Chinese auction, Trash and Treasue Sale!
@LouiseKnittel (4764)
United States
October 11, 2008 8:18am CST
We are on out way out the door early this morning to go help out our Church for the Trash and Treasure sale and Chinese Auction!
I am hoping that we have a great turn out! Raise lots of money for the church! Also hoping for some great weather! Money's raised will help the church with the Winter heating bills!
Have out helped out at your church Lately? Have you ever been to a Chinese auction!
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@AmbiePam (92711)
• United States
12 Oct 08
That sounds like a lot of fun. No, I've never been to a Chinese auction. We have a Harvest festival coming up that I could help out with at our church, although it is free so we aren't raising any money. But I tithe. I know I'm weird, but I always feel so good when I get to give my tithe check. I don't know why, lol.
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@AmbiePam (92711)
• United States
12 Oct 08
Oh I know. We have a fairly small group in our church, so every bit of money we get goes back into the church's bills, and people who need it in our community. It's pretty much why my dad doesn't make much at all as the pastor. But of course that is not why he became a pastor, lol. He doesn't have health insurance either, but I don't think he'd change churches for anything. It's so nice having a close knit congregation. There have been times they didn't know how they would pay bills, but God has always come through.
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@LouiseKnittel (4764)
• United States
12 Oct 08
My Husband would like to be a Pastor. Dos your dad know where he can take some courses online that might be free or reasonable?
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@LouiseKnittel (4764)
• United States
12 Oct 08
We tithe also... We have a very small congregation and so this will help with the heating bills!
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@LouiseKnittel (4764)
• United States
12 Oct 08
A Chinese Auction is not like a normal Auction. What they do is: Place many Items on tables that are going to be giving away. In front of each of the items is a little baskets. Everyone buys tickets and write their names and phone numbers on them, then they put the tickets into the little baskets of the items that they would like to win. So it is more like a drawing!
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@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
12 Oct 08
That is interesting, I never heard of that before..I know about the auctions where you make bids and then I know a lot about drawings, but when we "buy tickets" for a drawing, call that "a raffle".
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@LouiseKnittel (4764)
• United States
12 Oct 08
They call it a Chinese Auction. Many drawings on many items in the same day!2 people like this
@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
11 Oct 08
Oh I wish I lived near you I love trash and treasure markets, I have found some real treasures at places like this, it is wonderful going through all the unwanted stuff, I just wish I could get out of bed early enough to go to them,...
@LouiseKnittel (4764)
• United States
12 Oct 08
The whole event was a huge success! A little over $2,000.00 was raised in just 2 days! The money will help with the Winter utilities! I wish that you could have been there also!
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@carolbee (16230)
• United States
11 Oct 08
I know absolutely nothing about a Chinese auction. Would love to have you share some information about this day at the church. I admire you for taking the time to work at the auction to benefit the church. Hope you have good weather and it's a very profitable day.
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@LouiseKnittel (4764)
• United States
12 Oct 08
A Chinese Auction is not like a normal Auction. What they do is: Place many Items on tables that are going to be giving away. In front of each of the items is a little baskets. Everyone buys tickets and write their names and phone numbers on them, then they put the tickets into the little baskets of the items that they would like to win. So it is more like a drawing!
Just a little over $2,000.00 was raised in 2 days. We had great weather for it!
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Oct 08
no I never heard of a chinese auction or a trash and treasure sale.
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@LouiseKnittel (4764)
• United States
12 Oct 08
A Chinese Auction is not like a normal Auction. What they do is: Place many Items on tables that are going to be giving away. In front of each of the items is a little baskets. Everyone buys tickets and write their names and phone numbers on them, then they put the tickets into the little baskets of the items that they would like to win. So it is more like a drawing!
Trash and treasure is like a huge yard sale!
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@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
11 Oct 08
I went to Catholic school and we had them all the time, but we called them penny sales. We would buy a sheet full of tickets (100 of them for $1.00, hence 'penny sale') and put however many tickets into the prize we wanted the most, or spread them out over many items. I believe that's what a Chinese auction is too, right?
I'm going back 40 years or so to when we had ours, but I remember they were so much fun. We had no money, but even with a single $1.00 most of us were able to win something and we were ecstatic, no matter what it was.
I've never heard of any since my experience with them as a child, and I would love to find something like that now. I would most definitely support a church group or whatever that was having one.
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@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
12 Oct 08
Awesome! I wish I had known about it sooner, I might have made the drive down.
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@LouiseKnittel (4764)
• United States
12 Oct 08
I wish I would have known that you would have been interested! Well if your still in Ohio Next year! I will invite ya!
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@LouiseKnittel (4764)
• United States
12 Oct 08
I am very glad that you know what a Chinese Auction is. I just skimmed through this discussion , some folks never heard of it! It was a success, a little over $2,000.00 was raised! In only 2 days!
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@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
12 Oct 08
I am answering from e-mail, so you may have already had this question: What is a Chinese auction? I may have helped with one, but if I did it had another name. I help out when I can at the church. We do not do those types of fundraisers, though. There is a community group called Trash to Treasures who makes gifts for the needy out of donated free materials.
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@LouiseKnittel (4764)
• United States
12 Oct 08
A Chinese Auction is not like a normal Auction. What they do is: Place many Items on tables that are going to be giving away. In front of each of the items is a little baskets. Everyone buys tickets and write their names and phone numbers on them, then they put the tickets into the little baskets of the items that they would like to win. So it is more like a drawing!
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@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
12 Oct 08
My mom donated a piece of land to the church to build a new church which is costing RM4 million which will take off the ground early next year. We have been trying to raise for this purpose and so far the donations received is far below the targetted amount. Your idea of doing sales for fund raising is good idea and getting someone to donate is much sweeter. I have never been to chinese autions which sounds interesting.
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@LouiseKnittel (4764)
• United States
12 Oct 08
They are so much fun! Lots of folks just love them1
Very nice of your mom to donate the land like that. I am sure it will help the church a lot!
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@cooldude_no1 (883)
• Malaysia
12 Oct 08
hhmmm.. is there a difference between the normal auction and a Chinese auction?
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@LouiseKnittel (4764)
• United States
12 Oct 08
A Chinese Auction is not like a normal Auction. What they do is: Place many Items on tables that are going to be giving away. In front of each of the items is a little baskets. Everyone buys tickets and write their names and phone numbers on them, then they put the tickets into the little baskets of the items that they would like to win. So it is more like a drawing!
Regular auction, there is a fast talking auctioneer. That try's to raise the money. The highest bidder gets the item and pay the amount that he ended up biding!
So you can win a nice item at a Chinese auction and not pay a lot!
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@sunny69316 (638)
• China
11 Oct 08
It is interesting for Chinese auction!You all are so kind to help the church with heating bills,it is my dream to travel to America someday!Good luck!
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@LouiseKnittel (4764)
• United States
12 Oct 08
Thank you very much! it was a huge success!
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