Welcome to the
2010 RIS Auction Home Page
The 2010 RIS Auction includes:
- A Huge Silent Auction at RIS 2010, July 26th at the Visitor Center Porch of the Como Park Visitor Center
- An expanded and exciting RIS Internet Auction that ran from July 5th through midnight Saturday, July 24th
- Our first ever RIS E-Bay Event Internet Auction that ran from July 5th until July 15th - For the first time select items were available only on the RIS E-Bay Auction with bidding coming from around the world!
Before that time you can participate by donating an item for the 2010 auction. The final deadline for submission of auction items is Monday, July 19th.
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New this year, we have seven convenient auction item drop off locations throughout the Twin Cities including Golden Valley, Minneapolis, Bloomington, St. Paul and Shoreview. For a listing of locations with maps, click here.
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RIS Auction Resources:
- For ideas for auction items to donate, click here.
- Sample Auction Item Solicitation Script, click here.
- For Auction Gift Basket Ideas, click here.
- Connect with your Social Network, click here.
- For a printable 2010 Gift-in-Kind Form which should be submitted with each donated auction item, click here.
- For a printable One Page Description of this year's event, click here.
- For a letter you can personalize to give or send to potential auction doner, click here (Word Document).
- For Auction item drop-off locations, click here.
If you have been notified that you are the winner of a 2010 Auction Item, click here to make a secure payment.
Questions? Suggestions!
Contact by email or phone Jason Patalonis (651-221-0273) or Pete Wyckoff (651-486-9114).
Information if you are making a Auction Donation of > $500 - IRS Form 8283
If you would like to make a silent auction donation of $500 or more, it is advisable to complete an IRS Form 8283 which documents the value of a single or group in-kind auction donation of $500 or more.
- For a printable version of the IRS Form 8283 including KWRISF Information, click here.
- For instructions for completing IRS Form 8283, click here.
- For Tax Tips on making charitable contributions, click here.
