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:

• Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign (Stop the Wall)
• US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
• Gaza Mental Health Foundation
• Palestine Remembered - the Oral History Project.
• The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
• Palestine Children's Relief Fund
  
  

Click here to visit our Auction page.

The Auction will be run as follows:
 

1. The list of about 90 items will be posted on this website towards the end of June.
2. You may bid on any item by e-mailing from the Contact page.
3. The list of highest-bids-so-far will be posted on this website at least once a week between June 29th and July 20th.
4. 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!
5. 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
6. The 'buy outright' option allows you to buy an item immediately, by paying more than the value of the item for the privilege.
7. Highest bidders will mail checks made payable to '14 Friends of Palestine' to our PO Box address.
   
8. Once checks are received, heavy items must be collected from San Rafael. Light items such as gift certificates will be mailed.
   
9. 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.