Welcome
The 2008 Raffle for Palestine raised $13,360 which has now
been sent to the nine benefiting organizations. A huge Thank
You goes to everyone who supported our raffle by donating prizes,
selling raffle tickets, and buying raffle tickets. We are indebted
to the extraordinary amount of enthusiasm, energy, and generosity
that we have received over the last four months. All
the money raised will be used to reduce the suffering of the
Palestinian people.
Once the 50 prizewinners from the raffle have chosen what they
want from the list of 142 donated prizes, the remaining 92 items
will be auctioned off to raise more money for Palestine. Depending
on how much money we raise, we will support any or all of the following:
Click here to visit our Auction
page.
The Auction will be run as follows:
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The list of about 90 items will be posted
on this website towards the end of June.
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You may bid on any item by e-mailing
from the Contact page.
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The list of highest-bids-so-far will
be posted on this website at least once a week between
June 29th and July 20th.
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Final bids must be placed by midnight
Thursday 24th July. These final five days of bidding therefore
constitute a 'blind auction': bidders will not know how
their rivals have bid - so bid high!
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As soon as the list of auction items
appears on this website, you may start bidding. To place
a bid, please email us from the Contact page
as follows:
- Full Name
- Anonymous name or initials to be displayed.
- Your phone number.
- Your Mailing Address
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The 'buy outright' option allows you
to buy an item immediately, by paying more than the value
of the item for the privilege.
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Highest bidders will mail checks made
payable to '14 Friends of Palestine' to our PO Box address.
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Once checks are received, heavy items
must be collected from San Rafael. Light items such as
gift certificates will be mailed.
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Critics of this home-made auction system
are invited to donate professional auction software to
our organization. The cost is a $700 initial payment plus
a $300 annual fee plus 9% of the proceeds.We have chosen
to run the auction ourselves so that every penny goes to
helping the Palestinians.
Click here to visit our Auction
page.
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