Our guild has about 120 members with about 50 attending each month. We have a business meeting, some type of program, show and tell, announcements, retreats every so often, classes, several sew days, charity sewing, national teachers (Bonnie Hunter in Jan.). At the meeting during your birthday month, you bring something new or from stash for the raffle table, and tickets are 25 cents. This money helps pay for teachers, supplies, donation to the church for the meeting room, etc. We have a short "ice breaker" every meeting just to get everyone moving and talking to someone they're not familiar with.
We had an auction and raffle this summer to benefit a member with liver cancer and made $23,000!
I enjoy the meetings and most everyone is friendly and giving. I signed up for the challenge committee and am looking forward to meeting with those ladies to see what we can come up with for 2011.