Instead of emailing nicurn can you please just post your answer because I am taking this on for next year too as a first timmer. Thanks for your help!! [img]tongue.gif[/img]
hi mom3boys, could you email me about your auction? Did you use the famous "dottie's list" that is on this board, or do you have another one? We are going to do an auction in the fall and I would love any help/ideas/etc that I can get. thanks, maggie This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
I just finished an auction (lots of work!) and have some ideas. It can definitely generate alot of cash (we made $30K). This site saved me - I learned alot! The first step is creating a Data base of potential businesses/etc.. to solicit. You also need to develop various committees to help you ie.. solicitation committee, PR committee, food committee, check -in /check out , auction attendants etc.. You want plently of volunteers believe me! I did alot of solicitation myself and it nearly "killed" me. A lot of companies need a 3-4 month lead time (the national ones that is). Start with a solicitation letter (many suggestions on old posts) and target national companies first, then move to local. I even sent a letter home to parents to ask for donations. A lot of my donations came from families of students. We are a pre-school with 170 families and still managed to get 270 people show for the event and $30K so anything is possible. Some company ideas.. American Girl, GBI Marketing (Yankee Candle), Gymboree, Land's End, Authors (many were glad to send autographed books), Ben and Jerrys, Vermont Teddy Bear these are a few to get you started they all were very generous! Good luck.
hi, your first step should be to do a search on these boards under "auction" as well as dottie's donation list. If that doesn't help, email me and I will send you all the stuff I have saved from these boards. This month's pto magazine has a great article on auctions as well. (and you can read it online. [img]smile.gif[/img] ) Good luck. maggie This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
