Events for
​Holy Ghost Preparatory School

As Events Manager at Holy Ghost Prep, Angela managed all aspects of Development Office events including the school's two major fundraisers, the Spring Auction and the Golf Classic. Angela also planned and managed the annual Reunion and President's Dinner. Her broad responsibilities included developing event promotion strategies, creating planning timelines, and collaborating with colleagues, vendors, donors, and alumni to ensure successful events. The changes that Angela made to Ghost's Spring 2019 events brought increased attendance, reduced expenses, and increased fundraising revenue (when compared to prior years).

Holy Ghost Prep Event Highlight:
2019 Spring Auction

The annual Spring Auction is HGP's biggest fundraiser of the year. In 2019 Angela was able to make significant changes to the event that resulted in reduced expenses & more funds raised for the school.
  • Increased silent auction revenue by 9% (when compared to 2018)
  • Silent auction revenue was the highest overall since the event started in 2016
  • Implemented an aggressive gift procurement & event marketing campaign that resulted in a 31% increase of donated silent auction items (when compared to 2018), and the most since the start of the event in 2016
  • Decreased overall event expenses by 13% (when compared to 2018) – expenses were the lowest overall since the start of the event in 2016
  • Accurately forecasted event attendance, resulting in the lowest catering costs in the history of the event (2016 – 2019)
  • Final overall event revenue was increased by 17% (when compared to previous year)

Events at
​Fisher's Tudor House
While working at Fisher's Tudor House, Angela marketed, sold, planned, and managed over 200 on-premise events of different varieties.
​These included:

Weddings
Corporate Meetings
Luncheons
Bridal & Baby Showers
Birthday Parties
Sweet 16s
Murder Mystery Dinners
Rehearsal Dinners
Graduation Parties
​Baptisms
​Holiday Parties

Fisher's Tudor House Project Highlight:
Ballroom Uplighting Project

Angela marketed and helped to implement Fisher's uplighting project. In an effort to make the ballrooms appear more like a "blank canvas" to brides, free uplighting was introduced into Fisher's wedding package. The addition of free uplighting increased wedding sales by more than 50%.

Event Décor & Coordination
​by Pumpkin Florals & Crafts
Angela started Pumpkin Florals & Crafts in 2011. Angela handles all aspects of the business including branding, marketing, social media, online store front on Etsy.com, customer service, and production. PF&C designs have been present at weddings & events all over the world (England, Cyprus, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, and most of the United States). PF&C also offers full event coordination and set-up for local events.

Pumpkin Florals & Crafts Event Highlight:
​Mad Men Birthday Party

Working as Pumpkin Florals & Crafts, Angela did full coordination for a "Mad Men" themed birthday party shown here. The food was from Fisher's Tudor House, with bartending provided by Swig Events. Tents & Events provided the tables and tent. Pumpkin Florals & Crafts provided all of the décor, linens, coordination, & florals. The cake was from Bredenbeck's Bakery. 
Images in the HGP Auction slideshow were taken by Catalano Studio.
All other images from events at Holy Ghost Preparatory School were taken by & belong to Angela Smith.
Photos on this page from Fisher's Tudor House events belong to Fisher's Tudor House.
Images of work done by Pumpkin Florals & Crafts are used with permission from clients and credited to the original photographer.
Photos from the Mad Men birthday party were taken by & belong to Angela Smith.

Updated August 2019.
​Website designed & maintained by
​Angela Smith.
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