2009 Community Kids Festival and Silent Auction
The 2009 Fairland Community Kids Festival & Silent Auction will be held Sunday, April 19, 2009!
We are currently looking for volunteers eager to take a leadership role in our second biennial event. So, if you are interested in marketing, advertising, donation solicitation, or perhaps would like to chair the third biennial Silent Auction Committee in 2011, please send an email to the SAC
Fairland Community Kids Festival and Silent Auction Newsletter
Click here to view the latest Kids Festival Newsletter!
Silent Auction Committee Meeting Schedule
Want to help out? Volunteers are needed to serve on the Silent Auction Committee (SAC)! Whether it is as little as an hour on the day of the event or as much as managing an entire aspect of the event such as food and beverage, you will be welcomed. Here is our schedule of regular general meetings of the SAC, leading up to the event. Other meetings will be scheduled as necessary. Meetings will be held at The Learning Tree on Old Columbia Pike at Wood Avenue.
- Saturday 01 November 2008 10AM-12PM
- Tuesday 18 November 2008 7:00PM-8:30PM
- Saturday 06 December 2008 10AM-12PM
- Tuesday 20 January 2009 7:00PM-8:30PM
- Saturday 07 February 2009 10AM-12PM
- Tuesday 17 February 2009 7:00PM-8:30PM
- Saturday 14 March 2009 10AM-2PM
- Tuesday 17 March 2009 7:00PM-8:30PM
- Tuesday 31 March 2009 7:00PM-8:30PM
- Monday 07 April 2008 7:00PM-8:30PM
- Friday 11 April 2008 10AM-2PM
- Monday 14 April 2008 7:00PM-8:30PM
What shall I donate to the Silent Auction?
If you are interested in making a donation, please complete the Silent Auction Donation Form. Need some suggestions? Round up some friends and put a donation together. That's what community is all about.
- Can you cook? Provide a dessert or bread of the month. Cater a meal. Provide a homemade cake. Provide cooking lessons for children.
- Are you artistic? Donate one of your pieces. Provide art lessons for children. Faux paint a room.
- Do you sew or knit? Knit a scarf. Make dress-up costumes. Stitch a quilt.
- Are you a gourmet? Open your home for a catered dinner. Donate a subscription to a gourmet magazine.
- Do you or a grandparent have a vacation home, time share, or boat? Consider use of these for a vacation or a weekend retreat.
- Are you into sports? Provide tickets to a sporting event. Donate a day of golf. Provide sports collectibles, athletic or exercise equipment.
- Are you a friend of someone famous? Arrange a lunch with a celebrity. Coordinate a tour of a TV station. Donate autographed memorabilia.
- Are you an adventurous parent? Offer babysitting services. Take a few children on a day trip. Have a pool party at your house. Offer a baking party or a gingerbread house-making party.
- Do you have a green thumb? Provide flowers of the month. Offer gardening, landscaping, or lawn-mowing services. Donate plants.
- Do you possess great wisdom or expertise? Offer consulting services: accounting and tax services, architectural design, computer assistance, financial planning, marketing services, interior design, legal advice, nutritional counseling, personal training, wardrobe consulting.
- Can you make a theme gift basket? Round up brand new, unopened items and create a wonderful theme gift basket to be auctioned off.
- Do you have brand new, unopened gifts? Clean out those closets and garages and donate brand new, unopened gifts that can be used for various silent auction baskets.