2009 Auction Items

We have an auction every year; members donate goods or services, other members buy them. We make anywhere from $12,000 to $16,000 per year, thanks to an impressive array of talent among our members, a generous membership, and healthy appetites. These are the items offered for the Auction scheduled for Saturday, May 2, 2009.

Each item has a minimum bid in (parenthesis) below the description. The items often go for two to four times that, especially the dinners. We'll leave this page up to give people ideas for the next one. They are in broad categories; Vacations, Dinners and Goodies, Lessons and Classes, Services, and Miscellaneous.

A Week in Cabo San Lucas Resort Suite
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($500)

A week in a cottage in Seaside, Oregon
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($500)

Appetizer Heaven and Wines for 8
($25 each)

Barbecued Salmon Supper for 8, with wines from Oregon
($45 each)

Beer Tasting Night for 8
($25 each)

Bountiful Feast for 6 - the same meal we serve to the homeless; pork roast, fried rice, green salad, roll and butter, corn O'Brian, brownie, ice cream and milk.
($25 each)

Bouillabaisse Creole and Crepes Suzettes for 8
($35)

Bread Making Class for 8
($35 each)

Champagne Brunch by the Waterfall for 8
($25 each)

Cookie Lovers Dream - 2 dozen cookies a month for 12 months
($60)

Divine Dessert for 12
($40)

Fall Gourmet Dinner for 8
($35)

Food and Wine Extravaganza for 8 - Champagnes, Roses, Whites, reds and dessert wines, lovingly paired with exquisite small plates to bring out the best in both.
($50 each)

Gingerbread House construction for 8
($30 each)

Gourmet Mexican Dinner for 8
($25 each)

Green Eggs and Lamb; half a dozen eggs and a lamb.
($125)

Holiday Wreath Making Luncheon for 8
($25 each)

Middle Eastern Dinner for 8
($20)

Murder Mystery Dinner for 10
($30 each)

Wild Women Need Chocolate (An evening of decadence for 8)
($25 each)

Wine and Chocolate Pairing for 8
($35)

2-hour Basic Computer Lessons
($20)

4 1-hour Tennis Lessons
($80)

5 hours of Math Tutoring
($100)

Argentine Tango Lesson
($20)

Assistance with Resume and Cover Letter
($20)

Eight Week Sewing Class
($350)

Foxtrot Workshop for 16
($20 each)

Have the Last Word! (Obituary workshop for 5)
($35 each)

Jewelry Making Class for 7
($10 each)

Knitting Machine lessons
($10)

Mosaic Madness (Class in making a mosaic)
($45)

3 hours of masonry work
($100)

45 minute Airplane Ride
($125)

5 Hours of House Cleaning
($50)

A Baritone Christmas (Horn player for the holiday)
($30)

Handyman Services, 4 hours
($80)

Hauling Service - Tote that Bar! Lift that Bale! (Trailer, too)
($40)

Pet Care / Sitting Services for a week
($70)

Women's Dream Maid Service; 1 5-hour session
($50)

Videograph - Up to six hours of a camera with HD coverage and microphones for any event; weddings, plays, parties, etc. Editing and two DVDs included.
($100)

A day on Monterey Bay in a dive boat, for 3
($75)

Accupressure Sessions (2)
($50 each)

Ancestor Search (Family tree research done for you by a genealogist.)
($100)

Christmas Music - keyboard Accompanist for your caroling
($40)

Coldwater Creek Fashion Wardrobe Party for 10
($10 each)

Complete Resume and Cover Letter Package
($25)

Dashiki
($25)

Green Goddess Necklace
($25)

Ionic Pro Turbo and the Honeywell HEPA Air Cleaners
($25)

Ladies Only Night of Hot Tubbing for 5
($25 each)

Mary Kay Perfect Hands Pampering Set
($25)

Mary Kay Timewise Miracle Set
($75)

Modesto Symphony Tickets (2)
($60)

Peridox Earrings, Necklace
($25)

Sermon - You pick the topic, Rev. Grace writes and delivers the sermon.
($50)

Under Water Photos on Canvas: Coral Codfish
($50)