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What kinds of things do you donate to family reunion fundraisers?

Asked by Dutchess_III (46831points) October 1st, 2015

My family has had reunions every 4 years, since 1990. One of the highlights is The Auction. My BIL has been the auctioneer for the last 4 reunions, and he is freaking hilarious!. He had spent the whole year, prior to the last reunion, growing out a real handlebar mustache especially for the job.
They used to insist that donations needed to be Texas themed, or at least representative of your state.
I kind of blew that off this year and donated a large, heavy, vintage brass nut cracker that was shaped like a walnut. I paid $15 for it at an auction.
When my BIL asked what it was I told him it was a “man controller.” He opened it up to reveal a set of nasty looking “teeth,” and said, “Oh. My. God!” It was a rollicking good time after that! Women were bidding left and right. Then a man bid and my BIL says, “Are you out of your mind??” and snapped the thing like alligator jaws. We were rolling on the floor!
Anyway, it ended up fetching the 2nd highest price of anything there, like $85. People were fighting over it because they recognized that it actually had some value.
As an aside, this is my goofy husband. He went outside and was bidding through the window!

My husband’s family has reunions every year. People donate to a raffle. They want the donations be “Greek themed.” I hadn’t been thinking about it ahead of time this year, and didn’t have anything special, so I just donated some washable paint that I had just bought a few days earlier, and stashed in the RV, for my grandkids. (I figured I could strip them down and turn them loose on the shower walls of the RV!) It was the first thing to go.

If you attend reunions, and they have fund raisers, what kind of things do you donate?

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