A Winter Wonderland Ball Auction

Our auction will directly help support these important local community programs:

¨ Care Partners (an affiliate of the Oregon Nonprofit Hospice Alliance)

¨ GG’s House

¨ New Narrative Integrative Mental Health (formerly Luke-Dorf)

¨ Native American Youth and Family Center

The proceeds also support our church in providing free or low-cost building space for

many community functions.

How you can participate:

Donate! Please send your donation ideas to Bonnie at chiroqueen704@msn.com. All

items should be delivered by Sunday, Nov 5. Donations should be handed directly to

Bonnie McDowell, Elaine Foy, Elena Parker or Deva Harris-Williams, along with a

completed donation form. Please consider offering events and experiences. Be

creative. Donate something that you would enjoy sharing with others. We love join-

ins!

Volunteer! Sign up at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F044DADAD23A1FC1-

fgucc1#/ or talk to Bonnie (chiroqueen704@msn.com) or Kathleen

(kathleenlacock1@gmail.com). If you have traditionally volunteered for a particular

job, please sign up right away to reserve your favorite volunteer opportunity. Thank

you to all our volunteers.

How to bid on silent items: If you plan to bid on your phone, it’s easiest if you

download the Auctria mobile app from the Google Play Store or App Store. Open the

app. Enter charityauction.bid/fgucc2023 as your event. Go to Menu, online

registration. You must register with a credit card but you can choose to check out later

with a check or cash to save yourself credit card fees. Click on Catalog. You can scroll

through all items, or choose a category under Show Me, or put a word into the Search

bar. When you find an interesting item, star it. You can later see all starred items

under Show Me, so you can minimize later searches. Follow bidding instructions for

each item. Questions? Ask Bonnie, chiroqueen704@msn.com.

Bid and attend!

? Wed, Nov 1 – website opens and tickets for the in-person event go on sale at

charityauction.bid/fgucc2023 $20 each. Don’t miss out! Keep checking the

website; more items will be added.

? Sunday, Nov 12 – view items and get help with bidding after church

? Wednesday, Nov 15, 8 am - online bidding for silent auction begins at

charityauction.bid/fgucc2023.

? Saturday, Nov 18

o 4:30 pm – doors open for the party: in-person food and no-host beer and

wine. Music by Castle Road.

o 4:30-6:00 – in-person and home bidding on silent items continues, all

electronic. If you’re at the party, bring your phone and be signed in to the

website if you can; we will have volunteers to help you. Have your favorite

items starred, so they will be easy to find and bid on.

o 5:45 and 6:00 – silent items will close

o 6:00 – live auction begins

o 6:00 – check out of won items begins

o 7:00 – in-person event ends

Fund-an-Item this year is the “smallwares” (pots and pans, etc) for our yet-to-be

done kitchen remodel. Please buy a virtual mixer or saucepan to help us outfit our

kitchen.

Got wine you aren’t drinking? We’ll have a wine pull if we get enough bottles.

See you at the Winter Wonderland!