IT’S TIME FOR YOU TO DONATE ITEMS
The money raised by this auction will be used to fund NSN Member Grants.
Perhaps you have some items which need a new home. During last summer’s auction, there were 54 donors, 99 items were donated, and 57 bidders paid a total of $5,896! We are hoping, with your help, to do better this summer.
Here are types of items which have sold well in the past:
- Art: quilts, wall hangings, paintings
- Clothing
- Food
- Gift certificates
- Jewelry
- Storytelling accessories: puppets, musical instruments and other story enhancers
- Storytelling books, CDs, DVDs
- Storytelling conference and storytelling festival registrations
- Storytelling services (marketing, recording, coaching, photography, house concerts, etc.)
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.
If you have an item or service to donate, please do the following no later than Sept. 15th:
A) Fill out one Google form per auction item https://bit.ly/nsn24-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/nsn24
IMPORTANT: Do not mail any items to NSN. At the end of the auction, there will be direct mailing from the donor to the auction winner.
Imagine sitting in your favorite spot and 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. On September 30 – October 11, you’ll be able to get a jump on your holiday shopping wherever you are as long as you can access the NSN website. 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: September 15th
GRATEFULLY THANKING YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR SUPPORT,
Kate Dudding and Marilyn McPhie, Auction Co-Chairs