Service Auction
November 7, 2009
Nov. 22
After service
Greetings from Events. The major event for November is always our annual Thanksgiving potluck dinner and service/goods auction. We generally raise over $1000 with this fund raiser but our goal this year is to double that amount. We think it is possible by getting organized early. We want to solicit your ideas as to what you can donate in the way of desirable goods and services. Some popular past donations in the way of services have been: round trip limo service to the airport, train or bus station, babysitting, pet/house sitting, yard clean-up for spring and fall, garage or attic cleaning, baking offerings, lunch/ dinner parties for 4 to 8 people in your home, canoe trips, snow shoveling, donated entertainment for parties/special occasions, caretaking for Bell Street gardens, and steady supply of vegetables from your garden. We hope this list will spark your own creative juices and you can come up with many more unique and interesting ideas to add to the list.
We have a new concept to consider this year. If people have chores or tasks they would like to hire others to do, they can put that on the list with the amount they are willing to pay Bell Street. The goal will then be to ask someone in the audience to commit to doing that chore. For example, Ellen Kellner would pay $50 to Bell Street if someone volunteers to mow her lawn for 4 hours with her tractor on a Saturday afternoon once in the summer.
Some of the goods that have been auctioned in the past are: homemade candy, cakes, cookies, soups, and gift baskets. We are presently soliciting a number of tickets to auction, Trinity, Gamm, 2
nd Story, Festival Ballet, Philharmonic, and RI Chamber Series to name some. If you know someone who owns a club venue or restaurant and would like to donate a gift certificate to be auctioned, that would be great. Also, if someone has a nice summer cottage, or time share they would like to auction for a week-end holiday, that would be wonderful. As you can see, the possibilities are endless, and we know we can count on you to think of some unique offerings to get us to our $2000 goal. To make an offer of a service or some special food or gift, tell or call anyone on the Events Committee (Ellen Kellner, 949-3128, Jasmine Appleberry, 225-2044, or Tom Mack, 523-6601) before November 15 and we will put in on the master list.
Also, in December, save the date for the Providence String Quartet on Sunday December 20 at 3 PM. Program to be announced and tickets will go on sale early in December.