Support Trinity Youth through the Basket Auction, July 5-19

The Trinity Youth will be holding a Basket Auction this month to raise funds for camp and conference scholarships, with a portion of all moneys received to support a worthy local cause. Several Trinity children and youth will be attending summer camp at Camp Grier, the outdoor ministry site of our presbytery, while the Senior High Youth will be attending the Montreat Youth Conference (July 26-August 1), which this year includes a day of service through a new ministry called Asheville Youth Mission.

What Is a Basket Auction?

A Basket Auction is a form of silent auction in which folks are invited to bid on basketsful of all sorts of items. The possibilities are limited only by your imagination; examples might include a Coffee and Tea Basket, a Movie Basket, a Gardening Basket, a Reading Basket, a Night-on-the-Town Basket, a Rent-a-Person Basket, a Concert Basket, a Sports Basket, a Weedeater Basket, a Vacation Basket—even a Fruit Basket!

How Can I Help?

There are at least three ways you can get involved:

1. Donate a Complete Filled Basket.
   For example, if you chose to donate a Movie Basket, you might go shopping for a few inexpensive DVDs, some microwave popcorn, and a box of Milk Duds. Then, you’d place them in a basket, decorate the whole thing according to your tastes and abilities, and enter your basket in the auction. As another example (one that wouldn’t involve shopping), you might be a person who enjoys weeding a garden; you could donate a Weedeater Basket, which would simply be a basket containing a card announcing that you’ll offer your weeding services for a designated amount of time to the highest bidder. Remember, the basket possibilities are limited only by your imagination!
   
   
2. Donate a Portion of a Basket.
   If you’re not able to put together a complete gift basket, consider giving individual items or an empty basket that could be filled with items that others have donated. For ideas, see the list on the Basket Auction bulletin board, adjacent to the Atrium.
   
   
3. Bid on a Basket.
   Once the Basket Auction is up and running, beginning Sunday, July 5, browse the available baskets (they’ll be easy to spot!) and make a bid by writing your name and your bid on each basket’s bidding form. Consider giving a basket as a gift (or if you spot something you like, give yourself a gift!).

When Is This Happening?

The Basket Auction begins on Sunday, July 5, and runs until Sunday, July 19. The bidding will close at 12:30 p.m. on July 19. If you’d like to contribute a basket, please try to do so on or before July 5 (you may bring baskets to the church office anytime before the opening date of the auction)—but if you aren’t able to get your basket to us by July 5, late entries will be cheerfully accepted!

Thank You for taking the time to read all of this, and thank you in advance for your participation, and a constant thank you for your continued support of the Trinity Youth!

For more information about the Basket Auction, please contact Dwight Christenbury.