What is a Paddle Party/Quarter Auction?

What is a Paddle Party/Quarter Auction?

Each of the Direct sellers bring 8 different items from their company, for a total of 64 auction items, plus 1 donated raffle item each. Most items have a .25 cent bid. See the pictures below (in the post: items up for auction at April 3rd Paddle Party) from The Ladies of Columbus Paddle Party Fundraiser held on April 3, 2009 to get an idea of the items up for auction. Our team runs the auction.

The organization is responsible to secure the location, sell the tickets, have 2 people at the check-in table and run a concession stand (optional).

The hosting organization sells tickets for $5 each. This includes paddles and chips for bidding, plus raffle tickets for the 8 free raffles (donated by the team). Party Partners Team will email tickets to the organization for them to print. The attendance goal is 100 adults. When 100 adults attend, the organization keeps all the profits from ticket sales. If less then 100 adults attend, then the admission fee from the first 100 tickets is split between the organization and the team. If over 100 people attend and vendors receive bids in excess of retail value, we make an additional donation to the organization.

Most Paddle Parties are held on a Friday evening although we do an occasional Sunday Afternoon as well. Doors open at 6pm on Friday evening and 1pm on Sunday afternoon. This is for guests to preview the auction items and get their door prize slips filled out and into the corresponding Direct Sellers bag located at their display table. The Auction starts promptly at 7pm on Friday evening and 2pm on Sunday afternoon.

Bidding:

Guests may bid on an item using 1, 2, 3, 4 or more paddles. Each paddle is a .25 cent bid. Quarters are placed in a cup on each table, and paddles are raised to indicate they've placed a bid using that paddle. Numbers are drawn from a "master bucket". There is a matching chip for each paddle. Numbers continue to be drawn until we have a winner.

Guests should each bring 2-3 rolls of quarters. They will have the opportunity to speak with each of the vendors and place orders, book parties or learn about earning opportunities if intestered.

Upcoming Events

Here is a list of our upcoming Paddle Parties. Feel free to drop in and have some fun with us. Admission at the door is normally $5.00. This gets you 4 paddles to bid with. You also get 8 door prizes slips, 1 for each of our vendors. Bring along rolls of quarters to do your bidding with, for each bid is usually 25 cents. There are 64 items to bid on, that's 8 items from each vendor. And you choose your favorites items to bid on. Whether for yourself or for gifts, it is a lot of fun!

UP COMING EVENTS:

Sunday May 31st- Daughters of Columbus at Sons of Italy-
126 O'Dell Ave, Endicott at 1pm


Friday June 5th- Johnson City Little League at JC High School-
666 Reynolds Rd, Johnson City at 6pm


Friday June 12th- Steven Spittle Scholarship Fund at
Chenango Valley High School at 6pm


There are still dates available in July and August. Feel free to contact Sharron Cerra, Pampered Chef consultant, to discuss booking your fundraising Paddle Party.

Items up for auction at April 3rd Party

You never know what great products our vendors will have next. To find out what great products can be yours check out our up coming events list and attend the next party.

Basket of Goodies that can be yours...

This basket is filled with 1 item for each of our vendors. The way to win this basket is to book a date for a Paddle Party or a home show with any of our vendors. Your name then goes into a drawing to win at the end of the night.

* all photos on this blog are courtesy of KGRussell Photography- www.kgrussellphotography.blogspot.com *

Creative Memories

Creative Memories Consultants: Heather Bryla and Dawn Dimock
email Heather at: Hbryla@stny.rr.com
email Dawn at: Tdimock@mindspring.com
We are fortunate to have two consultants for Creative Memories. Heater and Dawn take turns doing our Paddle Parties. Feel free to contact either Heather or Dawn for your scrapbooking needs.