A Spaghetti Dinner will be held on Sunday, March 9, from 11am - 6pm at the Freedom S.O.I. (Sons of Italy, 345 8th street,freedom, pa 15042). The dinner is a benefit for the 2008 Fatal Awareness Conference. The cost is $10. There will also be a Chinese Auction. Please come out and visit me, i will be there at 11.
This conference is held to help Beaver and Lawrence County teens stay safe on the road and to help them understand the consequences of thier actions and decisions. BeaveRun MotorSports Complex is where the conference is held in partnership with the Pennsylvania DUI Association, The Prevention Network, local schools, and many others.
A Chinese auction is a type of raffle (actually a combination of raffle and auction) that is typically featured at charity or other fundraising events. Other groups have named it tricky tray or pick-a-prize to avoid any possible racial overtones.
The difference between a raffle and a Chinese auction is that in a raffle with multiple prizes, there is one “hat” from which names are drawn, but in a Chinese auction each prize has its own “hat”. This allows ticket buyers can choose which prize to focus on, as opposed to having a first, second, third, etc. prize.
In a Chinese auction, bidders are not prospective buyers (as in the conventional English auction). Instead, they buy tickets, which are chances to win items. Bidders may buy as many tickets as they like, and bid them on any item(s) they want by placing them in a basket or other container in front of the item(s) they are trying to win. At the conclusion of bidding, the winning ticket is drawn from the tickets bid on each item, and the item is given to the owner of that ticket.
A bidder may increase the chance of winning by buying and bidding more tickets on a specific item. Although there is generally no limit to the number of tickets a given individual may bid on a specific item, the chance of winning depends on the total number of tickets bid by all individuals.