Ideas for Items for the
Silent Auction
Contribute to the Silent Auction:
Your Chance to Join in the Creativity and Fun
Silent auction items can be a special book or an intricate custom designed necklace, a bottle of wine or an experience. Prices generally range from $20 to $300.
Please consider creating a basket or a special craft for the auction. Arranging gift baskets with imaginative themes can be a lot of fun, and the value of an imaginatively themed basket is often greater than its invididual parts.
Bidders love unique, creative and handmade gifts. If you're an artist or seamstress or someone with an eye for unusual or interesting things, this is your chance to share your special skills with bidders while contributing to NEBCD's Campaign Headquarters.
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Unleash Your Best: Click the Links Below for Ideas for Fun and Creative Silent Auction Items You Can Make
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Some San Antonio-specific donation ideas:
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If you have a membership anywhere that gives you guest passes, share one or two of your passes
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If you have season tickets for sports or arts events and aren't going to attend something in the series, donate the unused tickets
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Family admission to Fiesta Texas or Seaworld
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Accommodations and tee times at a local golf course
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Local tours of historic sites
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Certificate for a great food truck
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Movie passes
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Gift certificate for a favorite bar or ice house
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Work from local artists and crafts people
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Stock Show and Rodeo tickets
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Spurs tickets
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Local museum passes
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Spa gift certificates
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Pet gift basket
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Protester gift basket
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Computer instruction or repair services
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Gift basket from a local brewery or distillery for a VIP tour and samples
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​Gift certificate for graphic design
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Gift certificate for printing
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​Door wreaths
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​Poll worker gift basket
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Musical or other performance at time and place winning bidder chooses
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Pickleball equipment with a certificate for a free lesson
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“Road trip survival kit” with a trunk organizer, cooler, sunglasses, reusable water bottles, snacks, car games, car chargers, and several gas station gift cards
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Paintings
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Block prints
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Art prints
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Teach someone something you know, such as computer programs like Canva or Constant Contact or WIX; how to set up their iPhone; how to set up stereo speakers
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Lunch or dinner with a local leader, official or politician
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Backstage tour of the Majestic, McCombs or Tobin Theaters
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Season pass to San Pedro Playhouse or UTSA arts season
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A "How To" class on something you can teach another person: knitting, art, writing, dancing, tai chi, yoga, cooking, public speaking, writing letters to the editor, how to be an activist, mentor to a precinct chair, etc., etc.