Town & Country Club | Saint Paul | Minnesota This board was entered in the Idea Fair at the 2014 Club Managers Association of America World Conference. Saint Paul based Town and Country Club provides a full-service club experience to Members. Founded in 1888, Town and Country Club is currently celebrating its 125th anniversary. Members enjoy Golf, Tennis, Swimming, Fitness and Dining facilities. The club is private, member-owned, and home to Minnesota’s first golf course. Town & Country Club's banquet facilities are available for weddings, business meetings and special events.

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21. Breakthrough
Background
Every year when budget time
rolls around, our Controller is
met with looks of fear and
trepidation as she requests
forecasts from department
heads.
Budget Survival Kit
Challenge
To find a way to put a fun and positive spin on
the request for budget numbers from department
heads and encourage them to submit their
budgets prior to deadline.
Solution
The Budget Survival Kit! Each department head
received a goody bag of items to help them
through the budget forecasting process.
Budget Survival Kit
Kleenex Tissues: For all the sweat and tears that go into
deciding what to put into budget and to wipe the tears when
it gets handed back with cuts.
Calculator: To help add up all the numbers, especially
revenues!
Candy: To help sweeten up a typically sour experience and
provide a sugar buzz for those late nights.
Eraser: To help with erasing revenue numbers when told
you have to make adjustments.
Pencils: Always do your budget in pencil so you can
easily erase and lower expense and labor numbers.
Play Money: To help you add up your revenues, subtract
expenses, and hopefully have some left over at the end.
Ibuprofen: To cure the headaches caused by the budget
process.
Sominex: To help you avoid the inevitable sleepless nights
caused by budgets, we don’t want you lying awake
worrying about it.
Toy Soldiers: To help you develop different strategies for
your budget allocations.
Jump Rope: To help you jump start yourself when you run
out of steam from the long hours working on the budget.
Results
Managers entered the budget process with a positive
attitude and turned their numbers in to the controller
by deadline!