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Results of the 2008 Pratt Silent Auction!

Thanks, everyone, for making this far and away our most successful year ever! Below you will find the list of winners and the entire bid history for each item. Congratulations, and we look forward to seeing you again next year!

IMPORTANT: If you have not yet picked up or paid for your items, please do so at the Pratt office as soon as possible. Thanks!

ItemBidsHigh BidPaid?Winner
Tour of State Capitol with Larry Pogemiller7$150Sarah Hurwicz Kogut
Tour of City Hall with Cam Gordon3$85Sarah Hurwicz Kogut
Pratt Naming Rights!2$150Tasha Holtman
Private Yoga Class2$75Diane Smith
Pianist for Your Next Event (1–2 hours)1$50Mac Wilson
Pair of tickets to wine tasting #15$80Deb Clark
Pair of tickets to wine tasting #24$80Kris Lafavor
Pair of tickets to wine tasting #34$80Bridget Ferguson
Pair of tickets to wine tasting #45$75Darin Warling
Pair of tickets to wine tasting #54$75Jean Garbarini
2 Hours of Digital Photography Services #12$65Sarah Kogut
2 Hours of Digital Photography Services #23$60Maggie bucher
2 Hours of Computer Consulting #12$55Marian Tiblin
2 Hours of Computer Consulting #22$55Sarah Kogut
One Night’s Stay at Evelo’s B&B0$95
1 Hour Sculpey Lesson!2$25Jean Garbarini
Custom Sculpey Artwork!1$10John Wike
Cookie Bag5$15Carolyn Curti
$50 Gift Card to the Birchwood Café5$70Jean Garbarini
Birthday Party 9112$45Diane Smith
$50 Gift Certificate to Ike’s3$50Michael Mckee
One free sewing machine tune-up4$45Kerri Meyer
Hand-Knit Baby Sweater2$40Mark Moffa
Witch’s Tower7$1750Allison Maud-Hallin
Exclusive Hand-Woven Textile in hand painted frame2$40Ellen Nacik
Salvador Dali Art Pin1$60Steph Nowak
KSTP Tour3$60Linda Lincoln
Hand-Painted Letters Wall Hanging0$40
Large Homemade Cheesecake with Strawberries3$45John Wike
Aikido Classes for Two Family Members0$72
Ki & Aikido Beginner’s Program for Two1$200Tasha Holtman
Minnehaha Falls Geo-Tour3$80David Galle
Cupcake Restaurant Gift Certificate I3$35Shelby Wilson
Cupcake Restaurant Gift Certificate II2$30Becky Sun
Great Waters Brewery Gift Certificate3$35Nick Taylor
Diamond Pendant and Earrings Set0$75
2 Hours of Dog Walking!3$22Wendy Looman
Tandem Kayak for a Day!1$50Ford Campbell
Talk to a Good Lawyer!2$100Jennifer Franko
“Welcome to the Monkey House” Tour5$100Jon Urban
Coffee with Mayor RT Rybak2$100Barbara and Jeff Eckland
“On the Day You Were Born” Gift Collection2$45Barbara Wilson
Artist for Hire!6$130Bridget Ferguson
Framed Weisman + Washington Avenue Bridge Print9$85Wendy Looman
Bike Tune-Up6$47Becky Sun
Box of 3M Goodies3$31Gratia Reynolds
Youth Performance Company Summer Class!3$85Diane Smith
Owl Photograph: 8 x 10 matted3$27Emily Stahly
Close-up Photograph of a Flower1$25Sandra Levine
Signature Cafe $200 Gift Certificate10$170Bob Gulliver
Stained Glass Window Panel3$85Mary Heikkila
Fused Glass Platter1$100Thomas Clausen
14 Hours of Painting Labor10$400Rhonda Vopava Gayette
Native Plants3$50Kim Myers
Ike’s Gift Card #21$35Chuck Holtman
Artist for Hire! #22$125Darius Szewczak

$5582

Note that a few items did not receive the minimum bid requested by the donor; if anyone is still interested in purchasing these items, please contact Claudia Fuentes. Thanks!

Examples of Enrichment Items and Costs

The following shows just some of the ways in which your generous donations have been used by Pratt:

$140One field trip bus to downtown Minneapolis
$190One field trip bus to downtown St. Paul
$5000Artist-in-Residence
Six-week program in which a local artist works with the kids in each grade to create an arts presentation; this year it was a series of plays for each grade.
$2500Neighborhood Bridges
Year-long arts program for one classroom; sponsored by Children’s Theatre Company — involves an artist educator coming into the classroom one half day each week.
$50Visual Art CD
Examples of visual art; used by the art teacher to supplement curriculum.
$3Multicultural Crayons
A box of crayons in 8 different skin tones allows children to do more accurate self-portraits.
$75International Children’s Festival
Admission for one class of 25 students to attend an event at the Ordway’s Flint Hills Center for the Performing Arts.
$175Steppingstone Theater
Admission for one class of 25 students to attend a performance.
$25Music CD used during Physical Education classes
$50 /
hour
Artist-in-Residence
Works with one classroom; most such residencies involve multiple hours over several weeks or months.
Questions? Problems? Contact Pratt’s website administrator!