Service-Auction-2025 Auction Catalog - 45 item(s) printable view
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Item0 Item Category Donors Item Name Picture Description Qty Buy it Now Min0 Min Price Date
MM0017 MM17 Meals, Gatherings, Events
  • Carolyn Schwartz
Trip to Storm King Art Center
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Join a field trip to beautiful Storm King Art Center (500 acre outdoor museum) in the Catskill Mountains. Trip will include admission and snacks. Feel free to bring a lunch or buy one at the cafeteria. We will carpool from MUUF on a Saturday in September 2026. Limit 4 people. 4 .00035E7 35
S0007 S7 Services
  • Matt Barry
Soul Portrait Session
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A portrait that captures you as you really are. This 75-minute on-location session is designed to create images that feel authentic and timeless. Photographs that reveal who you are and what makes you unique. Whether we shoot outdoors, at home, or in a favorite spot, the goal is to capture honesty, depth, and presence.

You’ll receive three professionally retouched portraits that reflect your individuality and spirit.

1 .001E7 100
S0006 S6 Services
  • Matt Barry
Pets and their People
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A professional portrait that celebrates the bond between you and your pet. This 75-minute session is easygoing and fun, focused on capturing real moments that show your pet’s personality and the connection you share. Whether it’s a quiet snuggle or a burst of playful chaos, the goal is to create images that feel genuine and full of character.

You’ll receive three professionally retouched portraits that highlight the warmth, humor, and love at the heart of your relationship.

1 .001E7 100
S0005 S5 Services
  • Matt Barry
Professional Studio Headshot Photos
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A professional headshot can make a real difference. It’s often how people first get to know you, and the right image can inspire trust, create connection, and leave a lasting impression.

This one-hour session in my Madison, NJ home studio focuses on creating portraits that show you at your best. Each session includes two professionally retouched headshots suitable for business, acting, or personal use.

You can use the session for yourself or gift it to someone who could benefit from a professional photo for LinkedIn, social media, or anywhere a great first impression matters.

4 .001E7 100
ED0004 ED4 Lessons/Classes
  • Rachel Barry
Ask Me Anything about Book Publishing
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Are you a reader or a writer interested in learning more about how the book publishing industry works?

Join experienced book publishing professional, Rachel Barry, for a behind the scenes look at the industry with plenty of time for questions.

Date TBD.

10 .00015E7 15
A0002 A2 Art/Handcrafted
  • Rachel Barry
A Knit Cat Hat - Yes, for a Cat
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I'll knit your furry friend an adorable winter hat.

Novelty use only or your cat will be mad at me.

3 .0002E7 20
MM0016 MM16 Meals, Gatherings, Events
  • David Long
  • Barbara Long
Wine and hors d'oeuvres and discussion evening
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Wine & hors d’oeuvres evening, discussion of what religions
have in common, with David Long, retired teacher, at their Blair House apartment, Wednesday, November 19, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
7 .0002E7 20 11/19/25 5:00 PM
MM0015 MM15 Meals, Gatherings, Events
  • Ida Picker
How to Make Brazilian Flan Guests may observe a demonstration of making a flan, from caramelizing the sugar to baking over a hot water bath. Light refreshments will be served.
Guests may return the next afternoon to see the crucial unmolding step and to take home some flan.

Location is my kitchen at 10 Garden Ave. Chatham Boro

6 .0004E7 40 3/22/26 3:00 PM
MM0014 MM14 Meals, Gatherings, Events
  • Ida Picker
  • Jake Liberman
Taco Party
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Come gather with friends at our home to socialize, build your own tacos, and await a surprise desert. 14 .0004E7 40 10/3/26 6:30 PM
K0003 K3 Kids Stuff & Events
  • Craig B Adams
  • Craig and Jenny Adams
Family Board Games
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Do you like to play Werewords? Telestrations? Apples to Apples? If you answered yes, come play board games with the Adams family at our Dover home. We'll provide games and snacks.

This event is for 10 people - adults and children. $15 per person.

