Mom to Mom of Maine

When did you join Mom to Mom?
October 2010

What do you sell?
We are an event consulting company that specializes in events with many moving pieces.

Areas covered?
We cover all of New England, and willing to travel beyond.

Do you offer a discount to Mom to Mom members or other special services?
Absolutely, we offer Mom to Mom members our friends and family discount of 10% off our cost.

How did you get started in this business?
My background is in event planning and fundraising. I have been planning fundraising, political and nonprofit events for the past ten years. After the Obama campaign, I had been traveling abroad to handle logistics for the White House. After I had my daughter I realized that traveling abroad for three weeks at a time was not feasible anymore, but I still wanted to do something for me. So my business partner, Meg, and I joined together in October 2010.

What’s your favorite product/service that you sell and why?
The majority of our clients have been island and coastal Maine weddings. It has been wonderful to work with the brides and their families and so fulfilling to make sure that their day is as perfect as possible.

My story:
As we approach our one year anniversary, I am in awe. When Meg and I started hatching the idea of Cairn Events we had two simple goals: 1) To have a business that we could maintain while we raised our children. So it had to be flexible and something that wouldn’t take us away every day, because we wanted to stay home with our kiddos. 2) Our second goal when we started was to book three large events. We ended up contracting fourteen!

The most amazing part was that it was all word-of-mouth. I was connected to each of the brides and the nonprofits in a personal way, whether is was through a friend or a friend of a friend which led me to have an emotional tie to each event. This tie drove me to perfect each design idea and clarify each logistical piece.

October will certainly be a month for planning the future, which includes a new website and a few updates to our business plan. My goal as Maegan’s mom is to keep the business the size that it is, so that I can continue with the level of service that sets Cairn apart while enjoying watching my daughter grow.

Contact Information:
Heather Quinn Cuzzi, Cairn Event Consulting
www.cairnevents.com | heather@cairnevents.com | (207) 650-8486