Welcome!

With the auction only 31 days away, now is the time to think about what you can donate.

To repeat donations from prior years, you can use the "Offer Again" link next to those items on your last year's statement. Starting from this year's statement, click the "2019" inside the "Other Years" box to see your last year's statement. (You can go all the way back to 2006)

To be included in the printed catalog, we need item donations turned in by Sunday, January 26.

LESS STUFF, MORE FELLOWSHIP!

We are focusing on services, dinners, excursions, vacations, and fellowship activities. Any items which are added to the website will be considered but may be gently declined so that we may focus our efforts more on donations which build fellowship and community. So please keep the food related services and all the wonderful things that we can share with each other, but save those precious objects for the rummage sale.

"Meals and More" BID SHEETS

It’s easy to bid on multi-seat dinners. If you want two places, write your paddle number NEATLY in two adjacent places. You can skip rows to bid higher if you like, or fill in behind those who have done so. Rows of seats with the HIGHEST bids win, then if a row won’t all fit, earlier bids from LEFT to RIGHT win.

Auction Date: Saturday, February 22, 2020

Doors open at 5:00 pm for the silent auction. The silent auction ends at 6:15 pm sharp. The live auction is from 6:30 - 7:30 pm. Dinner and socializing following till 9:30 pm.

Tickets are $15 in advance, $18 at the door, or free for new member who have joined since February 2019. Kids are $5 for ages 11-16, and free for 10 and under.

Suggestions from Members' Wish List for 2018 Auction Donations

• Gathering for games such as cards, dominoes, charades, etc.
• Bike ride
• Tour of an interesting business followed by social time
• Tour of a favorite place (art, garden, county, something unique --nearby or day trip)
• Birdwatching at Scioto Audubon Park or Greenlawn Cemetery
• Combination meal and program/speaker/activity with educational value
• Nature excursions of your interest and design

• Help at dinners you offer
• Piano music or other entertainment at home dinners
• Creative and themed dinners (i.e. favorite food of famous UUs)
• Join with someone else to provide a simple meal for a set price
• More vegan and vegetarian meals
• Meal prep & delivery
• Prepare pastry, wine, cookies or whatever your specialty is
• Gift cards to ethnic and casual restaurants

• Language lessons
• Dance lessons
• Home concert (with hors d’oeuvres and dessert)
• Concert or play tickets
• Spa packages (no fixed dates)
• OSU football tickets

• Handy-man
• Home decorating
• Feng shui
• House cleaning
• Window cleaning
• Room painting
• Power washing
• Gutter cleaning
• Yard work
• Garden planning
• Lawn care
• Mowing while you’re on vacation
• Fence repainting

• Organize a visit to the Ohio History Connection's outdoor village
• Take kids to the Ohio State Fair
• Native wildflower hike
• Potluck picnic at a metro park on a weeknight with beverages, games & prizes planned by your family (reasonable set price)
• Red White & Boom (or other similar) picnic

• Financial
• Legal
• Auto services
• Furniture repair
• Home improvement
• House sitting
• Baby sitting
• Pet sitting
• Help with specific things for "x" number of hours
• Rides to airport
• Computer trouble-shooting
• Organizing help
• Career advice
• Job shadowing for a really interesting job
• Car pool opportunities
• Photography lessons
• Kayaking or canoeing lessons
• Massages
• Car detailing

• Historical walking tour starting with neighborhood of FUU Church's original location, giving context to area at that time, followed by a tour of the neighborhood of the current location
• Morning visit to a farmer’s market, followed by a cooking lesson
• Apple or other fruit picking, followed by pie baking
• Organizing group for a Columbus Food Adventure Tour
• Creating a food tour of several ethnic eateries or taco trucks
• Select a Columbus Landmark Tour and invite several guests
• Organize a tour of Ohio State House or Ohio Supreme Court
• Table at Picnic with the Pops
• Hire Jim McCormac for a speaking event or hike

• More of these (a few nights or a week)

• River Cruise
• Mud Wrestling

Entering Items Online

1. Please put in an estimated value
2. Capitalize all important words in the title (but not “and,” “the” or “by” for example).
3. Spell out numbers in titles (i.e Three Gold Rings, not 3 Gold Rings).
4. Pick the most appropriate category for your event or item.
5. Physical items should have minimum bids > $15. Services have no minimum opening bid.
6. Make sure to check the box (Winner takes it home?) if your item is a “thing.”
7. All descriptions should end with a period or exclamation points, even if the description is not a sentence.
8. If you are hosting an event with more than 4 guests, you should pick a date and time.
9. Putting in a picture of your item is very, very helpful.

Volunteer Opportunities

Click here to email us about volunteering to help with the auction

You can also visit us at the auction table in Beach Hall.

Gift Certificates are available.

Contact the auction committee or go to the auction table in Beach Hall after the services to purchase gift certificates.