Peralta Auction
Rev It Uptown for Peralta’s Auction -
Saturday, March 6, 2010 | 5-9pm
This year we’ll be holding our first off-site auction at the Uptown Body & Fender at 401 26th Street in one of Oakland’s most happening neighborhoods. Uptown Owner Giovanna Tanzillo, has graciously opened up her establishment for our party! Don’t let the name fool you — this is no ordinary body shop. It doubles as and art gallery and was even featured recently in World Architecture News.
The auction will be an adults-only event. Your $10 ticket will get you a gourmet dinner. Alcoholic drinks can be purchased as well. Invite friends, grandparents and extended family! Childcare will be provided at Peralta for $5 (see details below). You can buy tickets online here. Scroll down for donation forms.
In addition to a silent and live auction featuring hundreds of donated goods and services (see below for highlights or download PDF auction catalog), the event will feature:
- DJ Tess Unger spinning tunes
- Live Music from the Club Crasherz
- A photo booth with a classic car as a backdrop, thanks to Lower Rockridge resident Ben Smith and Peralta photographers Wendi Nordeck, Dennis Warsen, and Ian Martin
- Food prepared by Peralta’s own Sophina Uong and BZM Catering. Full menu coming soon!
Childcare: While the parents are revving it up at the auction, Peralta after-school staff will be providing childcare at the school from 4:30-9:30pm. The $5 childcare tickets include pizza, drinks and a movie! There is room for 75 kids (age 5+). Obviously, there is not room for all kids at the school, so tickets are first-come, first-served. The hope is that some of you will arrange swaps with other families not at the school, or make alternate arrangements for childcare if it is easy for you to do so
Auction Forms: Thinking of hosting a party, or donating to the auction? If you missed the February 12 deadline, never fear. You can still get your donation in (though it won’t appear in the printed catalog).You can donate using our online forms:
Online Form for “Pay to Play” Events
Forms to download, print and return to Peralta:
Can you offer something of yourself? Of course you can. Don’t be shy – offer your services to the community.
Become a part of the event!
Talent: Masseuses, consultants, contractors, musicians, editors, lawyers, urban farmers, cyclists, woodworkers, dog walkers, surfers, tax preparers, nutritionists, craftspeople, biologists, naturalists, artists, chefs, dentists and stylists.
Generalist: Offer to help organize a house, play chauffeur, dessert of the month, soup of the month, gather a group and offer babysitting once a month for a year, lead a hike, soccer day.
Items: Tickets for shows or sports events. Owners of summer or winter vacation houses or relatives with timeshares? New and fancy books, artwork, furniture, prints and other items that you have been holding, now is the time to donate.
Dig deep for inspiration. Peralta needs you. And the auction needs you to make this event even more special. We all have a talent, please share yours! Please complete the online donation form.
Here are some of the creative items being offered by the Peralta community this year (download PDF auction catalog for a full listing of all items):
- Handmade, knitted American Girl doll dress, with hat and slippers to match
- Five arrangements of succulents and cacti in California pottery
- Custom-made piñata
- Bike riding lessons
- An original column by Herb Caen, Pulitzer Prize winning San Francisco Chronicle columnist, typed on his trusty Loyal Royal and hand edited by Herb himself
- Knitting Time with Ms. Rozario!
- Pixar tour
- 2 hours of home repair
- Family membership to the East Bay Regional Park District
- Horse riding in Tilden Park
- A 2 night stay at The Stone’s Throw Cottage, a 5 bed/2 bath home at the Russian River in the town of Monte Rio.
Contact Raphie Breines if you would like to bounce any ideas around.
Pay-to-Play
CALLING ON ALL PERALTA FAMILIES AND STAFF:
It is Party Time – An Events Extravaganza. Create a donation that will raise money for Peralta while getting together with friends and making new ones.
Past events have been great fun, often delicious, sometimes hilarious and ALWAYS memorable! Donations have been incredibly varied and creative! They’ve included events for adults only and events for children and families. BEER MAKING PARTIES, WINE TASTING EXTRAVAGANZA’S, INTIMATE GOURMET DINNER PARTIES, GAME NIGHTS, BEACH PARTIES, TOURS OF PHYSICS LABS, WOODWORK SHOPS and MOVIE NIGHTS for the kids.
Some of the great new additions this year include:
- “OakTown Tea Party”: Select four pots of tea and six types of tea sandwiches. Enjoy scones and crumpets served with sweet butter, homemade jam and lemon curd, madeleines and shortbread. Baked with lots of love and local organic ingredients!
- Margaritas & Fish Taco Party
- Art-To-Wear Workshop (for kids age 6+): Use polymer clay (Sculpey, Fimo) to make beads, pendants & whatever else you can dream up!
- Wine Tasting at the Wine Mine
Class Projects
Some of the most loved and highly prized items at the auction are the class projects and baskets. This year’s class gifts are no exception:
Mystery Piñata from Linda Thomas’ Class- what wonderful gifts are inside this colorful piñata? The lucky winner will find out! Assortment of tickets and gift cards inside. Mystery Piñata can be reused for kid’s party if the grown-up gifts are gently removed.
FUROSHIKI from Ms. Larsen’s class: Furoshiki is the ancient and beautiful Japanese art of gift wrapping with cloth. Turns out the Japanese were green long before we ever thought of it! Ms. Larsen’s 2nd grade students, together with Ellen Oppenheimer, have designed and dyed 7 silk squares (30″x30″ and 17″x17″) to be used for gift wrapping–or any other purpose you deem fit! Included is the lovely book Wrapagami, on the subject of Furoshiki. Gorgeous, unusual and one-of-a-kind gift giving awaits!
A “Day at the Beach” gift bag from Ms. Stewart’s class: The gift bag includes everything your family needs for a great day at the beach.