Support Storytellers – Donate to the NSN Online Auction!
The money raised through this year’s auction will directly fund NSN Member Grants, supporting storytellers in their creative, educational, and community work.
Do you have something wonderful that deserves a new home? A recent holiday/birthday gift that isn’t quite you? Something interesting you discovered when downsizing/consolidating?
Your donation can make a real difference!
For our last online auction, 54 generous donors contributed 99 items, and 57 bidders raised an amazing $5,896 for storytelling projects across the country. With your help, we can do even better this year!
What to Donate
Here are examples of items that have sold well in the past:
- Art: quilts, wall hangings, paintings, photography, posters
- Clothing & Accessories: scarves, handmade items, wearable art
- Food & Treats: specialty foods, homemade jams, local products
- Gift Certificates: restaurants, bookstores, online classes, local experiences
- Jewelry: handmade, vintage, or distinctive pieces
- Storytelling Accessories: puppets, props, musical instruments, costume pieces, games, and other story enhancers
- Books, Recordings, and Media: storytelling books, CDs, DVDs, downloads
- Event Registrations: storytelling conferences, workshops, and festival passes
- Storytelling Services: coaching, marketing, photography, recording, virtual performances, or even house concerts!
New Ideas!
- Unique Experiences: private story sessions, behind-the-scenes tours, or one-on-one mentorships
- Collector’s Items: signed books or memorabilia from well-known storytellers
- Theme Bundles: “Storyteller’s Survival Kit,” “Tea and Tales,” “Family Story Night,” “Spooky Storytelling,” or?
Every contribution—large or small—helps build opportunities for storytellers to grow and share their art.
Minimum value for each donated item: $35
Items must be new or nearly-new in excellent condition.
PLEASE NOTE: at last year’s auction, over two-thirds of the items sold for $35 – $60. So if you have four CDs you want to donate, please submit two auction items, each containing two CDs.
Ready to donate? Please do the following between January 9th and February 9th :
A) Fill out one Google form per auction item https://bit.ly/nsn26-auction-donation
Please note: Unfortunately, you only get one chance to edit the information you enter – that’s immediately after you submit this form. So please gather all the pieces of information and then fill in this form with:
- Description of donated item – with enough details to tempt people to bid
- Approximate retail value ($35.00 minimum for each item)
- Starting price
- Shipping Cost – please enter 0 if you are donating the cost of shipping
- Travel details (if any)
- Donor’s name
- Donor’s email address
- Name of donor’s organization (if any)
- Website address of donor’s organization (if any)
- Donor’s preferred telephone number
- one to four photos of the auction item. (If it’s a service you will provide, perhaps your photo would be appropriate.)
- The logo of your business (if you have one)
C) Donors will be emailed when their item has been added to the auction website:
https://www.32auctions.com/nsn26
IMPORTANT: Do not mail any items to NSN or Kate Dudding. At the end of the auction, there will be direct mailing from the donor to the auction winner.
Imagine sitting in your favorite spot during Feb. 23 to Mar. 6, bidding on beautiful hand-crafted items and inspiring storytelling experiences, donated from your storytelling friends across the nation and beyond to help support NSN Member Grants. Watch for specifics about the auction itself to be posted at here:
https://storynet.org/online-auction/
To generate donations and also when the auction runs this fall, please spread the word on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and other social networks. Let your non-storytelling friends, family, and co-workers in on the auction, especially if you spot an item they might be interested in.
We look forward to a fun and profitable online event. But first, we need your donations to make it happen!
Donation Deadline: February 9th
Together, we can keep the stories flowing and the storytellers thriving!
Kate Dudding and Marilyn McPhie, Auction Co-Chairs