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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...
Seeking Advice on Fundraising Auction Event for School
Asked by K.M. from San Francisco
on June 28, 2011
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Hello,
I'm interested to hear what other have done at a fundraising auction event. I will be working towards one for next year for our non-profit school to raise a bi...
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- The school I worked at did does this every year. Each classroom makes a craft and themed gift basket. The younger grades usually make a quilt, scrapbook, serving pla...
- We have an auction at my job every year. the things that bring the most money are the electronics. wii, playstation, ipod. But people wont pay more than retail, so,...
- If you would like to check my information out for your fundraiser the big difference from most others is that we give 50% back to the organization and you can't go wro...
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...
2 Questions... Art and Teeth Brushing
Asked by B.H. from Philadelphia
on October 28, 2010
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hello all!! my first question is about art. i have some pieces that i would like to get appraised/sold but i dont have a clue of how/where to start! any suggestions??
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- art: I have no clue. Teethbrushing: He is pretty young to have mastered the "art" of spitting after brushing. lol It will come. Just try to keep the mess to a ...
- Teeth: This sounds odd, but it worked for our boys. We would use a tall stool to have them stand with their heads over the sink. By tilting their heads down (which ...
- Hi- I'm gearing my answer to your art question...we're in the same boat! I've tried local auction houses (Bunches Auctions in Chadds Ford, PA is pretty good) and most...
Good Ideas for Raising Funds for a ART Program at a Local Elementary School
Asked by N.P. from San Francisco
on March 28, 2010
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We started an ART program at our son's school this month for K-3rd grades. We need to think ahead and find new idea to raise more funds, to support Art education in ou...
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- Lawyers & Art Museums for general fundraising. Silent auctions are HUGE. Digital Media Classes (photography, illustration, Adobe, etc for the silicon types)
- every year a local school has a "race for education" where the children bring in address lables (mom fills them out from her address book ofcourse) and sends out lette...
- This is one of the fundraisers we did at our elementary school. We made sure we started this in the fall, so that the merchandise would arrive for the holidays. The qu...
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.
Ideas/suggestions for Silent Auction/raffle
Asked by A.A. from Sacramento
on January 24, 2011
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My daughter is eleven years old and a level 9 gymnast. We are doing a golf tournament fundraiser and
are having a hard time finding silent auction and raffle items.
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- wine.. wine glasses... I was at a school auction and I just purchased a coffee/tea basket... yum had choclate coffee beans.. travel mugs.. loose leaf teas.. whole be...
- art, jewelry, museum memberships, 9 holes?
- One thing I've always thought was fun was having people make a basket of whatever for the silent auction. One school near us does that, like, someone will make a wine ...
School fundraisers....that Time of the Year (NOT Selling Stuff)
Asked by L.K. from Boise
on September 10, 2011
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Our school has decided to go away from the silent auction that we have done for the last 10 years. The parents (myself included) have voiced that it's too much trouble...
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- The best one that we have done is a fun run. People pledge a $ amount per lap. The kids run on a track that is 1/16 of a mile. laps counted on the back of their shirt...
- Our school sells Otis Spunkmyer Cookie Dough to start with (the kids get a prize for selling the stuff). Then the whole district does Stepping Out. Where you can spo...
- There are more and more schools doing "armchair" fundraisers now.... and frankly, it can bring in more than if everyone bought junk they didn't need, where the school...
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, ...
