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Silent Auction Help!!!!
Asked by S.S. from Detroit
on March 26, 2008
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I am the PTO Treasurer at my school in Troy and we are having our annual Sock Hop and Silent Auction at the end of April. I have contacted many local and national com...
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- S., My best advice is to look within- the school that is. Ask parents, staff, etc....We've had alot of luck with companies parents work for donating stuff, families...
- I don't know what $$ amount you are looking for but I do a golf outing for my work every year and local restaurants usually donate at least a $25 gift certificate. Yo...
- S., I notice a lot of children's type/related companies dropping off information and samples,etc. at my kids daycare. Try contacting the bouncing house/party com...
Silent Auction Baskets
Asked by S.L. from Minneapolis
on October 10, 2007
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Hi Everyone! I was recently asked to put together a basket for a silent auction. I was wondering if any of you go to these and what type of baskets you bid on? I am tr...
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- Stampbooking and scrapbooking stuff, homemade cards, kids craft supplies, gardening themes, a cute idea is a home movie kit with micropopcorn, candy movie tickets or a...
- Depending on your market, I find that the children's themed baskets go over very well. For example all Barbie, all superhero, princess, pirates, that sort of thing. Th...
- Your choices will really depend on what the silent auction is for - who benefits? who attends? I have done many silent auction baskets, filling them with Usborne Boo...
Need a Project Idea for 1St Graders for Our School Auction
Asked by K.A. from Dallas
on February 1, 2008
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I teach at a charter school, and each spring we hold an auction dinner, one of our biggest fundraisers. Each grade level is supposed to contribute an item, made by th...
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- What about a cookbook with special recipes from each child's family?
- I taught 5th grade at a school that did something very similar every year. We made a cookbook one year and it was a big hit! Each kid asked their parent for help writi...
- Each child (family) could submit a recipe along with the child's illustration of the recipe (i.e "Smith Family Spaghetti" child illustrates the spaghetti). You can ha...
Seeking Art and Craft Fairs
Asked by T.O. from Dallas
on August 29, 2009
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Does anyone know of any arts and craft fairs at their churches and any place that I can try to rent a table at. I just started making baby items and thought that woul...
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- Definitely try Etsy.com and Stonebridge United Methodist church is going to have their Holiday Bazaar on November 14th (they are in McKinney). Also Cottonwood Creek Ba...
- I think there are several churches in the area that have Fall Bazaars. I know that Crossing Point Christian School, on Hunt St. always has one in the fall, and there ...
- At Trietsch United Methodist Church in Flower Mound they have a pretty big annual craft fair in September. They have info on their webstie tmumc.org.
Need Advice Aboout School Fundraiserd
Asked by J.F. from Greensboro
on February 15, 2009
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I have recently been asked to organize a silent auction at my sons school. I have never attended a silent auction for a school before. I am going to do themed baskets ...
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- I actually organized a fundraiser for my children's preschool. The baskets per class are perfect. Some other ideas are game night, movie night with Blockbuster GC, p...
- They did this at my daughters school. There were bottles, bibs, burp clothes, wipes, rattles, blankets, bottle cleaners, lotion, powder, onsies, socks, nail clippers,...
- sometimes teachers will donate a tea party for girls or basketball game for a group of friends, popular teachers can bring in the bids, can be lunch with the teacher, ...
Event This Weekend
Asked by C.S. from Detroit
on March 5, 2008
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Hi there,
I work for Arts & Scraps and we are having our annual fundraiser/auction this Saturday night. Does anyone have any good ideas for how to display our silent...
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- Always, always, always use a tablecloth to cover the table when showing off anything. I went to a 50th birthday party at a friends house and the children had all the ...
- C., I've been in direct sales for about 5 years now and setting up displays in peoples home 8-10 times a month inside of 15 minutes. In direct sales the product norm...
- I guess it would help to know more about the items. It's more of a visual thing. So just tossing it out there, could they be put on clear cubes at different hights? Ma...
How Do You Get Items to Auction/raffle for Non Profit
Asked by K.R. from Chicago
on September 21, 2008
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I was wondering if anyone has been in charge of getting items to auction or raffle for a non profit network
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- Our mothers of twins club does a holiday raffle and I have had luck with sporting events, restaurants, shows and attractions. Please e-mail me if you want more specif...
- I have done this a few times. It's not easy in this economy. Here are some thoughts: Ask people in your organization to each donate one item for raffle. It doesn't hav...
- I actually just got done helping gather items for a fundraiser and had very good luck even with it being my first time around. I simply called businesses that had pro...
Creative Ideas Needed!
Asked by T.G. from Los Angeles
on October 9, 2009
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I am the least creative person in the world. I need some ideas for a class art project that will be auctioned off at a fundraiser for our children's school. The kids a...
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- Fingerprint collage? Especially if you know anyone who does digital imaging...you can take a thumbprint from every child, scan it, blow it up to about 2 inches, rec...
- When my kids were little, the teacher had the kids all draw pictures of vegetables (peas/pod, corn, tomato...) and then put them into one of those multi-picture frames...
- What I think would be an amazing auction item - Friendship - handprints on a canvas - interlocking one big circle -- underneath each pair of prints child's name an...
Enviro-friendly Valentine Ideas?
Asked by S.Q. from Chicago
on February 7, 2009
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You ladies were so helpful with my last request for creative auction items. How about some ideas for what to get my husband for Valentines Day, but preferably somethin...
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- How about state of the art, top of the line shaving care kit? Contact me for more info.
- Do not know if this is too much for valentines day, but for another occasion... my friend found a racing track and got her husband a day pass with racecar driving less...
- My husband absolutely loved the huge heart shaped cookie that I made him for Valentine's day one year. He loves chocolate chip cookies, so I made a batch (or you coul...
Need Company for Estate Appraisal / Estate Sale
Asked by T.H. from Dallas
on December 10, 2009
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I am looking for a reputable company for an estate appraisal. The items we need appraised are nice furniture, rugs and art. A company that also handles the sale of t...
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- My husband and I are antiques dealers and we go to a lot of estate sales. I recommend Lawrence Martin with Future's Past estate sales and appraisal services. He is a...
- Resale it , a store in the northlake shopping center on northwest hwy at ferndale will do that for you.
- Help me Rhonda does estate sales and such. I don't have their number, but I know they have a website. Very reputable.