10 .00015E7 15 2/28/26 3:00 PM
MM0013 MM13 Meals, Gatherings, Events
  • Gabor Kiss
  • Wildflower Sculpture Park
  • Marjorie Wormser
Visit to Wildflower Sculpture Park (and Miata ride) In past years we have offered a visit to Grounds for Sculpture and Luna Park, with the option of a ride in a sexy Mazda Miata convertible, for an additional donation. This year we are going to someplace new, Wildflower Sculpture Park in S. Orange. 8 .00025E7 25 4/25/26 1:00 PM
M0009 M9 Miscellaneous
  • Shari Loe
Burgundy/orange sunflower seeds - packet of 25 with instructions Seeds from my sunflowers grown this past year. Colors range from deep burgundy to yellow red and orange (see photo). Did well in large pots or right in the ground. With fertilizer will reach 8-10 feet tall. See photo for colors and height. 25 .00005E7 5
S0004 S4 Services
  • Shari Loe
Custom Design Maple Sugar Cutout Cookies Will bake, design and decorate 2 dozen cookies in your choice of design. Photo shows client art and my rendition. One month notice required. Will do 3 times. 3 .00075E7 75
K0002 K2 Kids Stuff & Events
  • Shari Loe
Story and Activity for Childrens Party Will present one children’s’ story and design and run up to 3 related activities for the same party. One month notice required 1 .0015E7 150
ED0003 ED3 Lessons/Classes
  • Bob Scott
PhotOps
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Bob Scott will conduct a group session on basic techniques in photography designed to improve your photography quickly. These are principles that have been found to work. This is not about equipment and these techniques can be used whether you use a phone, disposable, point and shoot, DSLR, mirrorless or even film camera. The most important tool is not what's in your hands; it's what is in your head. Bob Scott, bobwscott@aol.com, (973) 255-0344 8 .0003E7 30 1/18/26 12:00 PM
ED0002 ED2 Lessons/Classes
  • Bob Scott
PhotOps
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Bob Scott will conduct a group session on basic techniques in photography designed to improve your photography quickly. These are principles that have been found to work. This is not about equipment and these techniques can be used whether you use a phone, disposable, point and shoot, DSLR, mirrorless or even film camera. The most important tool is not what's in your hands; it's what is in your head. Bob Scott, bobwscott@aol.com, (973) 255-0344 8 .0003E7 30 2/15/26 12:00 PM
ED0001 ED1 Lessons/Classes
  • Bob Scott
PhotOps
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Bob Scott will conduct a group session on basic techniques in photography designed to improve your photography quickly. These are principles that have been found to work. This is not about equipment and these techniques can be used whether you use a phone, disposable, point and shoot, DSLR, mirrorless or even film camera. The most important tool is not what's in your hands; it's what is in your head. Bob Scott, bobwscott@aol.com, (973) 255-0344 8 .0003E7 30 2/15/26 12:00 PM
M0008 M8 Miscellaneous
  • Steve Rice
Family History Mystery Pamphlets
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We all have family histories - some scary! Here are two of our family history mysteries and their stories of 40+ years of detective work to resolve them, "A Perry County Cold Case" (13 pages) and "Adam Rice's Mistaken Civil War Identity" (25 pages).
$10 each or 2 for $15.
6 .0001E7 10
S0003 S3 Services
  • Steve Rice
I Can See Clearly Now
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Are your car headlights cloudy and looking like they're ready for cataract surgery? Use Steve's updated 5-step process to clean them so they look and act like new - and you can see clearly when driving! The process includes a final sealer/UV protectant step that keeps the lights clear and bright even longer. 3 .0003E7 30
MM0012 MM12 Meals, Gatherings, Events
  • Dori Wolfe
A Taste of Vermont Join us for a delicious Vermont-inspired dinner for 8 chez Wolfe's. We spent 20 years there, where I was what I fondly refer to as a "gentlewoman farmer". We'll reminisce while we sample award-winning food and beverages from the green hills of Vermont. 8 .0004E7 40 5/23/26 5:30 PM
FD0004 FD4 Food to Go
  • Irene Mendelson
  • Don Preziosi
Locavores Organic Delight: Zucchini Bread Don Preziosi will provide the zucchini in season from his bountiful organic garden in Mendham. Irene Mendelson will turn them into a loaf of moist zucchini bread and deliver it to you at MUF or at your house. Your choice of nuts or no nuts.

Offered twice.

2 .00015E7 15
MM0011 MM11 Meals, Gatherings, Events
  • Sandy DeSmedt
Pyramid Mountain Hike
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George and Sandy will lead a beautiful spring hike to Pyramid Mountain. Participants should bring water and wear sturdy shoes. The hike is 4.3 miles and moderate difficulty level and will take about 2-3 hours. $10/person, $20/family. Rain date 4/19/26 20 .0001E7 10 4/12/26 12:00 PM
M0007 M7 Miscellaneous
  • Gabor Kiss
Come Fly With Me
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Experience a flight in a small (Gabor does mean small!) two-seater Cessna 150 airplane. See your house, the Water Gap, the Fellowship, foliage, flowering trees, and more from approximately 2000–3000 feet. The plane has dual controls so you can get some hands-on experience, but let Gabor do the landing, please! Departure is from Somerset Airport in Bedminster. Weight limit 180 lbs.

Date TBD and of course subject to weather. But winners will get their flights EVENTUALLY ....

