Some auction packages are ready!

Check these out:

Mom’s basket: #304
Slippers (6 ½-7 ½ ), walking socks, Mom agenda with mini clips and note pads, Comfort and Joy Wellness Spa classic manicure, Beauty in Motion Mega Peel (3/31/08 expiration), Rodney Strong wine, Party Lite: sugar body scrub, body butter, Elderflower Springs candles, Spa Pillar tray, Well Being CD
Value $325.00
Opening bid $20.00

Philadelphia Package#311
Tour book, AAA map, 4 Passes University of Pennsylvania Museum,4 Passes National Constitution Center, 4 Passes The Franklin Institute of Science Museum, 4 Passes Lights of Liberty Show (2008 Season starts in April), 2 museum Passes to The Academy of Natural Sciences, 2 Passes to Please Touch Museum
Value: $200.00
Opening Bid: $10.00

Tandulgence Tanning Salons basket: #322
3 level 2 sunless Sprays,
Hempz Age Defying Moisturizer, Body Gel, Body Exfoliator, Eye Contour Cream, Facial Moisturizer, Facial Cleanser, Shave Gel, Lip Balm Sun Burn Relief, Body Butter, Cal Tan sunless Powder.
Value: $350.00
Opening bid: $20.00

Wine and Dine: #323
Escorted limousine tour of some of Virginia’s most acclaimed vineyards to be scheduled at your leisure. Also includes $75.00 towards lunch or dinner at The Daily Grill of Tyson’s Corner. Completing the experience is two bottles of Rodney Strong 2002 Sonoma County Zinfandel.
Value: $170.00
Opening bid: $20.00

Loudoun Luxury Weekend for Two: #312
Fabulous weekend for two at the luxurious Lansdowne Resort followed by their signature Sunday Brunch. Also included are a $50.00 gift certificate to Leesburg’s renowned Tuscarora Mill Restaurant and a bottle of Rodney Strong 2002 Sonoma County Zinfandel.
Value: $600-800.00
Opening bid: $150.00

More to come.....

here's the mail it never fails.....

More donations!

Mariner's Museum - 4 tickets.
Wintergreen Resort - 2 lift tickets.
Air Tran Airways - 2 tickets to anywhere in the US. (Vegas baby!)

How cool is that?!?!?!?

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Had two excellent donations today:

• Linens and Things donated a gift certificate and discount coupons to go with it!
• A whitewater adventure was generously donated by River Riders.

Worked on an evite today, as well as addressing more envelopes. Formal invitations will be hitting mailboxes over the next few weeks and the evite will follow. Being that all of the tickets are purchased online, it makes sense to send an online invitation.

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Wow, after a few days of nothing, yesterday's mail was fantastic!

From the John Travolta camp - we received a full sized poster from the movie Hairspray, signed of course.
From the Steelers - came a decorative 75th anniversary license plate and a print with a signature.
America's Most Wanted also got in on the act with John Walsh autographing a picture.
And finally, two tickets to see Stabat Mater at the Kennedy Center, courtesy of the Choral Arts Society of Washington.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! The generosity of everyone really is something special. The silent auction is going to be an experience. We are starting to consider offering some of the items online. Do you think an online auction would work?

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Another fantastic donation came in the mail today: Four tickets to The Science Museum of Virginia. Thinking ahead, this would go great with a Richmond area restaurant and maybe even a hotel!

We will be packaging items together in baskets and are looking to create 'experiences'. Any ideas are welcomed.

I also received a very polite decline letter from Cirque du Soleil.

Invitations will be going out this week, if you would like one, please email me your name & address and it will be sent right away.

Silent Auction Donations

We have received a TON of fabulous donations for the auction. Each of the following companies have generously contributed items to be auctioned off:


Let’s Dish
Curry's Auto Service Inc
Red Hot & Blue
Daily Grill
The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum
Philip Bermingham Photography
Glory Days Grill
Ski Roundtop
Strasburg Railroad
Longwood Gardens
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
National Amusements, Inc
Nauticus
Please Touch Museum
Museum of Natural Science
Ocean Breeze Waterpark
Dinosaur Land, Inc.
Sight and Sound Theatre
Luray Caverns
Blue Iguana
Great American Restaurants
Rodney Strong Winery
Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo
Sportrock in Sterling, VA
American Civil War Museum
B&O Railroad Museum
Lifetouch Portraits
Walt Disney World
American Visionary Art Museum
National Museum of Civil War Medicine
University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Lights of Liberty Inc
American Helicopter Museum
The Franklin Institute
The Holy Land Experience
Chesapeake Bay Maritime
Bryce Resort
Frontier Culture Museum
Dept of Public Works Museum
Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum
Blockbuster
Shenandoah Caverns of VA
Great Harvest Bread
Washington Mystics
Bowl America Inc.
Panera Bread Company
Frank Wolf
Omaha Steaks
World Yacht
Lowes Island Club
Three Cees
Museum of the Confederacy
L'Academie de Cuisine
Mara Morgan
JR Stockyards
Tuscarora Mill Restaurant
Comfort and Joy Wellness Spa
SeaWorld Adventure Parks
Little Tikes Consumer Services
East Potomac Golf Course
Ace Adventure Center
A & E Consulting
Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream
The Inn at Henderson’s wharf
Claude Moore Colonial Farm
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Tracey Downey
Mr. Omelette Caterers
Wegmans
Robbie Coltrane
Tim Kaine
John Warner
River & Trail Outfitters
Reston Limousine
John Travolta