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Making a Silent Auction Raffle Basket: Theme "Movie Night"
Asked by J.S. from Pittsburgh
on March 1, 2012
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Looking for creative ideas! I'm making a "movie night" gift basket for a silent auction raffle at my daughter's school. Looking for some great ideas!!! What we have...
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- Instead of an air popper, how about one of these theater poppers? http://www.crateandbarrel.com/kitchen-and-food/specialty-cookware/theater-popcorn-popper/s497401 ...
- Okay so to make an auction, the gift certificates to a local movie theater are a great idea. But you need a good piece to fill the basket out too, so the popper applia...
- I would make several baskets - we have had success at our school with silent auctions and instead of doing just one - several. One would have some of the new movies...
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...
Silent Auctions
Asked by K.K. from Dallas
on August 28, 2008
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Moms,
I need your help planning a silent auction for my shools PTA. I already hit up all the big things, aka six flags, museums, zoos, mavericks, rangers, stars, f...
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- Our Preschool did a silent Auction and I bought tickets to Fort Worth Museum of Science and History and the Zoo. I also bought a cute Noah's Ark hand made onesie out...
- Not sure if you will have any luck but I would try some of the companies w/ HQ's in DFW....GameStop, Blockbuster, CompUSA, The Container Store, Radio Shack. Ask the m...
- I would also try a local professional photographer.
Auction Donation Ideas
Asked by S.Q. from Chicago
on January 21, 2009
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I would like to donate an item to an upcoming school auction, but we are on a very limited budget right now. Have any of you made any interesting donations that didn't...
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- At our school auction several people auctioned off their cooking skills so maybe that is an idea for you since you said you are a baker- one person did desserts for th...
- Dear Siobhan, My kids school is having an auction and I can't even afford the $50. So I have asked my friends and family to help volunteer there time or products. ...
- A friend of mine just donated a home-cooked meal to an auction. The people who one the auction came over to his house and he served them a fabulous home cooked meal. G...
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...
Creative Ideas NEEDED
Asked by L.D. from Washington DC
on February 24, 2008
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First off.. I AM NOT SELLING ANYTHING HERE ON MAMASOURCE... That said.. this is where I need help. I've commited to a really great thing, the Avon Breast Cancer Walk. ...
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- You might try soliciting some local businesses to donate goods and/or services, then either raffle them off or hold a silent auction. You could also work with home-ba...
- Have you ever heard of Quarter Auctions? I am envolved in a group of ten different home-bases business consultants that does one every 3 months. Our first one,two ye...
- Hi L., I don't have kids, so I don't know what to say about your idea. Would be happpy to contribute to you effort, however. Let me know how to do that. J.
Looking for Advice on Hosting a Fundraiser
Asked by M.S. from Chicago
on December 20, 2009
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Hi!
A very good friend of ours son was recently diagnosed with Leukemia. Some friends and I would like to have a fundraiser for the family to help with medical exp...
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- I work with a company that does fundraisers - I would like to hear about what your plans are when it comes to planning. M.
- I have done several bar fundraisers in the past for organizaqtions that I have been involved with. My feeling is that the best formula is this- offer a low-end all you...
- Wine tastings seem to be very popular right now, so you could talk to a local shop that makes their own wine and maybe they would work with you. Or, since you already...
School Fundraising Ideas
Asked by L.T. from Hartford
on March 25, 2010
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I have just agreed to help my children's elementary school PTA with fundraising next year. As this is something I have no experience with, I was hoping to get some ad...
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- Fundraising just can't happen with one thing .. but you should look to do a whole calendar for the school year! I know my school uses: http://www.innisbrook.com an...
- boxtops for education try asking local resturants like red robbin, pappa johns, macayos, etc.. to host a school night, the school prints flyers and for each family...
- I've been fundraising for 6 years at my kid's schools.. Here are some ideas and thoughts for you.. Right now, it's really hard to raise money.. Everyone is feeling the...
Prize Ideas for Adults
Asked by M.B. from Houston
on August 19, 2011
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I am planning a dinner and casino night for my brother's company...They will play for chips and use the chips to bid on prizes...I NEED IDEAS!!! I thought I had great...
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- $250 to $300 a gift?? WOW! You could get a small flat screen TV for that price. Gift cards to department stores, restaurants, spa packages, hotel nights, amusement...
- Well, you can get the iPod Touch for his price range, not the iPad, a nice driver perhaps and probably a round of golf.....how many gifts total? It's OK to have 2-3 b...
- What about those book things,, Kindle, or Nook. A DVD player, laptop computer, things for computers,, like the external power source, or flash drives, lappads.flat scr...
Where to Buy Inexpensive Items for a Non-profit Raffle?
Asked by A.D. from Dallas
on January 15, 2008
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My son's cub scout pack out of Keller is having their annual Blue & Gold banquet in February. We have a children's raffle and silent auction in conjunction with our B...
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- I would ask managers at Walmart, Target, Game Stop, Blockbuster, Toys R Us, etc if they can donate items for the raffle. Find out where some of the troop leaders and ...
- Another great place that I swear by is the 99 cent store off of Rufe Snow and Mid Cities. You will find items that Target and Wal-Mart carry but everything in the sto...
- Walmart has some toys on clerance and so does Target. You could put movie baskets together from the dollar tree with treats and popcorn in them and a five dollar bloc...