2 .0013E7 130
M0006 M6 Miscellaneous
  • Donald Marks
BloodBird - Written by Donald Marks, signed by the author
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When the organ is not the only thing transplanted. The action takes place in the not too distant future, giving the reader a glimpse of what life, research and medicine could soon be like 1 .0002E7 20
M0005 M5 Miscellaneous
  • Donald Marks
Her Charm was Contagious - Written by Donald Marks, signed by the author
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Dr. Vincent Pasternak, the aging founding physician for the Haven Medical Group, suffers from a growing jealousy and paranoia. He fears that his junior partners believe him incompetent and want to replace him.... you will be left wondering which parts are fiction, what actually occurred, and what the author left out. 1 .0002E7 20
M0004 M4 Miscellaneous
  • Donald Marks
Vera Mortina - Written by Donald Marks, signed by the author
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What to do when the patient is not the sick one? Will the doctor become the patient, and can he survive? 1 .0002E7 20
M0003 M3 Miscellaneous
  • Donald Marks
The Surrogate written by Donald Marks, signed by the author
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The Surrogate, written by Donald Marks under the pen name Dimitri Markov, is a story about a young woman trapped in the greed and power of the IVF industry. Donald is a physician and writer of intense medical fiction on the theme of Dangerous Doctors. 1 .0002E7 20
MM0010 MM10 Meals, Gatherings, Events
  • Donald Marks
  • Diane Marks
Lunch with Hamlet
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Lunch With Hamlet at a local restaurant, on the theme of Shakespeare's play Hamlet. Each attendee can choose, if they like, their favorite character that they could read about beforehand and be able to discuss a little. No acting or reading of lines required, just a fun general discussion of the play and the characters - motives, aspirations, loyalties, sneaky plans, but no witches. Price includes lunch, beverage, and dessert, excluding alcohol. 4 .0005E7 50 3/14/26 1:00 PM
MM0009 MM9 Meals, Gatherings, Events
  • Donald Marks
  • Diane Marks
Lunch With MacBeth
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Lunch With Macbeth at a local restaurant, on the theme of Shakespeare's play Macbeth. Each attendee can choose, if they like, their favorite character that they could read about beforehand and be able to discuss a little. No acting or reading of lines. Lots of fun as we delve into motives, aspirations, loyalties, sneaky plans, and of course the 3 witches. Price includes lunch, beverage, and dessert, excluding alcohol. “fair is foul and foul is fair. 4 .0005E7 50 2/14/26 1:00 PM
M0002 M2 Miscellaneous
  • Donald Marks
Transit States - Written by Donald Marks, signed by the author
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Collected existential and personal poetry 1 .0002E7 20
MM0008 MM8 Meals, Gatherings, Events
  • Diane Koslow
  • Beverly Hays
  • Diane Marks
Progressive Dinner
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Welcome to an evening of culinary delights and community camaraderie at our Progressive Dinner in the cozy and welcoming condos of Fox Hills!

Appetizer Haven: A cozy kickoff begins with delightful hors d’oeuvres at the lovely home of Diane Koslow. It is an opening act that promises charm and taste in every bite.

Main Course Marvel: Next, take a short stroll or ride to Beverly and George's abode. It’s a meal that’s sure to bring back memories and create new ones.

Dessert Delight: Finally, our journey concludes at the condo of Diane and Donald Marks. As you savor sweet morsels, enjoy stories, laughter, and the joy of shared moments.
12 .00065E7 65 1/17/26 5:30 PM
FD0003 FD3 Food to Go
  • Alex Devleeschouwer
Nana’s Famous Chocolate Chip Cookies Receive a full batch of Levi and Parker’s Nana’s famous chocolate chip cookies. Store them in the freezer and enjoy overtime or share with friends and enjoy right away! 4 .0001E7 10
MM0007 MM7 Meals, Gatherings, Events
  • Rita Morris
  • Jane Kelly
  • Kate Sa
STAY OUT OF THE GUTTER WITH RITA, JANE AND KATE
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Join Rita, Jane Kelly, and Kate Sa for bowling, pizza and refreshments at Hanover Lanes, Route 10 East, East Hanover. Gutter bowlers welcome! Get ready to hear some hooting and hollering from your UU friends. It will be a fun Sunday! 15 .0004E7 40 1/25/26 12:30 PM
M0001 M1 Miscellaneous
  • Steve Gruber
Walkj at Primrose Farm Preserve in Harding Township About a two mile walk at Primrose Farm Preserve. A nice nature walk which has many trees identified and descriptive panels. The trail traverses woods and fields. 20 .0002E7 20 5/17/26 1:00 PM
MM0006 MM6 Meals, Gatherings, Events
  • Lilli Keating
  • Saffin Pond
Hike Mahlon Dickerson Park
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Lilli is hosting a 2-hour hike in Mahlon Dickerson Park.

Get to know this wonderful Morris County Park!

