AHEAD: Association on Higher Education And Disability

Silent Auction Information

Silent Auction to Benefit the AHEAD Scholarship Program

AHEAD members are asked to donate quality items from the college or university, hometown, personally handcrafted items, or similar, to be bid on during the Conference.  The proceeds from this silent auction are used exclusively faor student and member scholarships. We would be proud to have an item from you, your college or university or your home town for the Silent Auction.  Since 2002, AHEAD members have helped raise over $50,000.00!  We need your help to continue to make the Silent Auction a success!

The following items have been popular silent auction gifts in the past:

• Baskets with regional edibles
• Arts and crafts representing regional areas
• Books relevant to disability issues
• Getaway trips
• Gift cards to national stores/restaurants
• College/University apparel

How can you contribute?

• Bring the item(s) with you to the Conference.  IMPORTANT: If you plan to bring your item with you to the Conference, please fax the Silent Auction Donor Sheet to 979-458-1214.  Bring your item with you and drop it off at the Registration Table when you pick up your conference materials.
• You may send your gift along with the completed SILENT AUCTION DONOR SHEET before June 29, 2012 to:

CALLING ALL AHEAD SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS

The Great Silent Auction Competition for SIGs

This year at the AHEAD Conference, we are going to have a great competition among the Special Interest Groups as part of the Silent Auction to help raise scholarship funds. Get your SIG group together and begin to think of your group participation in the SIG Theme Baskets. We are looking for the following type of baskets that SIG groups could put together to donate to the Silent Auction: (By no means complete, please think of others)

• Wine Basket:  Members of SIG could contribute a wine from their area of the country for the SIG Wine Basket. We could have several of these.
• Movie Basket:  Each member could contribute their favorite DVD movie (new of course)
• Disability Resource Basket—A basket of resource materials (books, etc. for Disability Service Providers)
• Chocolate Basket:  A Basket of chocolates

Get your SIG together and create your Theme Basket to donate to the Silent Auction. We will be looking for:

• The Most Creative Basket
• The Highest Earning Basket

Remember the Silent Auction is for a good cause. It is to generate scholarship funds for students with disabilities and for AHEAD members who are pursuing advance degree training. So, come on, help contribute  theme baskets from your SIG and raise the scholarship funds! 

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