CHARITY AUCTION

Currently nominated is Clarion PAWS; A Pet Adoption and Welfare Society serving Clarion, Forest, Jefferson, and Venango counties in North-Western Pennsylvania. Currently they are embarking on a capture, spay-neuter, and release program to control the stray cat population in the major population centers of Clarion, Forest, Jefferson and Venango counties in PA. The committee will vote to select the beneficiary of this year's fund-raising at our March meeting.

Last year's Charity Auction featured over 75 prizes, vouchers for services and commissions from many local and esteemed artists within the furry fandom. Other items included collectable knives, plush critters, candy, cards and games and much, much more!!

What suprising items will this year's raffle hold? Only your donations will help answer that question.

See the 2011 WPAFW Charity Raffle Item Preview Gallery HERE!

Donation and collection of items for the Auction.

• We gratefully accept any donation of original work from artists - they are to be commended for devoting their labor to our causes. We also are happy to Auction off other types of donated items as long as they are legal.
• Donated promises of custom services with the end result of a material item (i.e. fursuit or plush creations, leatherwork, art commissions) are also accepted and welcome, provided that a detailed description of the product or service is clearly spelled out for attendees before the Auction. However, other volunteer services are not permitted.
• All items and offerings MUST be G - PG-13 in nature (Tame. R-rated offerings require special permission from the Auction Director.
• The Auction of pre-owned, legal merchandise (i.e. art purchased at a previous convention) is allowed since the pre-owned merchandise is the property of the person putting it up for auction.
• Items up for Auction will be displayed in a clearly marked section at the Western Pennsylvania Furry Weekend until the time of the Auction.

The Auction Process

• Each registered attendee will receive two (2) charity Auction ticket with their Registration Packet.
• Additional Charity Auction tickets may be purchased at the Fur-b-que event's registration table for one dollar ($1) US each or six (6) for five dollars ($5).
• Auction ticket stubs will be placed in a container with the other stubs and kept in the care of the registration staff until the time of the Charity Auction.
• Auction tickets are available until the start of the Charity Auction. No Chartity Auction tickets will be sold once the Charity Auction has begun.
• The Charity Auction Director will select and item(s), pull a Auction ticket stub from the container, read off the ticket number and award the ticket holder with the item.
• Ticket holders must be present to win.

How to Donate items!

If you know ahead of time you will be donating an item or service to the Western Pennsylvania Furry Weekend Charity Auction, we would appreciate an email from you to our Charity Auction Director stating what you are donating, your name, your preferred email address if it's different, and details of the donation (what it is, medium, artist/provider, etc.). We will mark you down as a donor and record your donation.

If you are donating an item (artwork, sculpture, animation cel, etc), it must be G or PG-13 rated (R only with permission). You may either bring it to the Western Pennsylvania Furry Weekend Fur-b-que event if you are attending or you may send it to Swift Fox via snailmail. Akirashima, the Charity Auction Director, will provide you with the mailing address and Swift Fox will bring it to the event.

The item you donate, when delivered at the event or by mail, must contain a 3x5 card with pertinent information such as the donor, artist, medium, and any other important information an attendee should know so that the item may be properly announced. This is mainly to benefit the Auction Director, and so we know whom to thank! Cards will be made available at the donation table.

If you are donating a service, you must be 18 years or older and have a legal, definable, service to offer (leatherwork, plush design, costume production, etc). If the service requires it, we will need to see a certificate stating that you have trained for such. All services will be reviewed before being accepted. You must be present at the Western Pennsylvania Furry Weekend Fur-b-que event for us to Auction off your services.

If you plan to send an item by mail, we must receive it not less than one full week before the Western Pennsylvania Furry Weekend Fur-b-que event (no later than two weeks before the event). Any donations that fail to make it in time for the Western Pennsylvania Furry Weekend Fur-b-que event will be returned un-auctioned.

If you plan to bring your donation to the Western Pennsylvania Furry Weekend Fur-b-que event in person, we will organize a location to drop off Charity Auction items. You may also give them to the Charity Auction Director, Akirashima, personally.

We will keep in touch by email with donors who have promised items for auction, alerting you of any deadlines, changes or updates. In exchange, please keep us up to date on the status of your donation(s) we want to keep accurate records of all the items available for the Auction in advance of the event itself.

Thank you for your donation! If you have any questions whatsoever, do not hesitate to contact Akirashima, Charity Auction Director!