Auction 2024: Musicals!
Our largest annual non-pledge fundraiser for the operating budget, yes, BUT … also a chance to score jams and jewelry, puzzles and some of your favorite things! Is your social calendar feeling poorly? This is your opportunity to bid on dinners and events galore-ly!
In just five-hundred-twenty-five-thousand-six-hundred minutes – no, wait, much less than that! Start thinkin’ past tomorrow and plan to participate in Auction 2024: Musicals!
More details about volunteering, tickets (on sale Sept. 15), and item donation (forms available Sept. 15) coming soon. In the meantime, see below for details about:
- Silent and Live
- What can I donate?
- Deadlines for all donation submissions and item drop off (if applicable)
The Auction will be in Online/Silent and Live formats. What does that mean??
Online/Silent: Tickets – $5. A selection of items will be offered on the Auction bidding site for online-only bidding from 4:00pm Thursday Oct. 31 to 8:30am Sunday Nov. 3. Tickets to music and plays, jewelry, puzzles, family-friendly activities, homemade jams and breads, bike rides, committee baskets, clothing, fix-it advice and services, and more! Find what your heart desires and hone your bidding – and out-bidding – skills!
Live: Tickets – $15 covers Silent and Live with food and drink. Saturday evening Nov. 2. Channel your favorite musical theme or song and come dressed in character (optional but fun)! Start with heavy hors d’oeuvres and drinks at 5:30pm, and head to the Sanctuary at 7:00pm for Live bidding on dinners, drink-tasting, events and activities, and a vacation spot or two! Facilitated by our favorite wry-and-dry-humored auctioneers Toni and Allan Morgan. Raise your bid number high – and keep it up! Children will have their fun, too. Childcare with dinner and activities!
What can I donate? So many options! Start with what you’re interested in or what you’re good at doing or sharing! Auction donation suggestions
Deadlines, hard deadlines! For sorting, labeling, drop-off organizing, Live booklet printing and slide preparation …
- Live auction donations due Sunday Oct. 20
- Silent auction donations due Thursday Oct. 24
- Delivery of items to church: Sunday Oct. 27, 8:30 – 11:30am OR Wednesday Oct. 30, 10:00am – 1:00pm. Please contact auction@dupageuuchurch.org if you cannot deliver your items during these times.
This year (sing it!), it’s time to trust your instincts, close your eyes and leap! This is your shot at Auction awesomeness!
Questions? Contact auction@