Meet at Saffin Pond parking lot at 1:00 PM, about 30 minutes north of MUUF

15 .0002E7 20 10/11/26 1:00 PM
S0002 S2 Services
  • Joan Belz
GARDEN Work
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Offering 3 hours of yard work (planting, pruning, weeding)
No leaf raking or lawn cutting
Dates at the convenience of the bidders
4 .00075E7 75
MM0005 MM5 Meals, Gatherings, Events
  • Beth Hayward
  • Kathryn McAteer
  • Jane Shivas
Sparkly Brunch
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This offering is on Sunday 5/3/2026.

Come to Beth's lovely cottage on Cabin lake - a small lake in the Rainbow Lakes community, Parsippany - get SPARKLES in your HAIR (i.e Fairy Hair) in time for Mother's Day and the Summer season - you can choose your colors and they last 2-3 months. ALSO, socialize with old and new friends and enjoy a delicious home made brunch by gourmet cooks Kate McAteer, Jane Shivas and Beth Hayward.

This event is for women and girls.

12 .00065E7 65 5/3/26 1:00 PM
K0001 K1 Kids Stuff & Events
  • Phyllis Mesias
2nd Annual Playdate and Potluck
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$15 per family
Come hang at our place! Bring some snacks to share (feel free to clear out the pantry of the things your kids loved so you bought bulk then they changed their minds...) and we’ll all have a great afternoon! We have a sand table, swing and climber, and plenty of toys. Badminton, croquet and bocce for the older kids. If it’s hot, bring your swimsuits and we’ll turn on the sprinkler (or even if it's cool and drizzly and the kids are into it)! 1-3pm
15 .00015E7 15 7/18/26 1:00 PM
FD0002 FD2 Food to Go
  • Dori Wolfe
Romantic Picnic Basket for two
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Made to order, al la francais, with wine, cheese, fruit, and sweets, all packed in a lovely picnic basket and delivered to you at a mutually agreed time. All you need to do is provide the romance! 1 .0004E7 40
MM0004 MM4 Meals, Gatherings, Events
  • Donor
Service Auction Kickoff Party This item is the Service Auction Kickoff Party, November 8, 2025 6:00-9:00. The theme is "UU Light Up My Life". You have the option of buying the $25 ticket using this software, and then the cost will be added to your bill after the auction is over. 250 .00025E7 25 11/15/25 9:00 PM
MM0003 MM3 Meals, Gatherings, Events
  • Barbara Long
  • David Long
German St Nickolas Day brunch
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A German St Nickolas Day brunch for six, complete with mimosas, homemade Stollen, German Apple pancakes, egg frittata, sausage and ham, December 6 at 10:00 am. Guests will be charmed by the holiday decorations at our 2D Blair House apartment, formerly the residence of UU Sandra Persichetti. Brunch hosted by Barbara and David Long 6 .0003E7 30 12/6/25 10:00 AM
FD0001 FD1 Food to Go
  • Kim Dunn-Meynell
Kim’s Killer Kahlua Tiramisu
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Kim Dunn-Meynell is offering her famous Tiramisu that will be a smash at your next gathering! Made with Marscapone, real Italian ladyfingers, espresso and very heavy handed with Kahlua!!!!

Serves 8-10

2 .0003E7 30
MM0002 MM2 Meals, Gatherings, Events
  • Mary Courtley
Mary’s Mighty Book Swap, 2026
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Mary’s Mighty Book Swap, 2026 - Simply show up with a (preferably used) book (or books)of any genre that you really love, and that you are willing to part with. We will talk incessantly about how much we love reading, about the book/s you have brought, enjoy some light refreshments, and have a fun, possibly competitive, book swap. (2:00-4:00pm) 9 .00025E7 25 5/16/26 2:00 PM
MM0001 MM1 Meals, Gatherings, Events
  • Mary Courtley
One and Done Book Club, 2026
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What’s that you say? A book club that will only meet once? Yessiree! Let’s come together on Saturday, March 21, 2026, 2:00-4:00pm, and talk about Orbital by Samantha Harvey, the Booker Prize winner for 2024. Book talk, light refreshments, and 8 Fellowship folks will make up The One and Done Book Club 2026.

The book:
Orbital by Samantha Harvey, the winner of the Booker Prize 2024, chronicles a day in the life of six astronauts aboard the International Space Station. They are there to do vital work, but slowly they begin to wonder: what is life without Earth? What is Earth without humanity?

Profound and contemplative, Orbital is a moving elegy to our environment and planet.

7 .00025E7 25 3/21/26 2:00 PM
A0001 A1 Art/Handcrafted
  • Susan Oxman
Peggy Karr Pansy Plate
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This pansy design plate made by Peggy Karr, a former longtime MUUF member, is being offered by Susan Oxman. Bidding starts at $25. 1 .00025E7 25