Hey Ninja...

Yay for you! Great job. How many people were on your committee to get all of those donations and how long did it take you to do all that? You are simply AMAZING! I hope you get some recognition for all your hard work and that everyone appreciates your efforts. Great Job!

Hey Ninja...

Yay for you! Great job. How many people were on your committee to get all of those donations and how long did it take you to do all that? You are simply AMAZING! I hope you get some recognition for all your hard work and that everyone appreciates your efforts. Great Job!

Ninja,

I am speechless!

Hello everyone! This is my first post, but I have been reading this thread now for 4 months. I am involved in my son's High School Gala located in Bellflower, California. Our Gala is 3 weeks away and I would like to share some of our successful donors with you. Some are corporate donations, some individual donations, but most are directly from businesses. I hope I can help you as much as this post has helped me.

Good luck!



S. Rosarito, Mexico Trip 2bd Beach House 2bd/2bath, 6 nights $1,200
Sheraton, Cerritos one night (wknd stay) w breakfast $149
Mammoth wknd Trip Condo at Val D'Isere, 3 Bedrooms, 3 Baths for 3 nights, 2 Black Card Privileges for 1 Day $1,600
Rancho Las Palmas~Palm Springs 2 Night Stay/1 bedroom suite (voucher) $1,600
Wilson Creek Winery, Temecula Overnight stay, champagne breakfast, horseback riding, wine, hot air balloon, shuttle van for the day, lunch, and private tour of winery, dinner, box of wine + $100 GC $1,110
Pala Casino Resort and Spa One night stay and Dinner for 2 $200
Hawaii Trip
Lake Arrowhead Trip $300
Avi Resort and Casino,Laughlin, Nevada 3 day, 2 nights.
The Inn at Deep Canyon 2 night stay $235
The Huntley Hotel 2 nights in a "Signature Suite" + dinner for two at The Penthouse $1,500
La Strada Italian Rest~Long Beach GC two comp lunch Entrees $25
Hof's Hut $25 Gift Card $25
Mangiamo, Manhattan Bch Dinner for 2 $100
Gladstone's Long Beach Private dinner for 10 in your home, including wine pairings $1,000
Roberto Martin, Ellen DeGeneres' private chef Dinner for 6 people (10 total) including wine pairings. Also signed cookbook $1,000
Michael's~Santa Monica? Dinner for 2 $100
Trump National Golf Club - Cafe Pacific~Palos Verdes Sunday Brunch for 2 $140
Chipotle (Seal Beach) Burritos for Two (x3) $25
Wine Four $50 $200
Sheet Cake
The Lazy Dog Cafe~Cerritos Dinner for two $40
Kavikas~Long Beach Two $10 Certificates $20
Naples Rib Company- Long Beach Gift Certificate $100
Johnny Rebs Dinner for Two Gift Certificate amount?
Flemings gc $100
Starbucks gc $25
George's Gift Certificate $50
Brix Restaurant and Wine Shop, Napa Gift Cert $100
Outback Steakhouse two $45 Gift Certs $90
Chimney Rock Winery, Napa (will add wine glasses) 1.5 Liters Cabernet
Elephant Bar Gift Card $35
Cigar and Scotch Basket Various Cigar boxes, old scotch, cutter $200
Cigar Basket Cigars, cutter, humidor? $200
Don Francisco Coffee basket $45
Johnny Rockets Gift Card $20
IN-N-Out Burget Basket Mini Cooler, T-shirt, Cap, Vouchers, Cup $76
Stacked~Cerritos $25 Gift Card $25
Stone Fire Grill~Irvine, Pasadena $25 Gift Card $25
Club 33 Entrance for 4 with Park Hopper Tickets to Disneyland/CA Adventure $400
Beach Club Sports Bar~ Long Beach 2-$50 Gift Cards $100
Simmzy's or Tin Roof Bistro~Man. Beach $75 Voucher for Food/Beverage $75
Newport Rib Company~Costa Mesa, Long Beach Dinner for 2, Max $50 $50
Yard House 4-$25 gift cards $100
Lawry's Prime Rib - Beverly Hills Dinner for 2, details in letter $125
IHOP $15 Cert $15
Buffets Inc (Hometown Buffet) 1 tickets for Comp meal
Talia's Restaurant 1 Gift card $100
Access Hollywood Set with basket of NBC stuff
Jay Leno Taping 4 VIP tkts with basket of NBC stuff
Disney Tickets 4 $320
Cerritos Center for PerfArts Ticket Voucher $50
California Science Center/ Imax Theater~ LA 12 ticket $130
Natural History Museum~ LA 2 Free Passes $25
Huntington Museum~San Marino? 4 Passes 80
Legoland Buy one get one free $0
Ronald Reagan Library~Simi Valley 2 Passes $30
Huntington Library and Garden 2 Passes $40
Natural History or Page Museum 4 Admission Passes $50
