A school silent auction is one of the best fundraisers you can ever have. The entire community will get excited, and everyone in the whole neighborhood will want to participate. Each auction is different, and you will never know what kind of deals you will be able to find. You will thoroughly enjoy the food, fun and friendliness.
One person needs to be chosen to head up and organize the auction. She can choose as many people as she needs to help her. Helpers will be needed to collect donations, make the auction sheets, set up the auction, hand out the gifts to the winners, collect the money and to clean up afterwards.
Send a note home to the parents with each student. Ask them if they have anything they can donate for the auction. It can be things they purchase and donate, or it can have something to do with their business, a talent they have or an activity they want to plan for a certain number of people.
All of the local businesses need to be visited and asked to donate something for the school auction. They can donate different types of lessons, such as guitar lessons, dance lessons and tennis lessons. Restaurants can donate appetizers, gift cards, meals for two, meals for a year or free drinks for a certain time period. Hotels can offer free nights or a special room at a discount rate. Tanning sessions, hair cuts or toys are great auction items, too.
Another way to increase the success of a fundraiser is to find a restaurant that would be willing to donate a meal, or prepare one at a reduced cost so people could eat during the time of the fundraiser. A mini-carnival for the children is always a big success. The parents enjoy the freedom of looking at the auction items without worrying about their children.
All of the items that will be up for auction will be set out on tables. The auction sheet should have the name of the item and a place for people to write their names and the amount they want to bid. Place the minimum starting bid at the top of the page. Participants walk among the tables, looking at the different items. If they are interested in the item, they can write their name and price on the paper. When the time limit is up, the highest bidder wins the item.
Your school can raise a large amount of money with a school silent auction. Everyone will have more fun if they help to make the auction a success. The more items you have, the more fun it will be.
Silent auctions are a great way to raise money for just about any purpose. Learn the tips and tricks for holding one of these fun fundraisers at the Auction Web Site.
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