THE MILWAUKEE BEER FESTIVAL
FEATURING THE BLESSING OF THE BOCK
2922 N. BOOTH ST., MILWAUKEE, WI 53212
Phone: (414) 372-0749 john@zutz.org
http://www.milwaukeebeerfest.com

Vietnam Veterans Against the War
PO Box 408594
Chicago, IL 60640

7 April, 2005

Gentlemen and Ladies,
Please accept this final report on the 04 Festival.Paid attendance was down a little from last year and total attendance was down. Gross income was down, and T-shirts and entertainment increased expenses.
As with most events, the tale of the festival is told by following the money. Estimated attendance was 600. The body count is as follows:

INCOME	EXPENSES
$ 235 Homebrew Competition	$ 757.28 Glasses (includes printing)
210 Coatcheck	500.00 Entertainment
1857 Auction / Glass sale/Raffle	125.63 Ice
6871 Gate	523.92 Printing & Misc.
520 Table Reservation & Donations	201.28 Postage
987 T-shirts	4150.50 Ballroom (includes food)
490 Ad Sale (program)	250.00 Domain name / web page
	557.00 T-shirts
$11,170 Gross Income	$ 7065.61 Total Expenses - rounded to $7066

$ 11170 Gross Income
- 7066 Expenses (All receipts are available for inspection by any participant.)
$ 4,104 Net Income Edie and I will donate $396 to make a nice round $4,500 donation to charity.

The first $500 goes to Vietnam Veterans Against the War. Their dedicated volunteers humping beer into the hall impressed all the brewers, as usual.
$150 goes to Vietnam Veterans of America #324 for running the cash raffle. $100 will be sent to Rev. Robert Giese to be donated to his favorite charity. Leaving $3750 which will be divided evenly with $1875 going to My Lai projects to be distributed as they see fit, and $1875 to the Library of Vietnam Project
Next year I hope to increase presale tickets, and the homebrew contest will be started earlier. I expect this and other efforts will increase attendance. I am looking forward to a bigger, more successful, and hopefully more profitable festival next year.
Mark your calendar - March 12, 2006.


Sincerely,


John Zutz