A blind auction is a fun, creative way to raise funds. Here's how it's done...
Host a cocktail party at your house. Ask your invited guests to bring a wrapped package. The contents can be anything from something silly to something very nice and expensive. The possibilities are only limited by their imagination.
Wrap an expensive bottle of wine. Do you have an old, ugly sweater you no longer wear? Wrap it. Donors should disguise the contents of their gifts by weighing the boxes with bricks or placing small items in large boxes.
As your guests arrive, they can place their gifts on the auction table and when everything is set up, and your guests are enjoying their beverages and hors d'oeuvres, let the bidding begin.
Ask local businesses to donate items for the auction. Movie tickets, restaurant gift cards, frames, artwork, food items, etc. are all great ideas and can easily be disguised in a wrapped box. Whatever is in the gift box won't really matter in the end because it's all about the spirit of giving to a great cause.
*Alternatives to the above:
- Instead of bidding, have everyone donate $50 to choose a box. Whatever is in that box is theirs whether it's a $200 concert ticket or an old pair of sneakers.
- Instead of a silent auction, do a traditional auction and get the auctioneer to stir the crowd up on how beautiful the wrapping is so they want to bid on that item.
- Instead of a cocktail party, host a dance party or potluck dinner.
- Do the blind auction at work as part of a meeting or luncheon.
- Your auction can even be done online via social media or your personal website
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