Chinese Auction Donations Needed

Chinese Auction Donations Needed!

In order to raise funds for future reunions, at the 10 year reunion, we will be holding a Chinese Auction.  If you have never participated before in a Chinese Auction, here’s how it works: It starts with you buying tickets for a set price.  A table is set up with a bunch of wonderful gift baskets and other great items, each with a jar in front of them.  If you like a basket or item, you write your name on a ticket and place that ticket in that jar.  At the end of the evening, a ticket will be selected from each jar, and the person whose name is on the ticket will win that basket or item.  However, in order for this to work to raise money, we have to receive donations for the auction.  

Currently, we have a reunion committee of approximately a dozen people working on soliciting donations from local establishments as well as their own workplaces and other networking connections.  We also have several committee members who will be making gift baskets themselves and donating them to the auction as well.  However, we would like to reach out to the entire class and ask for you to consider donating an item or gift basket for the auction.  Maybe you work somewhere awesome and know you’d be able to get a wonderful donation.  Maybe you are self-employed and have a great company, product, or service you’d like to donate.  Maybe you are just super crafty and can knit, sew, bake, or make something fabulous to donate.  

If you are able and willing to commit to a gift basket or other item/product/service donation, please email us at LatrobeWildcats2003@gmail.com and submit the following information:

Name:

Phone:

Email:

Mailing Address:

Item/Basket Theme for Donation:

Value of Donation:

When Item/Basket Will be Ready for Pick-up & Where:

We would like to gather and pick up all donations by the weekend after Thanksgiving.  If this is not possible, we understand and can make arrangements to pick it up before or after Christmas.  Just let us know!  We are hoping to get at least 20 gift baskets / items for our auction, but it would be great to have even more.  Note that we need to know the value of your donation as it can be deducted on your taxes, and we can provide you with a receipt for this purpose.  All funds from the Chinese Auction will go towards paying for this reunion's expenses and then into our GLSH Class of 2003 Reunion Savings account to be held for future reunions in order to lower future ticket costs.