Chair-ity Auction

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Mendy Stone is a highly creative person. Everything she, her board and staff do is clever.

May brings the highly successful Green Country All-Star Tournament and Serve for Youth Tennis Tournament for Volunteers for Youth, Rogers County. July is the annual Golf Marathon. This June, however, is the new Chair-ity Auction. Mendy Stone shares some planning ideals below. We will update the post after the event. Always think outside the box!

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Tentative dates 
June 19^th or 26^th, both Thursdays

Time 
6-9 p.m.

Location 
Tentatively the Claremore Community Center

Concept is simple.

Auction off creatively re-purposed chairs or other small furnishings that are provided by participants. 

Three categories of participants

• Individuals

• Groups

• Businesses. 

Key

Recruitment of participants willing to create and contribute an auction item

Highest bid in each category

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A traveling trophy

People’s choice

• Voting boxes next to each participant’s entry

• Voting will be in the form of dollars

Revenue

• People’s choice winners to keep half of the money in their voting box

• The rest, as well as the bid amounts, will be Volunteers for Youth revenue

Entertainment (possibly)

• A country band

• Instruction of attendees in line dancing

Ticket prices

• Pre-sold tickets could be $15 each or two for $25

• Tickets sold at the door could be $20 each

Food BBQ. 

Publicity

• Local papers

• Individual Facebook pages

• Value News

• Website and others

Shared by 

Melynda Stone

Executive Director

Volunteers for Youth

www.volunteersforyouth.com

Email 4-2-14 

A previous post about the Green Country All-Star Weekend is 7-6-12