One more idea...host a bbq dinner (or spaghetti dinner...or whatever sounds easy, inexpensive and fun)...and have a silent auction. Go to local stores to ask for donations for the auctions...gift certificates from spas or salons or car washes or other services as well as actual goods from retail outlets. Charge a minimal fee for entry to the dinner...just enough to cover expenses (you can also hit up grocery stores to donate paper plates or drinks or other necessities)....and have a big table set up with all the different items to auction off. (Depending on how many things you end up with and what kind of variety you have, you can bundle things together into basket-sets to make it more manageable) Folks fill out a card with the item # and how much they want to pay for it and put it in a box....highest bid wins each item. OR...you can do a raffle-style drawing for each prize where folks buy raffle tickets and hang out for the fun of drawing numbers.
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