Gray's committee spent the most on mailing in the quarter, with all those payments ($955) going to GM Services, LLC in Springfield. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Gray's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Mailing
$955
18%
Radio advertising
$750
14.1%
Sponsorship food
$696
13.1%
Staff christmas gifts
$600
11.3%
Food
$509
9.6%
Photography
$300
5.7%
Graphic design
$278
5.2%
Social media advertising
$270
5.1%
Newspaper advertising
$225
4.2%
Food for auction item redemption
$207
3.9%
Auction item redemption
$185
3.5%
Auction item food redemption
$146
2.8%
Promotional items
$89
1.7%
Food supplies for sponsorship
$48
0.9%
Auction item redemption supplies
$48
0.9%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
GM Services, LLC
2017-12-22
$955
Mailing
Don Gray
2017-12-12
$600
Staff christmas gifts
Westwoods
2017-12-22
$419
Food
Neuhoff Media Springfield
2017-10-05
$375
Radio advertising
Neuhoff Media Springfield
2017-11-07
$375
Radio advertising
Kristi Mitchell Photography
2017-11-30
$300
Photography
Sam's Club
2017-11-28
$207
Food for auction item redemption
Sam's Club
2017-10-06
$188
Sponsorship food
Sam's Club
2017-10-07
$147
Sponsorship food
Sam's Club
2017-11-17
$146
Auction item food redemption
Karen Birkey Graphic Designer
2017-12-07
$145
Graphic design
Facebook
2017-10-30
$129
Social media advertising
Sam's Club
2017-10-23
$129
Sponsorship food
Sam's Club
2017-12-22
$118
Auction item redemption
Sam's Club
2017-10-12
$114
Sponsorship food
South County Publications, Ltd
2017-11-15
$100
Newspaper advertising
South County Publications, Ltd
2017-12-04
$100
Newspaper advertising
Humphrey's Market
2017-10-30
$99
Sponsorship food
Karen Birkey Graphic Designer
2017-11-01
$92
Graphic design
Sam's Club
2017-10-27
$90
Food
Sam's Club
2017-11-03
$89
Promotional items
Facebook
2017-11-29
$60
Social media advertising
Humphrey's Market
2017-12-22
$52
Auction item redemption
Facebook
2017-12-28
$50
Social media advertising
Humphrey's Market
2017-10-06
$48
Food supplies for sponsorship
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