BROTHER KNIGHTS
HELP GET THE WORD OUT!
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS #7243 CHARITY AUCTION
OCTOBER 7TH THROUGH OCTOBER 10TH
The following information is per an email from Your Charity Auction (YCA) Administrator Mikala Shumway to DGK Bob Mohle. Mikala and Mary Peterson provided an overview of the online auction and how it works prior to our May 10th regular council meeting, minutes of which were distributed to all Brother Knights. Mikala will organize the overall auction effort and provide a turnkey platform for the online auction. Mary, who is familiar with YCA from a user’s perspective, has offered to manage our auction. DGK Bob Mohle is the point of contact for Council 7243.
OUR EVENT WILL BE HERE SOONER THAN WE THINK, 10/7/2021 – 10/10/2021.
We are off to an impressive start on auction items due to Bob’s efforts to secure donations to the auction at a fair market value (FMV) of $3,650. It is up to the remainder of our Brother Knights to follow Bob’s lead and pitch in to secure more auction items.
From Mikala to Bob:
Share this page with your Brother Knights so they can help in the marketing effort by sending them the following link:
Donation link: https://yourcharityauction.com/item_donation.php?a=1158
For those using Smartphones you can access the website using the QR Code:
PLEASE START ASKING FOR DONATIONS NOW.
DONATION FORM LINK ABOVE.
Suggestions from the May 10th pre-council meeting for donations from Brother Knights include: Gift certificates; Items which are new, or considered new; Golf packages; Sports memorabilia; Posters; Haircut packages; Restaurant gift certificates; Dutch Brothers coffee gift packages; etc. Think outside the box. We prefer gifts that can be picked up in person, or sent via email. Items
can be shipped, but we need to include shipping cost in the fair market value. All the Council 7243 procured items return 85% of the winning bid price to the council. Note: when soliciting donations emphasize this is a charity auction, and that all proceeds go to charity, including Boys and Girls Club of the East Valley, St. George Food Pantry, youth scholarship program, priest and religious support, …
YCA provides items to round out the auction offering. These are typically high value items (see screen capture below) which provide a return of 15% of each winning bid to the council.t
Marketing shared by simply copying and pasting. Log on to the web site to access the live links. Please come back frequently throughout the auction to share more messages. MARKETING ACTIONS EACH BROTHER KNIGHT CAN TAKE LEADING UP TO THE AUCTION. LOG ONTO THE FIRST WEB SITE LISTED ABOVE TO ACCESS THE LIVE LINKS REFERENCED BELOW.
• 1 Week Before Your Auction: Reminder for Donations
• When Your Auction Begins: Get Your Supporters to Start Bidding and Tell Their Friends!
• During Your Auction: Day 2
• During Your Auction: Day 3
• During Your Auction: Last Day
• 2-3 Hours Before Auction Ends: One last Bid!
Fraternally,
John Hennessey, Recorder
For auction related questions, contact DGK Mohle at Bob Mohle <rmohle@aol.com>.
Please follow the link below to access the Council 7243 Charity Auction website
Pope John Paul I Council 7243 