Musical Theatre West (Long Beach) $50 letter voucher for tickets $50
Aquarium of the Bay, San Francisco 2 General Admission Passes $34
Minute Man Parking Co. 5-6 hour rental of party/shuttle bus $1,000
Grammy Museum Admission Tickets~ LA 4 vouchers $52
ComedySportz Improv Show~LA 10 complimentary tickets ($19 each) $190
Pier 39 (San Francisco) Family Fun Pack (4 tickets to several activities) $206
Laugh Factory~ Long Beach
Comedy Magic Club~Hermosa Bch Tickets for 2, on five different nights
Secure Transportation 4 hours limo service $300
Sunset Gondola~ Huntington Bch one-hour cruise, food basket $200
Glacial Garden~ Lakewood Four-week semester of ice skating class $52
City National Grove (Anaheim) Certificate for two, any concert none stated
Cinemark, Long Beach 4 Guest Passes $58
Academic Advantage 90 min. tutorial
Irvine Lanes Five 2 Free Game Passes $60
Kirkwood Mountain Resort~Kirkwood/Lake Tahoe area 2 Adult Lift Tickets/Winter Season $158
Orange County Fair + Event Center 2 Passes and 2 Orchestra Seats $200
Pacific Park Amusement~ Santa Monica Pier 4 Unlimted Ride Wristbands $88
Harbor Breeze Corporation Harbor Cruise Ticket for two $24
Petersen Automotive Museum~ LA 4 Admission Tickets $40
Long Beach Museum of Art 2 Family Passes. Each pass admits 4 $56
Six Flags Magic Mountain 2 Admission Passes $124
East West Ice Palace 4 Skating Passes~ Michelle Kwan's Rink $36
Sea World Four Single Day Admission 292
Ice House Comedy Club Four Tickets-2 free admissions per ticket 140
OC Museum of Art Admission for 2 24
La Mirada Theatre for the Arts Admission for 2 100
Pasadena Playhouse Admission for 2 ?
Richard Nixon Library Admission for 4 48
Aquarium of the Pacific Admission for 2 50
Medieval Times Admission for 2 115
LACMA Admission for 4 + catalog + mug
Brooke Gregson Earrings Handmade 18K gold/blue quartz pendants $1,700
Kevin Jewelers 4 $50 gift cards $200
Heirloom Rosary $180
23rd Street Jewelers gift certificate (add jewelry cleaner) $500
Pink Calyx.com Gift Certificate $50
Episencial Gift Basket Natural Skin care line $35
Cooking basket ingredients, utensils etc
Invisilign retainers Orthodontic service $400
Burke Williams Day Spa Certificate Free 50 Minute Massage $125
Photography Session for one Shutterbug Portraits $275
Tabula Rasa candle and gift cert TBA
KWD Uniform Distributors $100 Gift Certificate $100
Trilogy Spa~ Manhattan Beach 2 $50 Gift Certificates + Bottle of Wine $150
Wilson Creek Dessert Basket Champagne, Chocolate Port w chocolate cups $75
The Napa Valley Reserve/Harlan 2007 bottle $200
Exclusive Flight of Wine Only available to members
1 Bottle of Bordeaux, vintage 2000 Clos Fourtet, Premiere Grand Cru Classe $125
1 Bottle of Italian Style Wine Bacio Divino, Napa Valley, 2006 $75
Wine Wine $200
Houdini 6 piece wine tool kit $25
Youth Entrepreneurship Academy Concordia University, Irvine $495
Starbuck's Gift Basket Bellflower
Harley Davidson Item
Walmart Gift Card $50-$150
Downey Rent A Tux 2 Gift Certs, One tux or suit rental each ?
Family & Cosmetic Dentistry One session of Zoon Whitening +Product $445
Friar Tux Gift Certificate - Amount??
Blvd. clothing store in MB Gift Certificate $75
Monster Energy Beanie, tshirt, wristband, stickers $80
Tilly's Gift Card $20
Bath & Body Aromatherapy Basket Spa Basket with Robe $175
Cufflinks Handmade Wooden $44
Aqua Salon~ Manhattan Beach $150 Value Product Basket $150
Hallmark Gift basket
Pages $100 GC and Book Signed copy of Gilded (Italian love story) $115
Stampin' Up! Gift Basket Various Scrapbook products $300
Build-A-Bear Certificate 2 x $5 Certificates $10
Mattel Gift Basket Disney Princess barbies,clothes $190
Sam Ash Music $25 Letter Voucher $25
Atomic Ballroom Two 30-min dance lesson, two group, two evening dances (Irvine and Placentia) $150
Arthur Murray Dance Studio 2 private lessons, 1 group class, 1 party $149
Armstrong Garden Centers Gift Card $30
Kristin Irene Clutch Kristin Irene Clutch $85
Tiffany sterling silver money clip $200
Barbie Fashion Clothing Four vintage, boxed, unused. $300
Lucky Brand Tote Bag Turquiose blue leather $150
Pentel of America Pentel Prize Pack Basket in Trunk $100
Joshua Molina Photography Photography 450
