The problem remains that most of our work on all of the dramas we present at church are done by volunteers. In fact, in my church, all the work is done by volunteers.

There is no payment, not for me or anyone else. It is not a staff project. It is a labor of love, so in this, how do you say thank you?

The answer given to me was an Awards Show.

I themed it the Golden Duckies since the Oscars were already taken . I basically decided upon the following Categories: Actor Awards, Performance Awards, Behind The Scenes Awards, Music Awards and CHRIST-like Awards.

I even made up a few unique ones so I could honor everyone who participated.

I then though about presenting an award to everyone, so how could I get a Golden Duckie into their hands without breaking the budget? Here was my answer:

I ordered 40 plastic ducks from Century Novelty on-line at about 20 cents a piece, along with a few other items of note for Awards. My total came to just 25,00 and it shipped to my door within two weeks. Just what I needed. The website I used is here: http://www.centurynovelty.com/

When I got the ducks, I then purchased gold paint from my local crafts store and painted each plastic duck GOLD. They came out beautifully. But still I needed a base to make it look official. From the same crafts store I purchased Pine Wood Bases @ 50 cents each and used totalling 20 bucks. Using my last can of black spray paint, I panted the bases.

Now I had a black base and a gold plastic duck. With a hot glue gun, I produced 40 Golden Duckies for under 50 bucks and htey looked smashing!

Next: Putting the Awards Night together.