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Live Auction Donation Wish List

Here are our ideas for items we would love to get for this year’s Live Auction. We are not limited to these suggestions. If you can get or give us an item you think would be great for the Live Auction or have an idea for a great item, please contact us!

1)We really want to auction off a VESPAScooter this year. Save on gas, give to your college student, and zip around town easily with this fun item. Do you have a connection that could help us with this item? How about sponsoring this item?

2)An Extreme Event Moment --How about a bomber B-26 airplane ride, balloon ride, skydiving, race car experience, etc.? If you have a connection - let us know!

3)AWOW piece of jewelry - We want that one of a kind item! Do you know a jeweler or are you a jeweler? Please help us get a WOW item!

4)Concert Tickets to an adult friendly concertor a hot ticket concert with transportation and hotel accommodations if necessary. Do you have any hotel or airline points you would like to donate or a hotel connection to get us an overnight stay? Can you get concert tickets?

5)A Toy/Teacup PoodlePuppy with a Louis Vuitton dog carrier to go home in. We would love to display the puppy sitting next to a bistro table and chairs! So very European! Do you have any connections to help us make this internationaltheme package come alive?

6)Front Row Pew for graduation – We have the pew but we would like to add catering services or a restaurant certificate and transportation to and from the Basilica to make this a complete graduation celebration package! If you can help us with catering services, restaurant certificates or limo services, please let us know! Perhaps you can offer agreat venue for a big graduation party? Contact us to give us your connections!

7)Sporting Event Day – Looking for game tickets to a luxury suite or extra special seats to be combined with signed memorabilia, inside look at the locker room, batting practice passes, walk on field with field passes or a behind the scenes tour! Transportation to and from this event would be great too! Let's make this a DAY to remember!

8)Dinner with the President of O’Connell -- Hosted in your home! Would you like to be the host of this very popular dinner? This special event can be held in your home or you can sponsor and host it at a local restaurant! Either way you’ll get to rub elbows with the President, meet new friends and have a great time!

9)Destination Vacation – A week long or long weekend trip to a far, far away land! We are looking for that WOW trip -- Tahiti, Hawaii, Alaska, Key West, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Italy, France, London, Wine Country in California, Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Canada, NYC, ski, beach, lake, etc.! Let us know if you can donate your special vacation home or you have hotel or airline points to donate to send some lucky winner on the WOW of a lifetime!

10)A Stay Home Vacation Weekend Getaway – We are hoping to put together a great DC package with hotel accommodations to go with something fabulous and fun like theater tickets, dinner, brunch, tours, spa packages, etc. How about getting us a room at the JW Marriott for the 4th of July to have a GREAT fireworks view or New Year’s Eve, Oktoberfest or 4th of July at the Gaylord? Looking for all options for this fun trip idea so use your connections to help us make it happen!

11)Cruising!- This could be a local dinner cruise to add to the Stay Home Vacation OR major cruise liner! Have a friend in the business or want to sponsor a cruise? We’ll take big luxury liner ships or small cruises like a Windjammer or Catamaran trip in the islands! We’ll need your airline points, too, to up the ante on this item!

12)P-A-R-T-Y--Want to put together a Murder Mystery or Scavenger Hunt Party for a group or know a company that will provide it for us? There is nothing more fun than a party!

Michelle Kannan (Advancement Office) 703-237-1437

Staci Meruvia (Live Auction Chair) 703-242-2442 or