H2 Committees Auction KTC Step 3

COMMITTEES | Auctions

KEY-TO-THE CLOSET

STEP 3: Collect The Bounty

Create a customized "ask" one-sheet. Check out the sample linked below.

Collect your items: Pick up the phone, knock on doors, and ask people from whom you regularly buy services, for example, your hair salon, dry-cleaners, manicurist, etc. You can both ask and retrieve gift certificates and items when your normal routine takes you to each service to make it easy and natural.

Click here to download Auction Donation Template 1, click here to download Auction Donation Template 2.

Keep track of the items: The coordinator needs to maintain a rigorous inventory. Someone has to warehouse everything and track each item in a spreadsheet.

For a Sample KTC Contents Spreadsheet, click here.

Example Contents:

Containers for organizing the closet
A session with a personal stylist to help remake your closet
Personal training
Exercise classes
Specialty kitchen items
Spa treatments
Manicures
Hair appointments
Facials
Electronics
Music gift certificates
Gift certificates to local stores. (Tell them most women buy more than the certificate's value. They get new customers, revenue and great marketing.)
Coffee table books
Glasses from an optical shop
Fashion items from non participating vendors
A golf bag and/or bike (adds value and looks great on display)
Running shoes
Exercise clothes
Art lessons
Interior design services
Baked goods gift certificate
Dining gift certificates
Dry cleaning
Shoe repair
Car washing or detailing
House knick knacks
Gift Certificate from Furniture Stores or Contractors
Ask your participating event vendors to provide an item or gift card

For one event, California Closets donated a $3,000 gift certificate towards a closet system, and gave a sample closet system to display merchandise. Click here to see a detailed description of what this entails. Then they sponsored an ad in a local magazine promoting the event and their lot. They got the non-profit rate, and the event got free advertising.