Press Release:
Creative Loafing’s annual Holiday Auction begins on Thursday, November 13, at 9 a.m. and will benefit Tampa Bay non-profit The Children’s Home.
The Creative Loafing (CL) Holiday Auction is in its sixth year of partnership with the Tampa Bay community and The Children’s Home, which has helped to protect neglected and abused children for 120 years. The CL Holiday Auction allows readers to bid on one-of-a-kind packages, not available in stores, donated by businesses throughout Tampa Bay and curated by the editors of Creative Loafing. The Holiday Auction also provides winning bidders with the satisfaction of knowing that they are helping to support local children in need.
On November 13, CL will release the annual Holiday Issue—featuring an extensive catalogue of the items in this year’s auction—and open up bidding. Auction items will be released in weekly batches from November 13 through December 14. In years past, readers have bid on everything from a private, six-course chef’s dinner to a year’s worth of concert tickets at popular Ybor City venues to the most contested prize of all—the cover of Creative Loafing itself. Bidders can expect the same level of exciting and unique items in the 2014 Holiday Auction.
Since 2008, CL has raised nearly $85,000 for The Children’s Home, thanks to donors, readers, and auction bidders. This year’s goal is to exceed $100,000.
Auction Schedule:
Week 1: Thursday, Nov. 13–Sunday, Nov. 23
Week 2: Thursday, Nov. 20–Sunday, Nov. 30
Week 3: Thursday, Nov. 27–Sunday, Dec. 7
Week 4: Thursday, Dec. 4–Sunday, Dec. 14
Bidding on all items will remain open until midnight on December 14. Bidders do not need to be local to Tampa Bay to bid. The auction will be produced with eBay.
For more information, visit cltampa.com/auction and RSVP to this digital holiday event here. Please use the following hashtag for any digital promotions: #CLHolidayAuction
About Creative Loafing
Creative Loafing is an award-winning alternative, weekly newspaper and website committed to providing Tampa Bay with an independent perspective, up-to-the-minute local news, and a comprehensive listing of local happenings. Creative Loafing also offers readers unique monthly events and CL Deals, a locally-focused platform offering dining and event experiences at half-off. For more information about Creative Loafing, visit cltampa.com and cldeals.com.
About The Children’s Home
Celebrating its 120th year, The Children’s Home is nationally accredited, community supported, 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that operates child and family-centered programs in the Tampa Bay area. The Children’s Home strengthens communities through programs that support, serve and protect children and their families. Its programs help over 15,000 children and adults each year by: strengthening families through family support, outreach, and prevention services; supporting children through therapeutic and traditional foster homes; supporting forever families through kinship services; and healing the trauma of abuse and neglect for over 100 children in residence at our healing campus. For more information visit childrenshome.org.