Bid and Win for a Great Cause
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Bid on items and give back to the community at the same time this weekend when the County Employees’ Charitable Organization (CECO) holds its 2nd annual auction fundraiser. Browse and bid on nearly 250 items to support CECO’s “Power of One” fall campaign. All proceeds will benefit non-profit programs throughout the San Diego region and County employees in crisis.
Bidding opens Friday, Oct. 24 at 5 p.m. and closes at 7 p.m. Sunday. If you’d like a sneak peek now, check out photos and details of the auction items online during your lunch break or after work.
All auction items were donated and range from art to sports memorabilia. Items already causing a stir include beach cruisers, a Samsung Galaxy Tab, harbor cruise tickets, a pampered spa visit, and lunch with CAO Helen Robbins-Meyer.
One hundred percent of money raised by CECO is distributed back to the community. Earlier this year, CECO awarded grants to 93 local programs totaling $232,000. Recipients included Mama’s Kitchen, Second Chance’s transitional housing program, Rolling Readers’, the Employee Crisis Fund and numerous other programs.
“CECO is important because of its great tradition of giving. Because we are touching the lives of people in our very own community,” said CECO President Mavette Sadile, with the County Technology Office. “We are hoping to raise even more money this year and give back even more to the community.”
Registering is easy. Surf over to biddingowl.com/CECO and click “login / register” at the top right corner of the page. You can even set up your account to notify you via text message or email if you’ve been outbid. Since the bidding does take place over the weekend, you may want to email that link to yourself now or otherwise note it somehow so you can get to it while away from work.
The fun is not only for County employees. The auction is open to everyone.
Going, going, gone! If you take part in the auction or not, another great way to contribute to CECO is through an automatic payroll deduction. Plus, if you are already giving, you can increase your current contribution to help CECO achieve its audacious goal of awarding $250,000 in grants in 2015. Learn more.