Our annual Southwest Charter School auction is coming up on Friday, March 15, 2013 at the Melody Ballroom.

We hope that every SWCS family will procure at least one item for our auction.

Below you will find a link to some tools to help you — a procurement letter to give to potential donors, an auction donation form, an auction donation receipt, and a guide to help you brainstorm on where to find donations.

SWCS Auction Procurement Packet 2013

These forms are also available on our blog by clicking on the auction flyer picture along the right hand side of the page.

You know more people than you think. Your friends, relatives and neighbors know way more people than you think. You might just have a connection to:

Restaurants/Excursions/Events:
Your go-to restaurant, White water rafting tours, fishing guides, dude ranches, hot springs, B & B’s, wine country, beach, Bend, Black Butte, Sun River, hot air ballooning, sky diving, kayaking, hiking, horse-buggy ride, sports events, a boat rental company, a car rental company, concert tickets, rounds at a golf course, or do you know someone with a rental home they’d be willing to share for a weekend?

Wow! Items
Going behind-the-scenes of a commercial set, backstage passes to an event, filming of a TV show, shadowing someone for a day – owner of some cool Portland business, a ride-along with a policeman, a tour of the police horse stables, a tour of a local radio or TV station, Columbia Sportswear employee pass, Nike employee store pass, a CleverCycle, Ready to Gnosh Food Tours.

Items Involving Kids:
Mobile video game bus, trampoline place, interesting birthday parties (firehouse), clown, reptile show, camps (Trackers, Do Jump, Willowbrook), toy shop, painting party, Mad Science, pumpkin patches, where have you been with your kids?

“I saw this at another auction…”
A puppy, a local author inserts top bidder’s name in a novel, interesting raffles, summer cocktail party for 10 at a parent’s home, paella party, cooking class at a restaurant, a tour of Michael Curry Puppet Making Design Center in Scappoose, what have you seen?

Services/Goods that people need
Carpet cleaning, handyman, windows, gutters, car detailing, landscaping, groceries, gardening shops, hardware stores, feed stores, lessons in knitting/sewing/canning/ gardening, 12 dozen holiday cookies in December, soup once a month for 3 months, ‘I’ll wrap all your Xmas presents’

Keep in mind, there are items that don’t sell as well: personal services,
Chiropractic, dentistry, personal training, tax preparation, and hair salons. People like to choose these services on their own.

Can you get your hands on something to sell at our auction?
Please contact Christina Cartwright at cartwrightx7@gmail.com or (503) 201-0862 or Sarah Mutal at sarah@mutal.net or (503) 302-6287.