2010 auction committee chairs are: JoAnne St. Clair (268-1923) & Cathy O'Neil (267-4975)

Welcome!

Our auction is an important fundraising event for the church (and always a fun party), but it is also a great way to bring people together. Do you have a special talent or skill or a unique item to donate? Can you host a dinner? Does this sound like a fun project to be involved in? Then you've come to the right place!

Even with the auction 159 days behind us, you can still make corrections on your statement to your donated item descriptions or event dates. If you do, please remember to contact everyone involved. We hope you enjoyed the auction!

As of Mar 20, it looks like we raised just over $31k - Congratulations and thanks to everyone who participated!

Here are some PICTURES! of our fabulous event!

The Next auction will be 2/19/2011 6:00 PM and you can enter donations for it after 10/22/2010

Important Dates

Date	Time	Event	Location
Sun, Nov 15	5:00pm	Phone-A-Thon potluck	At MaryLou MacDonald's BIA office
Sun, Nov 22	12:30pm	First Auction Table in Fellowship Hall	(Every Sunday)
Sun, Jan 17	12:30pm	Committee Meeting	At church
Sun, Jan 31	12:30pm	Committee Meeting	At church
Sun, Feb 1	12:30pm	Committee Meeting, pick live items & order	At church
Fri, Feb 6	6:30pm	Fold & Staple catalog at First Friday	At church
Sun, Feb 7	after MidYear Meeting	Committee Meeting	At church
Sun, Feb 14	12:30pm	Last day to purchase discount tickets. Last Committee Meeting	At church
Fri, Feb 19	7:00pm	Training for Computer Volunteers	At church
Sat, Feb 20	6:30pm	The big event!	At church
Sun, Mar 21	4:30pm	Auction Committee post-event thank you party	MaryLou & Dave's house

Volunteer Opportunities

Click here to email us about volunteering to help with the auction
Click here to email us about bringing a dish for the auction dinner

You can also visit the Auction table or contact JoAnne or Cathy to sign up to bring food or help in one of these areas:

• Phone-A-Thon group - Help spread the word and get folks thinking about what to offer this year
• Website data entry - Enter info from paper donation forms (Not everyone is so tech-savvy)
• Catalog Proofreader - Keep an eye on donated item entries - fix typos and follow up on missing dates and other essential info
• Business Donation gatherer - Teams of 2 visit local businesses and ask for items to donate - they get a mention in the catalog!
• Donate Items / Dinners - Use this website to submit your item descriptions! What could be easier!
• Donate Food for Auction night
• Assist on Food/Drink/Dessert/Coffee service teams
• Catalog prep - Help coordinate generation, printing, stapling of catalog and addendum
• Slide Show - Help prepare the PowerPoint slides we show during the live auction
• Theme Ambience / Entertainment - Slide shows, music, live entertainment...etc - Creative Opportunity!
• Bid Sheet prep - Pick paper colors, print bid sheets night before auction
• Silent auction table setup in Fellowship Hall
• Post auction silent item distribution
• Record live auction bids
• "Run" live bids out to computer team for entry
• Take Tickets on auction night
• Sell Admission Tickets before the auction
• Staff the Auction table during weeks before Auction
• Come up with ideas to help decorate
• Clean up team
• Computer team - help check guests in, enter sales, and settle up
• Network team - help setup and test our old computer equipment (or persuade folks to donate some spiffy new laptops)
• Other - Can you think of some other way you'd like to help make our event better?

We are fortunate to have Paul Delphia - licenced professional auctioneer who has offered us his services again this year.