Spring Auction 2009
Donation Suggestions
- Airline Tickets or Mileage: Donate tickets or your frequent flyer miles that we can combine into packages to great destinations! Also, ask your travel agent to contribute.
- Vacation Homes or Favorite Resorts: Do you or your friends own a vacation home or condo in the USA or abroad? (You can specify restrictions, if necessary.)
- Event Tickets: You name the event, and we’d love the tickets! Examples: Redskins, Orioles, Capitals, Wizards, Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap, Broadway, etc.
- Unique Opportunities: Can you take a group behind the scenes of a television taping, backstage before or after a concert, on a guided tour, to lunch with a celebrity…..?
- Local Outings: The Washington area has so much to offer….do you boat, fish, ski, ride, cycle, skate or anything else exciting? Could you offer an excursion or lessons?
- Sports: Potomac children and parents love sports! New equipment for any sport or hobby would be great (e.g. hockey or lacrosse sticks, water gear, tennis racquets, soccer balls, helmets, ice skates, knee pads, archery or fencing kits.) What about lessons or exercise equipment? Collectibles and sports memorabilia such as autographed jerseys, cards or balls are always a favorite.
- Parties: Children and adults love parties of all sorts. For children consider cakes, decorations, use of facilities or special entertainment. Adults can’t resist international dinners, musical entertainment or anything unique and memorable.
- Children’s Collections:
- Baskets and Buckets—Fill a basket or bucket with a theme such as…. Art, Ballet, Beach, Board Games, Camp, Gardening, Lego, Magic, Photography, Puzzles, Science, Stargazer, Travel, Books. YOU CAN CREATE THESE ITEMS WITH ANY AGE IN MIND!
- Computers: Children love software of all kinds—games such as Jumpstart, Kidpix, Magic School Bus, Age of Empires. Older kids also enjoy art and music recording software. AGAIN, ANY AGE IS TERRIFIC!
- Wheels: Gotta Roll- bicycles, skate boards, scooters, remote control cars
- Toys and Dolls: Educational toys are always a hit, regardless of gender—from board games to build a robot sets. The new Lego systems can challenge children of all ages! The latest American Girl doll, Madame Alexander, Groovy Girls, etc.
- Video and Electronic: Let’s face it; the most coveted items for the holidays are the new Gaming systems. Games as well as hardware are a great idea.
IF YOU ARE NOT A SHOPPER….. and would like to donate, please visit Cash Donations or Let Us Shop for You List.