Unvonventional Photography Photo Consultation,Session,Print 650
AMC Movie Gift Cards $30 Value, Packaged 30
Brighton Basket Various Brighton products
Gourmet Gift Baskets Gift Card 20
Halper Fine Art, Package #1 Family Portrait w/Signed Copy of Sunlight & Water and Signed Desktop print 650
Halper Fine Art, Package #2 Definitive Portrait of your Children w/Signed Desktop print 690
Vans Gift Cert Free Pair of Shoes for Family of Four 265
Vans Gift Cert Free Pair of Shoes 65
Bradford Renaissance Portraits 16x20 Hand painted portrait 5000
Rowley Portraiture Children's only portrait studio 3000
Kao Brands gift basket Biore, John Freida, Frizz-Ease, Ban, Jergens, Curel products 115
UCLA Fan Spirit Pack 2 Drawstring bags, 2 towels, 2 Foam Fingers, 2 Car Flags, 2 mini megaphones, pom-poms, Scarf, gloves, beanie
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Comp Weekend Car Rental research
1 hour Gondola for 2 research
Nintendo Wii Console 115
Basket #1 General merchandise 300
Spirit Basket #2 Sports related merchandise
NBC Canvas bag w/leather trim & Umbrella
Elton John, Leon Russell, Billy Joel basket Large amount of T-Shirts, CD's, Men's jacket, Womens Hoodie
2 Cases of Casa Cassara wine 24 bottles/white and red 320
Large sterling silver faceted citrine pendant 80
Faceted garnet flower 45
Marcasite gemstone, silver cross 85
large multi gemstone cross 125
blue topaz pendant 80
blue quartz ring 400
UFC tickets / Las Vegas 2 tickets
Private soccer lesson $80
Dodger Tickets 4 Tickets with Parking $150
USC vs Colorado Football game and basket with Shirts, car sticker and blanket 4 50 yard line tickets w/parking $300
Dodger Stadium Tickets 4 Field Box Tickets, 3 beach towels, 3 bobbleheads, 2 aprons
Golf N' Stuff (Norwalk) 4 passes for Miniature Golf $34
La Galaxy Four sideline passes $340
Big 5 $20 Gift Card $20
Boomers~ Irvine Mini Golf for 4 $32
Reality Combat System 2 Self defense lessons (4 hours one-on-one) $100
Bat Boy at UCLA Baseball game home game 2012 season
Boys Baseball Camp UCLA (ages 7-17) M-Th camp at Jackie Robinson Stadium $375
Tickets to Wresting Camp
Ultrazone Laser Tag Weekday Gift Certificate~ Sherman Oaks 15 guests, private party room, soft drinks, 2 games of laser tag $270
SpeedZone $20 play card voucher $20
Shaggo Skateboard 44" long board cruiser $199
Shaggo Skateboard 28" shortboard $169
Basketball Signed by Varsity Team 2012
Football Helmet Signed by VarsityTeam 2012
Volleyball Basket Various Volleyball Gear
Dirk Nowitzki Jersey Unsigned Dallas Mavericks~Mitchell & Ness $250
Jason Kidd Jersey Unsigned Dallas Mavericks~Mitchell & Ness $250
Carson Palmer Jersey Unsigned Cincinnati Bengals~Reebok $85
Virginia Country Club~ Long Beach
Pinz (Bowling)~ Studio City $30 Voucher $30
In-Shape Club~Brentwood Free Enrollment + 3 mon membership $400
Santa Anita Park~ Arcadia 4 tickets $80
Fountain Valley Skating Center 5 Passes $38
K1 Speed Go Kart Racing~ Irvine, Torrance, Anaheim 1 yr Membership + 1 race (for two) $52
Long Beach Grand Prix 2 sets of tickets
Luxury Box at Staples Center not sure which game in may $2,500
Floor Seats at Clippers Game 2 floor seats at Staples Center $3,050
Pacific Palms Conference Resort, Industry Hills Golf Foursome $440
Hollywood Park "Day at the Races" Package $150
Los Coyotes Country Club Golf Foursome
Dodger package 4 Tickets, All you can eat, parking $700
Gourmandise School of Sweets and Savories~Santa Monica Cooking Class
Trapeze School of NY (Santa Monica) One 2 hour lesson $87
Pride and Skills 4 football workouts $200
Super Sports gift certificate $25
Island Rentals 3 hours golf cart rentals on Catalina Island $80
Paintball USA Package~ Santa Clarita, Oxnard, Ventura 5 sheets of tickets. 12 tickets per sheet. $0
Game Stop $50 gift card $50
Green Mountain Coffee Keurig Brewer/5 boxes K-cups $200
HP Touchpad Tablet $250
Best Buy~Cerritos
The New iPad (White) $500
Flip Video Camera $125
Fun Flicks Outdoor Movie Party package Includes 21 ft. Screen, digital projection with amplified sound, up to 50 people with popcorn cart (upgraded package with host & weather insurance) $1,000 (Cost $350)
Cortona, Italy House, One Week $3,600

