Do I hear $100?

Written by: Kate Snyder


It's that time again...EECM's annual fundraising event, A Flavor of the East End is just over a month away and the plans that have been under way since December are swinging into high gear. I got my introduction to silent auctions last year and discovered that door to door begging isn't so bad. This year we've been at it again.


It's fun to watch the lineup for the silent auction take shape. We get a lot of miscellaneous donations and then slowly they start to sort of group together and make sense. It goes something like: "Hmm...let's see. We have two kids dinosaur books compliments of Borders. Oh! And Babyland donated a rattle. And that blanket from Feathers is soft enough to be used for a little kid...I see a baby-centric basket in our future. Huzzah!"


My favorite item on the auction table is BIG, gorgeous, so-smooth-you-want-to-rub-your-cheek-against-it, carved cherry wooden bowl from a very funky shop on Walnut St. called Toad Flax (if you've never been, I suggest you go -- it's part garden shop part home decor). Sadly I fear that many other event-goers will also take a shine to it and my chances of coming out victorious after the bidding frenzy settles are slim to none. Sad for me. Good for EECM, so I can't complain.


In addition to the silent auction, we've been collecting goodies for our Mystery Boxes. What's a Mystery Box, you ask? Well, you'll have to stay tuned...