It takes a great deal of effort to make this auction a success, but many hands make light work. Please, reflect prayerfully on how you can serve the children and families of our very special school community by participating in this important event.

Even what may seem like the smallest job in the world matters in this auction. You can help by just making a few phone calls, asking for donations at businesses you frequent, writing text for the catalog or setting up on the morning of the auction.

The auction is really a fun way to become involved in the school, meet other parents, make new friends, and help keep our tuitions low!

The best way to find out how to help is to attend one of the auction meetings that you will hear about in the weekly newsletter. You can also call the auction chairperson and they will be glad to let you know what needs to be done (call school if you need to find out who this is).

The auction organizing process proceeds in several phases:

• In the fall and winter, the greatest need is people to help with Acquisitions (Donations).

  • You would be surprised how easy it is to ask local businesses to donate to the auction. It has been our experience that many businesses are more than happy to support our school, but they need to be asked! And they are much more likely to give if they know the person asking. If you are a regular at some establishment or have a friend, relative, or other contact at a particular business (local or out of state), please ask them to consider making a donation to support the Charlottesville Catholic School Auction. How can a repair man deny you after you just paid $2000 to have your furnace replaced?
  • If you are concerned a business has already been approached, just phrase it "Has anyone told you about the CCS auction...". You can direct them to this web site for more information. You can pick up acquisitions forms at school and the acquisitions chairperson will be happy to show you what needs to be done.
  • We have a master list of businesses that need to be contacted and you can sign up to help generate acquisitions for a particular category of items
  • You should think about any skills you have. If you can make, do, or teach anything, you can transform that into something that can be sold at the auction.
  
  . We also need people to solicit advertisements from local businesses, send out business letters and thank you notes.
• After March 1st, we shift gears away from acquisitions to organizing the big night. We need people to write text for the catalog, help with layout, organize decorations and entertainment, write out the bid sheets and place cards, and a whole host of other big and small jobs with must be done to pull off such a large event.
• On auction day, we need people with trucks to deliver items to the auction site, workers to set up the displays and decorate the auction room, oversee the tables of bid sheets, and more.

We always need new ideas and skills!

You can do any job, big or small, ( you can even make up your own if you see something you think needs to be done), but please do something to help in this important fund raiser.