Quarter Auction
There’s a new fundraiser in town, and this one promises to be a lot of fun!
On Friday, January 29th, there will be a “quarter auction” at the Moose Lodge in Elizabethtown, with the proceeds from the admission fee, the raffles, and the bake sale going to Aaron’s Journey.
So what’s a “quarter auction” you may ask? Well, I asked the same thing, and it works like this:
1. The $5 admission fee gets you a number. Additional numbers can be purchased for $1.
2. Each vendor will put 4 items up for bid, one item at a time, and depending on the item it will be assigned a value of between 1 and 4 quarters.
3. When the item for auction is announced you put your quarter(s) bid in the container in the middle of the table and hold up your number. For example: If you have 2 numbers and want to bid with both numbers and it is a 2 quarter bid you must put $1 into the container, i.e. 2 quarters for each number you are bidding with.
4. The bidding is closed and the money is collected.
5. A number is pulled from a bucket filled with all the numbers.
6. If your number is called and you bid on the item, you win it. If you DID NOT BID on the item another number is pulled and called. If there are 6 numbers pulled with NO BID, then the one closest without going over gets the auctioned item.
There will be raffles of baskets filled with goodies. Each Vendor will be donating 1 item to be put in 1 large basket to be raffled off.
Vendors will include: Pampered Chef, Longaberger Baskets, Cookie Lee Jewelry, Premier Jewelry, and many more. There will also be Gift cards donated by local merchants to be Auctioned off to benefit Aaron’s Journey.
There are a limited number of tickets available, so please call to reserve yours (see contact information below).
So start saving your quarters and come enjoy the evening.
Here are the details:
Location: Elizabethtown Moose, 51 N. Market St, Elizabethtown PA. (it’s the old theater on the square in E-town).
Time: Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and you’ll be able to walk around and visit the various vendors including the food stand and the bake sale, and enter the raffles. The auction starts promptly at 7:00.
Contacts for Advance Tickets: Pat Hamilton at 717-367-1150, or Vicki Skees 717-367-1027 .
Concerning Quarters: This isn’t a casino, so you definitely need to bring your own quarters, and bring lots of them!
If anyone would like to donate a gift card or raffle basket please call Pat at 717-367-1150.
I would like to add a special thanks to all of the people who are donating their time, energy and resources to helping Aaron!