New Paddle Party Dates, Times & Locations

Here is our upcoming Paddle Party schedule. We hope you can make it! Thursday April 7, 2011 -Chenango Bridge 5th Grade Class Trip- Preview 6:15, Auction starts at 7:00 Friday April 8, 2011 -West Windor's Women's Auxillary- Preview 6:15, Auction starts at 7:00 at West Windsor's Fire Women's Auxillary. Friday May 6, 2011 -Susan B Komar Breast Cancer Walk- Preview 6:15, Auction Starts at 7:00. More info to come. Sunday June 10, 2011-Life Choices at Choconut Center United Methodist Church, 5 Lewis Rd. Binghamton, Preview 6:15, Auction Starts at 7:00. Friday, October 14, 2011-JC Youth Football and JC Wrestling to be held at the American Legion Post 1305, Lower Stella Ireland Rd, Johnson City. Preview at 6:15, Auction starts at 7:00

Upcoming Events

March 25, 2011- Women of Faith at Ross Presbyterian Church, More info coming soon.

April 8, 2011- West Windsor Ladies at The West Windsor Fire Department, more info coming soon.

If you are interested in hosting a Paddle Party Fundraiser please contact us through email at partypartners1@yahoo.com

Upcoming Events for 2009-2010

We have started our fundraisers up again! Here are our upcoming events. Come have some fun with us. See what we are all about and find out how to book your next fundraiser!

Upcoming Event Dates and Places:

Sunday October 18 at the Sons of Italy to support the Daughters of Columbus
126 O'Dell Ave Endicott

Friday November 6 at Johnson City High School to support the After Prom Party
666 Reynolds Rd Johnson City

Sunday December 6 for Borrowed Freedom Equine Therapy

Friday February 19 at Chenango Forks High School to support
Chenango Forks Relay for Life

Sunday May 23 at Sons of Italy to support the Daughters of Columbus
126 O'Dell Ave Endicott

For Friday night paddle parties doors open at 6pm to preview products and auction starts at 7pm. Sunday parties doors open at 1pm and auction starts at 2pm.

We still have the following dates available: November 13 , November 20, December 11, December 13, and February 5. Contact Sharon Cerra at 766-0122 or shar4pchef@stny.rr.com if interested in booking one of our open dates.

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 *