[Nfbv-announce] GIVE TO THE 2015 Action Auction

Tue Oct 20 01:51:09 UTC 2015

Hear Ye!  Hear Ye!  The NFB of Virginia will be having an Auction at its
state convention in Northern Virginia - October 30-31, Nov. 1, 2015.  We
need good NEW, HAND-MADE or ANTIQUE ITEMS to auction.   Please contact Jacki
Brown: 703-534-0747/ jacquelinestonebrown at comcast.net to tell her what you
plan to donate.  She’ll be releasing the information about what is being
offered at least a week before the convention via email.  PLEASE DONATE NOW!

Then bring your donated items to the convention.  We will accepting items
Thursday evening, Friday morning and Friday afternoon.  We’ll be auctioning
a few items Friday morning at the Board meeting.  Then just like last year
there will be a table set up with the items offered with bid sheets outside
the Willow Room, which is the registration office, on Friday afternoon 1-5.
The second live auction will take place at Hospitality 8:30-9:00 pm.   Other
auction items will be offered in the meeting room during the morning session
on Saturday, at the Banquet Saturday Night and in the meeting room on Sunday
morning.

On Friday the Action Auction volunteers will accept items for auction and
offer most of them for initial bidding first in the SILENT AUCTION between
1:00 – 5:00 pm on Friday afternoon. These bids might hold or only set the
base price for the live bidding on all items later that evening and
throughout the convention.

It is important for you to be at all the meetings and hospitality
and the
banquet.  Otherwise you might miss out on your favorite auction item.  Items
will be displayed first near registration and then in the meeting area
and/or hospitality room.

We will accept cash or checks.  All payments need to be received by noon on
Sunday, November 1, 2015.  Individual restrictions and expiration dates
apply.  Please see the items for details.  We have many great items and
little time so we will be conducting the action FAST! 

For your convenience, we have listed the items we currently have to offer.
There will be additions to this list as we expect more items to arrive.  The
items will not be presented for bid in the order of this list – but by whim
of the Auctioneer.

We are near the holiday season: Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanza,
New Year’s Eve, Charlie and Stephen Brown’s birthdays
some of these items
would make great gifts.

Remember – this is our chance to raise money for ourselves in a fun way –
also a way to buy only previously dreamed of luxuries from our friends.

LIST OF AUCTION ITEMS AS OF 10/19/2015:

1.    Buy this cute Hanes Turquoise 100% Cotton T-Shirt for 2-4 years of age
(XS/XC/TP).  It is fit for your prince or princess-and has a Crown and “KEEP
CALM AND BRAILLE ON” printed in white on the front of the T-Shirt.

                                                     Donated by Louise Ruhf

2.    Luxurious Spa Basket containing Bath salts, Bath puff, Body soufflé,
Body wash, Scented soaps, Hand cream and moisturizing gloves, Foot cream and
moisturizing socks, Bottle of almond scented hand lotion, chocolate truffles
and other surprises.                           Donated by Bev Coney

3.    A Picnic Basket with 2 Bottles Red Wine, Cheese, 6 bottles
Jam/Preserves, Crackers and napkins, small plates, glasses, and utensils to
go with.  Enjoy your treats anywhere.

                                           Donated by Jacki and Charlie
Brown

4.    $50 Gift Certificate to the Lebanese Taverna.  

                                         Donation secured by Joe Hobson

5.    $25 Gift Certificate to Naked Pizza, no date imposed.

                                         Donation secured by Joe Hobson

6.    $25 Gift Certificate to Tezi.

                                               Donation secured by Joe
Hobson

7.    Priceless 5 Course Wine Dinner with Fred and Cathy Schroeder at their
home for 4 individuals.  The menu is flexible but will include an appetizer,
soup, salad, an entrée and dessert with an appropriate wine chosen to
accompany

each course.  Past dinners have included such items as Surf and Turf, or
crab cakes and lamb chops for the entre, etc.

You are always guaranteed a Decadent Dessert.

                                    Donated by Fred and Cathy Schroeder

8.    Gourmet food basket from the Great Harvest Bakery

(value $75) filled with lots of goodies including: soup mixes, jams and
jellies, freshly baked bread, muffins, scones, cookies, bread knife and a
gift card to be used at the bakery.

All this in a beautiful basket. 

                                              Donation secured by Bev Coney

9.    All Things Pumpkin Gourmet food bag (value $35) featuring:  Pumpkin
–pancake and waffle mix, bread and muffin mix, corn bread mix, salted
caramels, scone iced cookies, butter, cookie butter, crackers, and breakfast
bars, Also, one can of organic pumpkin and pumpkin and cranberry pita
crisps!  Donation secured by Bev Coney

10.           An Italian Dinner Basket featuring 2 bottles of Italian Red
Wine,  Gourmet Spaghetti Sauce with oodles of dry noodles, etc. (value $75).

                               Donated by John and Sandy Halverson

11.           One Dozen Pressed Glass Heavy Duty Wine Glasses. 

     By “Heavy Duty” I mean glasses great drinking and hard    

     to break against your fireplace after you say “Salute”.

                               Donated by Bonnie Vobis

12.           Chocolate Truffles from Richmond. Flavors and sizes to

     be imagined.  Again Priceless to any Chocoholic!       

                              Donated by Mark and Melody Roane

13.           Royal Doulton Figurines:  “The Old Balloon Seller- HN 1315”
and “The Balloon Man-HN 1954”.   These are very famous collectible figurines
of the Balloon sellers in London 

around the turn of the 19th century.  Think “My Fair Lady” and you got the
time period and clothing down.  We know they are at least 55 years old and
perhaps older because they have been in the family that long.  (Values on
eBay $139- $629)  Enjoy!

                                   Donated by Jacki and Charlie Brown 

14.           $25 Gift Card to the Olive Oil Tap Room in Richmond.  

                                    Donated by the NFBV Student Division

15.           2 $ Gift Cards @ $25 each from SINE Irish Pub, useable   at
Arlington Pentagon Row or at Richmond – they have a restaurant in both
places.

                                  Donation Secured by Joe Hobson

16.           Gift Certificates to the Naked Pizza. (Values to come)

                            Donation Secured by Joe Hobson

17.           A Beautiful handmade shawl created by and donated
from Sandy Halverson.

PLEASE CONTACT ME SOON SO I CAN ADD YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE LIST!

EMAIL:jacquelinestonebrown at comcast.net    