Young Professionals Network

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS NETWORK 2022 YPN Celebrity Bartending Success!

By: Vicki Haddow, Realtor®, Coldwell Banker

We wanted to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who came out for YPN’s Celebrity Bartending Fundraiser on Tuesday, June 28, and helped to make it such a great success.

SUCCESSFUL NIGHT

We held the annual Celebrity Bartending event at Cask & Ale on Main Street in downtown Sarasota. The event actually sold out the day before, which was incredible.

We offered two types of tickets. You could buy a general ticket for $20 or a VIP ticket for $40. There were 10 Celebrity Bartenders that were chosen from our area’s Realtors® and RASM Business Partners. We also had three awesome sponsors. Special thanks to The Women’s Council of REALTORS® Sarasota, Cory Banks of Guaranteed Rate, and Owens Construction and Inspection Services for sponsoring the event.

The bartenders raised money from their tips for the charity Heroes Welcome Home, with the two topearning bartenders competing in a final round.

Heroes Welcome Home is a local non-profit that helps veterans with various housing concerns from helping with down payment assistance or covering closing costs, to helping with the repair and maintenance of homes.

The event was a huge success. Not only was it a great turnout, but the amount we raised that night also exceeded our expectations! It was great to see so many people come out and support the cause. We ended up raising $18,000 for Heroes Welcome Home and $4,500 for the RASM REALTORS® Charitable Foundation.

Congrats to Nikki Weiss, with Keller Williams on the Water, who raised an impressive $7,267 in tips throughout the night.

We look forward to hosting more events in the future so stay tuned and buy your tickets early! Feel free to send a message to the RASM Young Professionals Network Facebook Page for events that you’d like to see in the future, too.

UPCOMING TROLLEY TOUR

In the meantime, we will be having a Trolley Tour on Thursday, August 4th. We will be cruising Anna Maria and learning more about selling investment properties. Our Trolley Tours are always a good time! •