4th Annual 28th Infantry Division Association
Benefit Dinner and Chinese Auction Items

The highlight of the evening is truly our auction. Run Chinese style, our auction is very similar to a silent auction but with a raffle component added. Each dinner guest receives 5 bid tickets and has the ability to purchase more at the auction. The guests then view the auction items during the cocktail hour and dinner and “bid” on the items that they would like to win by placing their tickets in the bid boxes. Bidders are free to put as many tickets as they want in the bid boxes. The more tickets a person deposits in the bid box, the higher the percentage chance that they'll win the item. After dinner, the winning tickets are drawn for each item from the corresponding bid box the items are awarded to the ticket holders.

All the proceeds from the auction go directly to our Scholarship Fund. The items we have for this year's event so far are:

  1. Autographed t-shirt, compact disc and picture from Lou Gramm, lead singer from the rock group Foreigner
  2. Carved Wooden Jewelry Box from Kuwait
  3. A one year membership for Central PA Triple AAA
  4. Autographed memorabilia from county singer Miranda Lambert
  5. Autographed cook book, More Diners, Drive-ins and Dives by celebrity chef Guy Fieri
  6. Two free admission passes to Longwood Gardens
  7. $20 Gift Card for Applebee's Restaurant
  8. Admission passes for four to Lake Raystown's water park and a $50 gift certificate
  9. Two free passes for the Strasburg Railroad
  10. $20 Gift Card for Red Lobster Restaurant
  11. Four passes to the Toy Train Museum
  12. 4 Box Seat Tickets from the Harrisburg Senators and gift pack
  13. Four passes to Water Golf at Harrisburg's City Island
  14. Pack of 4 admission tickets to H20 Water Park
  15. 2 admission passes to Lincoln Caverns
  16. Four admission tickets for the Turkey Hill Experience
  17. Family four pack for Lake Tobias for admission, petting zoo, reptile house and safari ride
  18. 2 Family passes to the National Fire Museum in Harrisburg
  19. Two all day passes to Delgrossos Amusment Park
  20. 5 Pride of the Susquehanna River Sightseeing Cruise Tickets
  21. Two Adventure Packages for Mountain Adventures from Roundtop Resort
  22. Gift Certificate for admission for four to Nissley Vineyards Music in the Vineyard
  23. Autographed picture from Pittsburgh Steelers of Troy Polamalu
  24. Two free passes to the Hershey Theatre Spotlight Tour
  25. Gift Certificate for one complementary cleaning from C & L Cleaning Solutions
  26. 4 free mini golf passes from Adventure Sports in Hershey
  27. Five pound Hershey's Chocolate Bar
  28. The World's Largest Hershey Kiss
  29. Ten Pound tin of assorted Hershey's Candy
  30. Tickets for two to Allenberry for buffet dinner and theater
  31. Autographed picture of actor Gary Sinese
  32. Mary Kay Gift Basktet
  33. Framed duck print from Bass Pro Shops
  34. $20 Gift certificate to Gilligan's Bar and Grill
  35. Two Tickets to a show at Fulton Theatre
  36. Two admission tickets for Indian Echo Caverns
  37. Weekday Canoe Trip for two from Blue Mountain Outfitters

If you have an item that you would like to donate to the auction, call our event coordinator, Carolyn Malfara at 717-320-3121 or email us at: info@28thInfantryDivisionAssoc.org

On the first year of our event, one of our guest remarked that it was the most fun auction that they had ever attended. “Usually, you sit around watching a bunch of people out bid you at charity auctions, but the way that you did this gave everyone a chance to win something great. The other nice thing was that you were able to win more than one item and still stay within your budget. It was so much fun, I can’t wait to come back next year.”

That's part of the big draw for a Chinese auction. Ticket costs are low compared to the ultimate value of the auction items, so lucky winners will get a great deal, everyone will have a lot of fun in the process and know that they are helping to raise money for a terrific cause.

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