHAT:

Devoured Culinary Classic is a 2 day culinary festival hosted at the Museum. Technically, it is not a museum event, but a collaboration between the Museum, Local First and SACA (Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance). As a host and ticket provider, the Museum does benefit from the event.

Local restaurants, bakeries, wineries, and breweries are selected by Local First and SACA and invited to participate in the event. These restaurants are 100% local and are considered to be the best local restaurants in Arizona.

Devoured has become the most popular culinary event in AZ. It’s a big deal.

• It has sold out for the last 2 years. Last year, it sold out a month before the event.
• People are VERY excited about the event and there will be high emotions from people wanting to buy tickets- be prepared to help answer questions and efficiently sell tickets.

There is a Devoured website with all relevant information: www.devouredphoenix.com. It list all participating vendors for each day. Make yourself familiar with this website!

WHEN:  
December 7-8, 2015

• It is always hosted the first full weekend of March.
• VIP ticket holders can enter the garden at 10:30am; regular ticket holders enter at 11:30am
• All gorging will end at 3pm.

TICKETS: 

• Devoured tickets include General Admission (this includes da Vinci and Warhol).
• All tickets will have a barcode to be scanned upon entry (like Hollywood).
• Print- At- Home tickets available for tickets purchased online after Dec. 26.

	Member Tickets	General Public Tickets	VIP Tickets	Localist Tickets
Price:	$80 (one day) $140 (2 –Day)	$90 (one day) $160 (2 Day)	$150 (no discounts at all)	$80 (one day) $140 (2 –Day)
Available:	Dec 15- until sold out	Dec. 26- until sold out	Same dates for regular tickets.	Dec. 15- 17 only
How to purchase:	Dec. 15- Dec. 24: Available by phone or in-person only. Call membership office: 602-257-2124 Dec. 26- until sold out: Available by phone, in-person, online.	Dec. 26- sold out: Available by phone, in-person, online.	Dec. 15- Dec. 24: Available only for members. Call or in-person purchase only. Dec. 26- until sold out: Available by phone, in-person, online.	Available only Dec. 15- 17. Must call Local First Office: 602-956-0909 After Dec. 17, discount tickets not available. Must purchase general public ticket.

Donation Rock Stars

Did you know we have a yearly goal for donations made in the lobby!?

Whether that be in the donation box, text or by credit card.

What?
Donations made in the lobby go directly to the operating cost of the Museum.

Who?
Yes, VS is responsible for the donations because we have the capability to talk to the visitors about donations.
To give you an example of the direct effect VS has on donations made: Donation time used to be called Free Time until VS made it a goal to increase donations. Well it worked! We increased donations immensely.  (I will get that information for you soon) And that is where the term Voluntary Donation Time came about.

Based on VS's impact on the donation box the goals are a high number. I would like to continue to increase these numbers and I think we have more opportunity with the text giving.

I will be posting our donation goals and the actual amount made per month to see how we are doing. Please comment on this post that you have read this and any ideas that you have to increase donations.

Let be donation rock stars!!!