I just started a new topic in the Auctions message board to discuss Tricky Tray Tips & Tricks - if you run one, would you be willing to talk about yours?

Thank you everybody... our event is tonight we are set up and ready to go for our raffle night. This was my first time doing this and I basically received 90% of all donations due to this site and the inspiration of this site. Since I was alerted under 3 months to do this my time limit for some donations were not accepted. I know for next year start early

I wanted to share our successes: we are a catholic pre-k & k school in Northeast Philadelphia...

American Girl McKenna doll and book
Arden Theater Company 4 tickets ( we do 2 school events with them )
Local Country Club 2 rounds of 18 holes
Local Gymnastics 1 month of free classes
Bounce U 5 bounce card / bopper
Brunswick Zone XL- Family funtastic value pack (2 hours , shoes, up to 6 people)
Local Funeral Homes
Cabot Cheese gift box
Camden River Sharks 4 tix
Local Bar happy hour 10 people
Local Photo Studio A portrat session and one renior 8x10 portorait
Chelsea Piers 4 passports
Chipotle 4 burittos & drinks
Local dance School Summer 2012 dance class session
Doc Bresler's Cavity Busters 2 certificates free cleaning, flouride, x-rays, exam
Dover International Speedway ticket cert - 2 Friday Tickets
Dutch Wonderland 2 tickets
Flynn and O'Hara gift card
Garden State Discovery Museum 2 day passes
Giggleberry Fair 4 passes
Gillian’s Wonderland Pier (Ocean City) 2 books of VIP ride Tix
Local dance studio 10 free Zumba Lessons, Summer Dance Camp 1/2 day ages 3-5, Summer Dance Camp Full Day ages 6 and up and two dance costumes
Glen Foerd On the Delaware 2 tour passes and note cards.
Green Mountain Coffee 25 gift certificate
Insectarium 6 passes
Local pilates studio 2 private pilates lessons
Local women's gym Women 3 month member ship
Longwood Gardens 2 tickets
Local Flower Store $50 gift cert
ShopRite $25 gift card
Mealey's Furniture very generous gift certificate
Michael's Restaurant gift card
Monster Mini Golf 4 free passes
Morey’s Piers & Beachfront Waterparks 2 VIP Waterpark Passes
Northeast Racquet Club & Fitness Center 4 certifictes FOR 1 month to fitness center OR kids club
Local Bakery 25 gift cert
Local Pizzeria - gift cert 2- 18" pizza's
Philadelphia Fire Dept (local parent) Dinner/tour etc.
Philadelphia Flyers Autograph Claude Giroux #28
Philadelphia Wings 2 tix
Portrait Innovations $100 gift cert
Pro Football Hall of Fame (Ohio) 2 tickets
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania 2 free passes
Reading Phillies 8 tix
Local Massage Studio 30 minute massage
Local Family Pharmacy basket +$50 gift cert
Rita's Water Ice gift cards
Sesame Place 2 single day admission tickets
Sesame Workshop Big Bird Autograph & feather
Shady Brook Farm gift card
Local Nail Salon gift cert
Trenton Thunder 4 tix
Turkey Hill Experience 4 tix
Wegman’s gift card
Local Bar Tailgate party 15 people
The grade school that our pre-k and K children will go to also donated a basket
Local farm Market created a basket


We also received many donations from our families. in all we have 41 raffle baskets with better quality than previous years, thanks again.