Raffle Prizes and Silent Auction
Posted on: 26 January 2009 at 1750 - Comment
A great way to raise maximum funds for the cause (charity:water) is to have a raffle so that’s exactly what will take place at Vancouver’s Twestival event on February 12th. After putting the word out on Twitter this afternoon I instantly received half a dozen prize donation offers, which is outstanding.
Here are the contributors so far (all from Twitter)
- Kelly Verchere is offering a personalized astrology reading
- Mojave is contributing a limited edition CD
- Sam Chan will provide an Epson Printer (complete with USB cable)
- Rachael Chatoor will be putting together a gift basket
- Pete Quily has offered personal coaching sessions (not necessarily for ADHD)
- Mark Payne has two sets of tickets; a pair for the Bloc Party at the Commodore April 27th, and another pair for Glasvegas at the Commodore on April 12th
- Township 7 and wine maker Bradley Cooper are pleased to contribute: Three bottles of Township 7 2005 Reserve Merlot “The Black Dog”
- Kate Trgovac is contributing a ladies laptop bag (your choice)
- Helen from JuicyBags is offering up a Koolaid Jammers Shoulder Bag (made from recycled drink pouches)
- A prize pack from StyleKid
- 4 spots on the Sins of the City tour this summer, with exclusive former opium den access from the Vancouver Police Museum
- 5 books from Arsenal Pulp (To the Dogs, Geist Atlas of Canada, Tomato Cafe Cookbook, The Reverend’s Apprentice and One Ring Circus)
- Blogging courses from Reachd.com (winner can choose which courses they’d like to take) donated by Brenda Balogh Yaletown Notary Public
- John Chow is contributing a ViBook, which is a USB to DVI or VGA adapter.
- iPhoneinCanada is donating an 8″ Sony Portable DVD Player
- You could also win a Denman Fitness gift basket.
- The Opus Hotel is also giving away a gift certificate for Elixir Restaurant
- A local organic gourmet gift box from itsaulgood.com
- Gift certificate for Doolins Irish Pub
- Spots in a Twitter seminar (similar to this one) from JP Holecka
- LiberationBC is donating 3 book prizes
- Some amazing Extra Virgin Olive Oil is being contributed by Amelia Oil
- Qoola Fruit + Yogurt is giving away 10 x $10 in gift cards
Silent Auction
- Tinhorn Creek guest house experience (valued at $700)
- An amazing dining experience from Farmstead Wines (valued at $500)
If you would like to contribute a prize please direct message @YVRTwestival with your item, estimated value, and the url you would like credited. I’ll then add you to the sidebar of the Twestival website.
Should any companies or individuals be interested in full sponsorship, please read the details of the sponsor post and feel free to contact me by direct message or by leaving a comment.
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Actually, why not make it a silent auction? I’d spend way more on that, bidding for things I really want (and you have some great prizes already) than I would on raffle tickets. Also, the friendly competition adds good buzz to the event atmosphere.
Well done on the prizes so far - looking forward to more details on the event!
I was thinking we would do the type of raffle where you can purchase tickets then drop them in the box in front of the item you’d like the most (put 5 in for one, and 2 in for another to better your chances on something you really want). But yes, we have been thinking about a silent auction as well
Please follow me on Twitter or email me as I’d like to sponsor a prize!
Thanks.
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Hard to be certain which type of auction will raise the most money.
If you run a silent auction you might get someone wanting to make a grand gesture & bidding a very large amount.
On the other hand a “buy 10 tickets, put your name on them & put them in the boxes” type raffle lets everyone get involved. Everyone will feel they’ve contributed - you get a little bit of money from everyone instead of larger amounts of money from just 20 people.
Maybe there’s something to be said for running a silent auction for just one or two larger items where you’d probably get more money for them from a single bidder than you would from the tickets that would go into their raffle box.
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