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