If you already have a reservation, we’ll see you there on Saturday, March 13th at 6 pm. Tables of 10 or more will have the name of the person who reserved the table on the table, and other tables will be marked unreserved.

We will supply beer, wine, and desserts. You can bring your own food and snacks and if you need utensils, plates and napkins, please bring those too. As we did last year, we would like to use the evening as a drop off point for our ongoing Clinton School Food Pantry. The food we collect in the pantry is given to families in our school. If you’d like to bring a donation of non-perishable food, there will be a drop-off area near the front entrance way to the Woman’s Club.

If you haven’t perused our program yet, please do. It’s filled with amazing prizes.

The Clinton School teachers and staff have contributed an amazing iPod basket (with a Nano, a docking station, and many other cool iPod accessories) valued at more than $300 and they’ve also donates lots of great teacher lunches, parties, etc. and the ever popular Principal for a Day prize is back again this year. We are very grateful for their support and generosity.

And please look carefully at our Live Auction prizes especially our brand new live auction dinners. Check your calendar before you come (dates are in program) so you can bid on these yummy offerings. Lastly, many, many local businesses have supported our event by donating prizes. Please be sure to recognize these generous merchants by shopping in their establishments and thanking them for supporting Clinton School. We are looking forward to a very fun and successful evening!

– The Clinton PTA Tricky Tray Committee

As you know, the Clinton PTA Seventh Annual Tricky Tray/Auction is completely sold out! If you do not have an advance reservation, unfortunately we cannot accommodate you that evening.

Your name will be listed on a reservation list at the door. When you check in you will receive a program which also serves as a bidding paddle. If you made reservations for a table of 10 or more, your name will be on one of the reserved tables.

If you are not part of a group of ten or more, feel free to sit at any one of the unreserved tables, which will also be marked. Every seat in the house will be accounted for.

The evening begins at 6pm on Saturday, March 13th, at the Maplewood Woman’s Club.

SNEAK PREVIEW
To give you a sneak preview of the amazing prizes we have, we have posted our program.

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This year’s Tricky Tray/Auction is now officially sold out!

We won’t be taking any more reservations and we cannot accept any walk- ins the night of the event as we are now at capacity for the space.

If you have made reservations but know of people in your group who can’t make it, please let us know as soon as possible. Also, if any money is still due for your group, send it to school ASAP in an envelope marked Clinton PTA/Tricky Tray. We will not take reservation money at the door. All seats need to be paid in advance.

We are in the countdown phase…..

Almost every available seat for the 2010 Tricky Tray/Auction is taken. We can’t accommodate more than 230 guests and we are now over 200.

Additionally, our program/list of prizes is truly amazing this year!

Below you’ll find our list of Live Auction prizes for this year. We like to get the word out about these in advance since many of them might require a little calendar-checking before the actual evening of the event.

And in addition to our usual live auction fare, this year for the first time we are featuring dinner parties. Several families have graciously offered to host amazing dinners at their homes, the seats to which will be auctioned off during our live auction. Here is a brief description of how it works:

During the live auction, our emcee will announce each dinner party separately, the date it will take place, the number of seats available, and the opening bid per seat. If you’re interested in buying a seat, raise your program with your paddle number showing (it’s on the back of the program). Example: Chinese dinner, 8 seats, $20 per seat. Maybe 30 people show their paddle number. At that point, he will raise the bid per seat to $25. This time, only 15 people show their paddle number. He will keep raising the bid until only 8 people are still interested. Those 8 people each will win a seat. (If you’re interested in bidding for two seats, hold up two fingers.)
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One of the most fun (adult) evenings of the school year is coming up fast. Have you made you reservations for the Seventh Annual Clinton Tricky Tray and Auction? We sold out last year and had to turn some people away, so if you’re interested in coming, please submit your form and check as soon as possible. We also want to thank everyone who has donated prizes to this event.

Thanks to past Tricky Trays we’ve been able to buy a climbing wall for our gym, brand new playground equipment, and subsidize a complete audio/visual renovation of our auditorium. This is our biggest fundraiser of the year and your support is greatly appreciated.

If you are donating a prize, but haven’t given it to us yet, please send it our way within the next week. We are busy putting together the program for the event and want to be sure all prizes are included.

Please contact Cecelia Cancellaro (ccancellaro@verizon.net) or Karen Betheil (kbetheil@verizon.net) and we can arrange for a pick-up or drop-off. The deadline for our program is next Wednesday, so let us know as soon as possible.

Lastly, we have lots and lots of great prizes and thought you might like a glimpse of just a sampling. Below you’ll find some excerpts from the Silent Auction portion of the evening. We’ll excerpt more in future emails and we’ll also treat you to a sneak preview of our live auction items, including our new live auction group dinners that are being offered for the first time.

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Our Tricky Tray/Auction is right around the corner (Saturday, March 13th). Please help us make this one our most successful ever!

Reservations
Reservation forms will be sent home soon, and if you’re interested in coming, please return them ASAP since we run out of seating quickly.

We need empty baskets
We are also searching for empty baskets for prize displays. If you have baskets you’d like to donate, please contact clintonschoolpta@gmail.com to arrange for a drop-off/pick-up. The monumental task of wrapping prizes has already begun.

Prizes? Cash donations?
First, thanks to all of you who have so generously donated prizes or asked your employer or local businesses to do so. We have lots of great loot, but can still use more. You can also give us a cash donation to help purchase prizes (make check payable to Clinton PTA and send to school in envelope marked “Tricky Tray” as soon as possible). Another alternative is to chip in with another family and purchase a prize. Electronics are always hot, as are collector items like American Girl dolls. We are trying to get as many prizes in by February 15th as possible. Our hard-working committee has lots of organizing, wrapping, gathering, and cataloging to do, so the earlier, the better.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
We have many awesome prizes already so here’s a little sneak peek:
* $2000 voucher for Camp Horizons at Newark Academy (if you have three children, you’ll get $2000 off each of their tuitions).
* Four Disney Park Hopper Passes
* Amazon Kindle
* Flip Video Camera
* Pig Roast for 30 People
* Tory Burch Tote Bag
* Tickets to the Paper Mill Theater, State Theater of NJ, and much more.
* Membership to Newark Museum, Museum of the American Indian, and more.

General Information
This event is open to the entire Clinton school community (adults only). Feel free to bring your (non-Clinton) friends and family. All are welcome! An official flyer/reservation form will be sent home soon. Each ticket costs $20 and entitles you to beer, wine, soda, water, and dessert and 20 raffle tickets. We encourage you to coordinate with your friends and bring your own dinner.