Volunteers needed --¬ The City of Saratoga Springs is inviting residents to get involved in their community with its city celebrations, particularly the annual Saratoga Splash event. Those interested in volunteering their organizational, marketing, people skills or who want more information can email council members Mia Love at mialove4cc@hotmail.com or Denise Kelly at denisek62@q.com. Thanks for your email. Mia and Denise were asked to get with the former civic events manager, Mandi Johnson, and put together Splash this year.¬ In light of our current economy, the elected officials opted to embrace a new philosophy with respect to civic events.¬ They want to pursue them by obtaining sponsors for events.¬ In the past, the city has subsidized all activities 100 percent.¬ The city has limited resources at this time -- declining building permit fees and minimal sales tax revenue due to the limited size of our commercial sector.¬ They are optimistic about the future, but they need have to make decisions based on what they know today, not what they hope will happen tomorrow.
¬ They are interested in finding volunteers that have fundraising experience, large event planning experience, or no experience but time and energy.¬ They are in the planning phase so these volunteers are the foundation of Splash.¬ Anyone interested should contact Denise at 362-4639.¬ We hope to get a group together very soon so that we can get going.¬ They are also welcome to contact Mia via e-mail through the city Web site.
