Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Thank you!

Our fund-raising event on September 18 was a great success!
Thank you to our inspiring speakers, Bob Rae and Ti-Anna Wang
and thank you to our generous donors for the silent auction.

Friday, May 10, 2019

2019 Auction for Amnesty

The 29th Annual Silent Auction and Raffle will be held on 

Wednesday September 18, 2019

New location - Debates Room at Hart House, 
7 Hart House Circle
on the UofT campus

Speaker - The Honourable Bob Rae

Doors open at 6:45, event begins at 7:00
Cash bar and free appetizers
Tickets are $20, or $10 for students

Last updated Sept 14, 2019.
  
All tickets are entered in the raffle.  The 3 prizes to be raffled off are

1) Terry Fallis's
latest novel, Albatross.  Approximate value: $30
2)
Two tickets to a Toronto Maple Leaf regular season home game.  Winner to choose 2 tickets in Section 306, Row 13 (2nd row purple) for one Leaf home game in 2019-20 (4 games to choose from. Approximate value: $140
 3)  Factory Theatre - 2 tickets for any show in their 2019-20 season
Value: $100

 LOTS OF ITEMS TO BID ON!

Buddies in Bad Times Theatre - one Season Pass (6 tickets which can be used in any combination) - Value: $330

Blyth Festival - 2020 Community Gift Pass (2-pack of tickets for any one of the main stage plays) - Value: $86

Canadian Stage - 2 vouchers, each redeemable for one ticket to a Canadian Stage 19/20 season performance at the Berkeley Street Theatre (not valid for Kelly V Kelly, TO Live performances or any rental production) - Value: $160 

Stratford Festival - 2 tickets for an eligible performance in the 2020 season - Value: $170 (designated dates and performances only) 

Theatre Passe Muraille - 2 tickets to a performance in the 2019-20 season - Value: $160

Shaw Festival - 2 tickets for a performance of The Glass Menagerie, Sex, or Cyrano de Bergerac during September or October of the current season. Tickets not valid for Openings - Value $150. 

Young People's Theatre - 2 tickets to a MainStage show in the 2019/20 season. Information on the season will be posted on youngpeoplestheatre.ca as it becomes available. The season starts in October.  

Tarragon Theatre - A pair of complementary passes; each pass is valid for one ticket to a performance of your choosing for a play during the TarragonTheatre's 2019/20 season, which runs from September 2019 to May 2020.

Tafelmusik - Two tickets to Tafelmusik's performance of O Come, Shepherds. This concert will be held on Tuesday December 10, 2019 at the George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts. Tafelmuik Baroque Orchestra with Vesuvius Ensemble and special guest: Tommaso Sollazzo, zampogna
Value: $108 


Mooredale Concerts - two subscriptions to their 2019-2020 concert series
Value: $400 


Esther Myers Yoga Studio at 390 Dupont Street - 2 certificates for 6 classes each
Value: $260


Serenity Massage Therapy (registered), 1443 Kingston Rd. - a 45 minute massage
Value: $90 


Terry Fallis, bestselling author - Two signed sets of 3 novels, including his latest, Albatross, release date of August 13, 2019
Approximate value of each set is $60


La Mosaïque multilingual bookstore, 1684 St. Clair Ave. W - Gift certificate
Value: $30


Two Toronto Maple Leaf tickets for October 7 v. last year's Stanley Cup champions the St. Louis Blues. Front row on the glass.
Approximate value: $1250


Two Toronto Maple Leaf tickets for Saturday December 21, 2019, 7 p.m. v. Detroit Red Wings at Section 119, Row 8, Seats 11 and 12, behind the bench
Approximate value: $2000

A special necktie from Alan Gotlib,a Jewish gay man.  He hopes that his label, "Fashion by FEIGELE", will bring a smile to people's faces and, in some small way change the way people see diversity in our community. "Feigele" is a Yiddish word that means "little bird" but is also a slang term for a gay man, which, for Alan, makes it a very appropriate label.
Approximate value: $45


 Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall - Two tickets to Idan Raichel, pianist, on Sunday, November 10, 2019, at 8 pm.
Value: $159

An overnight stay at the Holiday Inn & Suites Parkway Conference Centre, St. Catharines.
Value: $136  


Farm'r Eatery - Gift certificate
Value: $50


C'est What? Restaurant - Gift certificate
Value: $50

Mocha Mocha,  489 Danforth - Gift Certificate 
Value: $20

Soulas, 5500A Danforth - Gift Certificate  
Value: $40

Sushi Bistro, 461 Danforth - Gift Certificate
Value: $20

Hunters on the Danforth, 674 Danforth  - breakfast for two
Value: $15

Kalyvia Restaurant, 420 Danforth - Gift Certificate
Value: $25

Katsu Restaurant, 572 Danforth - 3 gift certificates of $10 each –
Total value: $30


Pantheon Authentic Hellenic Cuisine, 407 Danforth Ave - Gift certificate
Value: $50


Amnesty International T-shirt, large with "Stop Torture" on the front, AI candle on the back
Value: $22

Amnesty International candle
Value: $10

Dreams of Freedom, mostly a picture book
Value: $10

Letters to a Prisoner by Jacques Goldstyn, a picture book
Value: $10

Anything Can Happen - a poem and essay by Seamus Heaney
Value: $10

The Boy Who was Bullied, John Peter Humphreys, Drafter of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights by Anne Huestis Scott
Value: $20 


Théâtre français de Toronto - 2 tickets to any performance except for premières and their annual fundraiser.
Value: up to $98.

Another Story Bookshop, 315 Roncesvalles Ave. - Gift certificate
Value: $25


Sine Nomine ensemble for medieval music -  4 tickets, 2 for the December and 2 for the April concert.
Value: $80

Cafe Diplomatico, 584 College Street - Gift certificate
Value: $50

Messini Authentic Gyros, 445 Danforth Avenue - Gift certificate
Value: $25


Varsity Cineplex Cinema - 4 tickets
Approximate value: $50