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Have You Placed Your Bid at the JBNH Silent Auction?

Oct 2009

By V. Adams
 
James Bay New Horizons Society has just celebrated its 35th anniversary, an important milestone in the life of this seniors' organization in our community.
 
Each fall, the organization undertakes a signature fundraising event, in this case, the JBNH 2009 Silent Auction (which began at 10:00 am on Monday, September 21 and will conclude at midnight, Wednesday, October 14).
 
This is a great opportunity to support a worthy local organization by submitting your best bids for event tickets, hotel stays, restaurant gift certificates, and beautiful gifts.
 
This year some of the highly-valued items include:
 
  • Hotel Grand Pacific - Dinner for Two
  • Fairmont Empress Hotel - High Tea for Two
  • Butchart Gardens - Admission for Two
  • Craigdarroch Castle - 4 Admissions
  • Royal Wax Museum - 4 Admissions
  • Heron Rock Bistro - Lunch for Two
  • James Bay Thrifty Food Gift Card
  • James Bay Serious Coffee - Gift Card
  • Chateau Victoria Hotel - Accommodation for 1 night
  • Victoria Symphony - 2 Tickets
  • McPherson Playhouse & Royal Theatre - 2 Tickets to "The Secret Garden" Ballet in November
  • Prince of Whales "Wale Watching" - Tour for 2
  • Roger's Chocholates Gift Package
  • The Wickaninnish Inn (The Point Restaurant) in Tofino - Lunch for 4
  • Tigh-Na-Mara Seaside Spa & Resort in Parksville - 1 night's accommodation and 2 "Grotto Spa" passes
  • Victoria Salmon Kings - 2 Tickets to one season opener weekend game
Drop by James Bay New Horizons Activity Center, anytime Monday-Saturday to place your bid and be a big winner in this year's Signature Silent Auction. And just to let you know, they have received more than $1,400 in bids so far for these valuable auction items!
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  1. Kim Dixon (not verified) on Oct 2009

    Many thanks to the business community who gave us wonderful gifts, certificates and support for our annual Silent Auction. We would also like to thank the 60 participants who so generously bid on items. This event raised over $2,000 which will be used to offset the cost of our new sound system. As you may be aware, James Bay New Horizons rents space to many community groups and organizations. The Board of Directors decided that in order to provide adequate sound for these meetings, it was necessary to update our 30 year old equipment. This has been done, complete with a sound system that allows hearing impaired participants to access good sound through the T switch on thier hearing aids.  If you would like to donate to this worthwhile project and receive a charitable donation receipt, please stop into the Centre and speak to the staff. We still have a $1,200. shortfall for this project and would appreciate any assistance we could get.