Someone among your supporters might have flight miles saved up or a connection with an airline or travel agency.

However, many organizations look into consignment items. Consignment items are big-ticket sellers (including travel packages!) that your organization only has to pay for if you sell. It’s a no-risk way to raise more at your auction! Amid travel restrictions and social distancing, just be sure your travel packages offer flexible scheduling options.

City bar crawls include many different components, so it will likely take some mixing and matching of donations to provide this item at your auction.

You’ll need to start by scoping out some bars and restaurants in your area who would be willing to donate food, drinks, and their hospitality.

You’ll also need to see if you can solicit the services of a professional chauffeur or someone with a nice car (and a clean driving record!) who can drive the winner and their friends around from spot to spot.

As your procurement team is soliciting auction items, have them throw out the basket idea to your donors and gauge who might be interested in compiling and donating a basket.

If your auction is themed, you can have donors relate their baskets back to your theme. If not, you can simply give donors a list of ideas that might appeal to your audience and let them choose which basket they would like to provide.

Either way, baskets will be easier to procure when the donors give them in their entirety, instead of having to mix and match from different donors.

Getting a celebrity to donate something to your auction (especially their time) can be tough. It will be much easier if you can find an author who someone in your base has a connection to or who has previously supported causes like yours.

If you can’t find a big name who will donate their time, a local author will still do the trick!

While having a big name attached to it can make this prize more appealing, it’s more about having the opportunity to do something that differs from the normal day to day. Trust us—the kids in your audience will still think it’s pretty cool!

Are there any golf courses in your area that offer lessons? Get in contact and ask if they could donate two or so months’ worth of lessons.

If not, there’s bound to be someone in your supporter base who has a membership to a golf course and would be willing to teach the winner a few tricks. You should be able to make it work one way or another!