<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">All:</span></div></div></blockquote>Please see the attached documents related to the auction. One is an invitation, listing the date, time, location, and other important details ($20) per person to cover refreshments and rental of the space, for example). </div><div>Also attached is a solicitation letter which you could use to encourage merchants to donate auction items: gift cards, gift baskets, services, goods, etc. </div><div>Please also be sure to list your auction item at the below site, with a description that will entice bidding, a suggested starting bid, and the chapter you wish to benefit from your auction item. </div><div>Feel free to make a more personal and direct auction item offering: home-baked items, gently used or never-used electronics, jewelry, clothing or accessories, assistance with technology, and so on. </div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.nfbv.org/auction" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">www.nfbv.org/auction</a><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div></div></blockquote>Christine</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>