Do you someone to whom you can ship this:
https://www.costco.com/laurie-gates-14.5-quart-oval-hammered-aluminum-beverage-tub.product.4000249224.html

I also bought it for under 10.00 at my local Costco in Maryland

DP. Your selection should be fine. If this is a southern place, maybe get some iced tea.

Ask your local contact or honoree if they have a large cooler you can borrow. I'd keep the drinks on ice in a cooler, and take them out shortly before the event.

How many ppl are you expecting? If it's a small group, get an aluminum tub (Amazon, Home Depot, World Market all have them) and put the drinks on ice in it. However for a large group you may want to just stick with keeping them in the cooler.

Anonymous wrote:Are you sure you can do wine? Our local community centers don’t allow alcohol on the premises.

Good question! I will be sure to ask, and no big deal if I can't. Do you think I need more than water, seltzer, sparkling lemonade, especially given the parameters I described above?

Thanks from OP

Are you sure you can do wine? Our local community centers don’t allow alcohol on the premises.

I'm hosting a baby shower lunch in a room at what is basically a community center. There isn't a kitchen. I'm ordering the food in (probably from a place like Big Greek Cafe) and will make the desserts.

I'm not sure how to handle the drinks. I'll probably buy individual waters and seltzers, and wine and sparkling lemonade, and plan to chill all ahead of time and bring over in a cooler. How should I display these? Obviously the shower isn't super fancy, but I'd like it to look nice and not like an outdoor bbq. Also, do I need ice, and if so, in what kind of holder do I leave that out?

A complicating factor is that I'm flying in from out of town to host this, so I won't be able to use items from my own home for serving. I will be going to a local-to-the-shower Costco a couple of days in advance so can buy items there, and also could order items from Amazon and have delivered to the community center to be waiting for me there.

Thanks for your help and ideas.