MARION WOMEN’S CLUB 5TH ANNUAL GALA

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Marion Women’s Club 5th Annual Gala March 2, 2024
1126 E. Center St., Marion OH 43302
AUCTION DETAILS for Ben A. Higgins,
Ben Higgins Realty & Auction Co.

DATE: Saturday, March 2, 2024
LOCATION: 1126 E. Center St., Marion (Women’s Club Home)
TIME to ARRIVE: no later than 8pm (program begins at 7pm)
FUND-A-NEED AUCTION: to benefit Marion Women’s Club projects/programs; spotters will be located throughout Auditorium to assist. Valerie will be “on stage” with Auctioneer to assist him throughout auction
CONTACT: Valerie Wigton, 740-386-5864 or Lu Chivington, 740-389-7034. Night of event: Nancy Hafer, Pam DeGood, Sharol Herr, Valerie or Lu
3 AUCTION ITEMS: (Valerie to introduce items)

1. “Dinner in the Dining Room” for you and 8-10 of your friends/clients/family

• Prepared & Served by Marion Women’s Club Board of Directors
• Served in the Historic Dining Room of the Marion Women’s Club Home using
period china plateware & silver serving/eating utensils
• Choose from American -or- Italian Cuisine, Five-Course Homemade Dinner
• Dessert + Wine
• YOU choose the date (based on availability); no rental charge

*** Highest bid WINS. May offer “second” Dinner-in-the-Dining Room to 2nd highest bidder if s/he is willing to pay same as winning bid.
 

1. “Women’s History Resource Center” – Phase II Renovation

*** 2-MINUTE VIDEO to be played before the bidding on this begins ***
• Bidders will bid on “donation amounts” to support the renovation of the Carriage House (located on the property behind historic home) into the Women’s History Resource Center
• Funding ($50,000+) is needed to complete Phase II renovation
• Will provide climate-controlled preservation for Marion Women’s Club archives, one of the most complete records of women’s history, Midwestern history, and civic association history in the nation

CONDUCT AUCTION UNTIL WE OBTAIN “HIGHEST” BID, ask 2nd, 3rd, 4th highest (other) bidders if they are willing to donate their bid amount. No need to auction this again.
 

1. “Ida Barlow Brilliance Award Fund” Auction

• Tonight’s goal: $5,000, If we raise this amount, it will bring our endowed fund at Marion Community Foundation to $25,000 so that a $1,000 grant can be awarded to a local woman for the “Ida Barlow Award” every year FOREVER (in perpetuity)
• Our 2023 winner, Jenni Hypes from Aspire Ministries, will have been introduced earlier in the evening.

CONDUCT AUCTION UNTIL WE OBTAIN “HIGHEST” BID, ask 2nd, 3rd, 4th highest (other) bidders if they are willing to donate their bid amount. No need to auction this again.

THANK ALL BIDDERS – RETURN MICROPHONE TO VALERIE