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Results of the 2006 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 this week at the Pratt office. Thanks!

ItemBidsHigh BidHigh Bidder
Witches’ Tower 9 $1000 Scott Johnson
City Hall Tour with Cam Gordon 2 $60 Debbie Schnur
Stoneware Platter 3 $110 The Masked Bidder
Turkish Wool Rug #1 2 $60 Ford Campbell
Turkish Wool Rug #2 8 $75 David McKoskey
Turkish Wool Rug #3 5 $70 Ford Campbell
Hand-Woven Lap Blanket 1 $100 mary s. ferguson
Handcrafted Purse 3 $50 Mary Harding
A Pie a Month for a Year from the Birchwood 1 $180 Kris Felbeck
A Pie a Month for a Year from the Leaning Tower 2 $110 Jim Polakowski
6 Loaves Homemade Challah Bread 5 $50 Charlotte Herman
Vegetarian Lasagna Dinner for 6 1 $100 Jane Burnham
Town Talk Diner Chef’s Dinner for 4 5 $375 David Galle
$40 Signature Café Gift Certificate 2 $80 Paula Denman
$50 Gift Certificate to Ike’s #1 2 $55 Scott Johnson
$50 Gift Certificate to Ike’s #2 4 $70 John Degan
$40 Gift Certificate to The Craftsman 2 $80 Paula Denman
$25 Gift Certificate to the Longfellow Grill 2 $50 Fontaine
$50 Gift Certificate to jP American Bistro 3 $100 Kris LaFavor
Tickets for Two to the Jungle Theater 4 $80 Peter Wagenius
Tickets for Two to the Mixed Blood Theatre 2 $50 Paul and Betts Zerby
4-Hour Babysitting Session #1 1 $50 Cathy Egan
4-Hour Babysitting Session #2 4 $32 Jill Carlson
One Night’s Stay at Evelo’s B&B 8 $160 Charlotte Herman
4 Hours of Gardening 4 $150 Gayle Deshong
3 Hours of Landscaping 4 $150 Deborah Arndt
3 Hours of Home Organizing 4 $80 Helen Torrens
3 Hours of Sewing Machine Tuneup and Tutoring 1 $100 Marilyn Matheny
One-Year Membership at the Textile Center 2 $50 Julie Wallace
2 Hours of Windows Computer Consulting #1 1 $50 Andrew Ferguson
2 Hours of Windows Computer Consulting #2 0 $50
1 Hour of Mac OS X Computer Consulting 2 $60 Meredith Barnhart
2 Hours of Digital Photography Services #1 5 $50 Phyllis Kahn
2 Hours of Digital Photography Services #2 3 $35 Bridget Ferguson
1 Hour of Math Tutoring #1 1 $25 Jennie Smith
1 Hour of Math Tutoring #2 2 $30 Shawna Nelsen
1 Hour of Math Tutoring #3 1 $25 Natasha DeVoe
1 Hour of Math Tutoring #4 0 $22
1 Hour of Math Tutoring #5 0 $22
Asian Brush Drawing Lesson 3 $60 Mary Ferguson
St. Croix River Tour 3 $110 Kim Kohaga
Tandem Kayak for a Day 4 $60 David McKoskey
$25 Seward Coop Gift Certificate 3 $55 Fontaine
Ombudswoman Services by Florence Littman 1 $100 David Barnhart
Martial Arts Training Package 1 $75 Natasha DeVoe
Piggy Pile! 5 $60 Tom Clausen / Chris Ulrich
$50 Wedge Coop Gift Certificate 4 $85 Peter Wagenius
Artwork by Jakki Kydd-Fidelman 5 $80 Toni Lee
$4637

In addition, another $260 in direct contributions were made to the Silent Auction effort by the school’s Somali community, bringing the total to $4897. The kids and teachers at Pratt very much appreciate your amazing generosity!

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 Bridget Ferguson. Thanks!

Examples of Arts Enrichment Items and Costs

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

One field trip bus to downtown Minneapolis$140
One field trip bus to downtown St. Paul$190
Artist-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
$5000
Neighborhood 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
$2500
Visual Art CD
Examples of visual art; used by the art teacher to supplement curriculum
$50
Multicultural Crayons
A box of crayons in 8 different skin tones allows children to do more accurate self-portraits.
$3
International 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
$75
Steppingstone Theater
Admission for one class of 25 students to attend a performance.
$175
Music CD used during Physical Education classes$25
Artist-in-Residence
Works with one classroom; most such residencies involve multiple hours over several weeks or months
$50 / hour
Questions? Problems? Contact Pratt’s website administrator!