hunger via a silent auction
A weeklong stay at a four-bedroom house in Jamaica (complete with a cook and maid) ... a handmade sake set (bottle of sake included) ... a snowboarding lesson ... a high-performance airplane ride ... ballet shoes worn by Abi Stafford of the New York Ballet ... lunch with President Richard C. Levin ...
These are just some of the wide variety of offerings that will be on the auction block during the 14th annual Hunger and Homelessness Auction, to be held on Thursday, Nov. 16.
The yearly event -- organized by public health, medical and nursing school students -- mixes merry-making with a serious message about the pervasive effects of poverty. Proceeds raised during auction-related events benefit local non-profit organizations that work to alleviate hunger and homelessness. Last year, more than $30,000 in funding was provided to local groups. This year, donations will be divided among the Community Health Care Van, Community Soup Kitchen, Immanuel Baptist Shelter, Leeway Inc., Loaves and Fishes, Domestic Violence Services of Greater New Haven and St. Thomas More.
The event was formally launched on Nov. 9 with a kickoff at Marigold's Lounge in Harkness Hall, 367 Cedar St. As has become tradition, the first item to go under the gavel was one of the trademark ties worn by William B. Stewart, associate professor and section chief of anatomy and experimental surgery.
Other auction-related events include: a photographic art exhibition documenting the experience of being homeless in New Haven, on view through Nov. 20 in the Cushing/Whitney Medical School Library, 333 Cedar St.; a flag football game between first-year and second-year medical students at 3 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 10, on the Harkness Lawn, Cedar Street; a volunteer opportunity 1-5:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 13, at Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen, 311 Temple St.; and educational activities about hunger and homelessness Tuesday-Wednesday, Nov. 14-15.
There will be a reception at 8 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 13, marking the opening of a Silent Auction in the anteroom of the Medical Library. The Silent Auction will remain in the library until 1 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 16, when it will move to the Harkness Ballroom for the live auction. The weeklong program will conclude that evening with a cocktail hour and silent auction at 5 p.m. and a live auction at 6 p.m. in Marigold's Lounge. Those bidding should be prepared to pay at the end of the evening with cash, check or credit card.
As usual, the items up for auction this year range from the exotic to the whimsical. In addition to gift certificates to area salons, eateries and retail stores, they include home-made and/or hand-made items and services and entertainment/excursions. Some examples of currently listed items are: "A portrait of you, hand-drawn in graphite," "Sugar-free, nearly fat-free banana bundt cake," "Hand-knit wool mittens, just how you want them," "Afternoon of manual labor (bulging muscles included)," "Designated driver for a weekend," "Morning coffee with complimentary compliment," "Selected 'Hamlet' readings," "Living Room Cabaret: An Evening of Song" and "Tour of the Capital and Lunch with Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal."
Included among the less easily defined donations are "Date with my sister" -- an evening with the donee's "wonderful and entertaining" sibling; "Kick my butt (not literally)" -- a guarantee to "let you beat me senseless in any sporting event(s) of your choosing"; and "A week of stalking" -- for those who have "nothing to contribute to the conversation" when their friends mention their own stalkers.
A full list of donated items and a schedule of events is available at www.yale.edu/hhauction.
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