There are only 9 days left to bid on the items in the silent auction! Haven't made your bid yet? No problem. The paper bidding sheets will be up on the wall at the gym until 7:00 pm on Tuesday, December 6th and online bidding is open on the website until 10:00 pm on Wednesday, December 7th. Already made your bid? Don't forget to check back. We have had several items receive multiple bids so yours may not still be the highest bid. No need to panic, you still have time to make a new bid! We have items to please just about everyone on your holiday shopping list in the item. There are brewery packages, museum packages, sports packages, children's activity packages, home packages, private lessons, and gymnast packages. The pictures above are just some of the items we have available. There are almost a dozen more posted on the gym wall and online.
Every effort is made to keep the paper bidding sheets and website bids synced in a timely manner but there may be an occasion or two when information on one or the other is not up to date. If that were to happen, the online bid takes will typically be accepted first. I think my favorite thing about this auction is that EVERY item was donated so 100% of ALL winning bid money will go to Unite for HER in American Gymnastics' Above & Beyond Challenge Donation for the Pink Invitational! Our goal for the auction is to raise $2000. Currently, the bids are up $1200 so I think we can do it. So, check out the auction at www.pinkfundraising.weebly.com/silent-auction and make your bid. Help us raise money for Unite for HER.
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The time has finally come and the Stick It to Breast Cancer Silent Auction is officially open for bidding! We currently have 39 items available to bid on and expect to add at least 2 more items before the end of the auction. There are two different ways bids can be made on items.
Online bidding is done through the Silent Auction page on the Pink Fundraising website. The Silent Auction page has directions as well as images of each auction item. There is a "Make Your Bid" form above the images of the auction items and another "Make Your Bid" form at the end of all the auction items. The form has a drop down menu with the item numbers to choose from and sends your bid to us instantly. This is the fastest way for your bid to be accepted. Paper bidding is done by signing up on the auction bidding sheets that are posted at the gym on the back wall near the door. These bid sheets will be checked nightly and the website will be updated according to the current bids written on the papers. Any new bids made online will also be added to the papers nightly. Bidding is open from now and will close for paper bidding (at the gym) at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, December 6th and online at 10:00 pm on Wednesday, December 7th. The most amazing part of this auction is that 100% of the money bid on items and collected will be donated to Unite for HER to support breast cancer patients. The reason for this is that EVERY item was donated to us for the auction. We have been overwhelmed by the generosity of everyone that donated items for us to list in the auction. The items have come from a variety of sources: restaurants, stores, museums, attractions/event sites, and individuals.
The donations we received to offer in the auction are the first step. For the next part, we need your help. There are many ways you can help make this auction a success for American Gymnastics and for Unite for HER.
While this is the announcement of the official opening of bidding, we did have a soft opening online. Through the soft opening of online bidding we already have $750 worth of bids on 15 of the 39 items. It's starting to get exciting!!!!! Those bidders are anxiously checking back to see if they have been outbid (three people already have been outbid for items they wanted). As always, thank you for taking the time to read this blog and for helping us continue on our 2017 Above & Beyond Challenge journey with the Pink Invitational and Unite for HER. |
AuthorJennifer Hong is a parent of two gymnasts at American Gymnastics and a co-chairperson for the Above & Beyond Challenge fundraising committee. Archives
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