So, what is a Service Auction?

• Tapestry members offer themed dinners, visits to museums, a weekend at a timeshare, babysitting, soup, antique car rides, rides to the airport, a pool party and guitar lessons – to name a few. In other words, anything and everything they can offer that someone else might want. Members input the information/photos for their items on a link, and an online catalog is created so you can look at all the items before the night of the actual auction.
• Everyone registers on Auctria (the auction website) and gets a paddle number. It’s easy, and registering your credit card makes paying easier.
• If you can't attend, you can still register for a paddle number and ask a friend at Tapestry to proxy bid for you based on limits you set in advance.
• The night of the auction we gather for a wonderful meal cooked by resident chef Kathy Spahn.
• You can sign up for the dinner on Auctria or after service at Tapestry.
• At the auction you’ll receive a booklet with all offered items and a tally sheet to track your bids.
• Everyone has a paddle and two energetic auctioneers start the process. When you want something, you raise your paddle—just like at a regular auction.
• Midway through, there will be an intermission to try our delicious desserts.
• Then the process continues until all items have been bid on.
• A few days after the auction, you receive emails about what you won, how much you owe and who won the items you offered. You can pay using your credit card online or by a check sent/brought to Tapestry.

To make things even better, your meal includes wine, beer and non-alcoholic beverages, and admission with dinner costs only $25 for adults and $10 for kids.