The Pink/Unite for Her committee is doing our best this year to minimize the percentage of our contribution to the Above & Beyond Challenge that is directly from American Gymnastics families. The majority of the fundraisers we are running this year are activity based such as the Mohegan Sun bus trip, Pink or Treat, Dining for a Cause evenings, and Parent's Night Out. This year, we are adding a silent auction to our fundraising events. Silent auctions can be run in many ways. They can be held in person with the items on display and people write their bids on a paper near the item. At the end of the auction period, the person with the highest bid wins the auction, pays the amount they bid and is the proud new owner of the item. We do not have a space big enough to display our auction items here at American Gymnastics so we are going to run ours slightly differently. Our silent auction will be held online on our Pink Fundraising website. Bidders will use the form on the Silent Auction page to send their time-stamped bids to the fundraising committee who will be busy updating the current bids on the items. Just like the live/in-person silent auction, at the end of the auction period, the person who submitted the highest bid wins the auction and becomes the new owner of the item.
Another way that our auction is different from others you may have participated in previously is in the acquisition of our auction items. Many times, auction items for team fundraising events come from the families. This could be done in different ways like asking people to make and donate things, asking different groups within the team to work together to make themed baskets, or asking people to donate money or gift cards for committees to purchase items to be auctioned. In keeping with our efforts to minimize the gymnastic team families monetary contributions for these fundraisers, we have reached out to the community to donate items for our auction. The response has been simply amazing! So far, we have donations from a variety of places. We have items ranging from clothing to 1 year museum memberships. I have been totally overwhelmed with the support we are receiving in our quest to raise money for Unite for HER. Check out this list of our current donors:
I can't wait to see what other positive responses we get from reaching out to the community! We have several requests out that are under consideration. In November, the committee will be putting donated items together into groups/baskets. At that time, we will update the Silent Auction website with pictures, descriptions and starting bids. The bidding will take place on Wednesday, December 7, 2016 from 5-10 pm. It should be a very exciting night.
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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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