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Church Events  
Fantasy Auction
This special event is held twice a year, generally in spring and fall.
Spring Fantasy Auction: May 2, 2010
It is an important fundraiser for the church, combined with a sense of fun & friendship!
Bidding is fierce and friendly. A new member? Let us gift you with free auction 'bucks' to get you started.
Free catered meal is offered to all who attend! Babysitting is available to participantsand everyone is welcome.
We need you! You can participate by
offering a party,
sports or concert tickets,
a service, an item for the *Chinese Auction*, etc.
We definitely love your imaginative offerings!
 Forms to make an auction offering can be obtained from the office and returned to the Fantasy Auction mail slot. You are also welcome to download a Fantasy Auction form.
Need some ideas?
Here are some items that have been
offered during the past:
a jewelry making class, family picnic,
Darwin Martin House tour, family pool party,
vegetarian Indian dinner, yardwork,
babysitting, fine desserts and much more!
Please let the church office know if you have the interest in becoming a part of this very important church event.
You might volunteer to help with any of the Auction details: decoration, registration, bid recording, cashiering, set-up, clean-up, serving food, bringing a dessert, etc.
This is a wonderful way to get acquainted. Jump right in, it's always fun!
You can see UUCA activities listed in
our monthly events calendar.
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***10/09 Fantasy Auction
Your Fantasy Auction chairs want to thank all who volunteered to make this fall's Fantasy Auction the success that it was. You all worked very hard and your efforts are MUCH appreciated!
We particularly want to thank Margot Shoemaker, who worked diligently behind the scenes to provide the necessary items to make the auction work - the program booklets, silent auction bid forms, bid numbers and invoices, cash boxes and calculators, and periodic nudging of the chairs if we go off track or forget something important. She also coordinates the offer dates to make sure there are no conflicts, reconciles the invoices with both bid recording forms to check for any errors, sends letters to those who gave offers, letting them know the names of the successful bidders, places notices in the Foreword and church programs, prints the all-important handouts, and much, much more. We couldn't get the Fantasy Auction off the ground without her.
Our resident zombie, Jake Marek, made a suggestion that's so crazy it just might work! How about planting the seeds for next spring's auction NOW? May 2, 2010 will be here before we know it, so why not start thinking of offers to make or cool items for the Silent Auction (which seemed to work easier and better than the Chinese Auction we tried last time). How about thinking of ways we can help? A lot of the more experienced volunteers would be grateful if some newer folks took over. We can teach you the finer points, and it IS a lot of fun interacting with your fellow UUs in this event which is as much a 'getting to know you' activity as it is a fundraiser.
Also, if anyone has any comments about what went well and what could be improved, your chairs would greatly appreciate your input. We've already been given several good ideas (along with a few "don't do this next time") and will put them to use.
The more people who are involved, the more the Fantasy Auction can reflect what YOU, as participants, would like to see and enjoy.
Let us hear from you!!!
Your Fantasy Auction chairs,
Lauraine Marcus and Dorothy Reade
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