As a part of our entrepreneurship program, our students have two auctions a year where they spend the “money” they have earned in our program on small gifts and toys. Auction time is fun for us as well as for the students, but more importantly, it teaches them lessons on the rewards of hard work, the value of resources, and budgeting.
In order to keep this valuable portion of our program, we often look to partners to help us by donating new or gently used age-appropriate items for the auction. If you would like to become an Auction Day partner, here is a list of ideas to get you started. These are only a few items that we have auctioned off in the past, please do not allow our list to limit your creativity. The more creative the items are for auction; the rowdier and more rewarding Auction Day is for all of us!
- Balls
- Posters
- Card/Board games
- Books
- Inexpensive jewelry
- T-shirts
- Hats
- Miniature electronic games
- Most things in the Target dollar section
- Stickers
- Disney show paraphernalia
- Clean Young Adult/Childrens DVDs
- Sketch pads
- Inexpensive MP3 players
- Sunglasses
- Cool socks
- Book bags
- “Best Friend” jewelry
- Inexpensive jewelry (earrings, bracelets, etc.)
- Diaries
- Water guns, balls, balloons
- Nail polish
- Inexpensive make up
- Hair accessories
- Watches
- Interesting ink pens
- Art supplies
- Crafty things
- Legos/Kinetics
- Stationery
- Chocolate
- Jump ropes
- Lip gloss
- Interesting pencils
- Trucks/cars (remote controlled are especially popular)
- Candy
- Picture frames/photo album
- Music CDs
Auction items can be sent to us at Goshen International; PO Box 1105; Plettenberg Bay 6600, South Africa.