School Auction Blog

8 Responses to “Did your school ever have a boxed dinner auction to raise money for supplies and costs?”

1. Almond Eyes Said,

   Our school does something called "Basket Boys". 20 boys (that are voted to be basket boys) bring picnic baskets to school filled with food. Then girls bid on them (lol, like we really care about what’s in the basket) and whoever bids the highest goes on a picnic with the basket boy.
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2. Feivel JPAA Said,

   We have silent auctions. We bring baskets full of things on family night and you can bid on them. Last time my family took in a box many different kinds of unique hot sauces from around the world. I think the whole thing cost us about 50$. It sold at the auction for over $200 I think.
   I have read about box dinners and Sadie Hawkins days. A girl would make a lunch or pie (or whatever) and a boy would bid on it and then eat the contents with the girl who made it. It was supposed to be a secret which girl made it but it seldom was, am I right?
   We also sell tickets to dinners where chefs donate their time and families donate the supplies.
   The box dinner might not work in an Orthodox Yeshiva though LIL
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3. Paul N Said,

   My school never did this while I was a student. We did have Halloween Carnivals where each class sponsored some kind of fund-raising activity. I remember our class having a cake walk where the lucky participant won a cake by ending up standing on the lucky square that was the square designated as the cake square for that song. We also , one year, had a fishing pond where a fishing line was dropped behind a barrier and a prize was tied to the line and when it was jerked the participant retrieved their line and received their prize. Several of us boys always wanted to have a kissing booth but the girls never would volunteer to be the kissers. Their mothers also probably put the "quohidas" on this idea. Quohidas means " absolutely not you little heathen " in plain English. You would think we were suggesting opening a brothel.
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   Texan

4. marcia f Said,

   Oh yes and it was so much fun. My Mom, sister and me would all make our own boxes. We would decorate them with crepe paper and make flowers out of paper in all kinds of colors. Inside we would have fried chicken for two, potato salad, celery and carrot sticks, home made rolls and a piece of pie or cake. My Dad would always buy my Moms box because he loved her cooking. So did many other men. My Moms box always went for a lot of money. Of course my sister and I had the same food in our boxes so ours went for a lot of money as well. It was a fun night. Even though sometimes I got stuck eating with some boy I really didn’t care for. After we ate we would have a square dance or sometimes there would be a talent show or a play. It was a fun night and we made a lot of money for our school.
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5. Micol Said,

   My, my did you wake up a Memory of the past. I had totally forgotten that I had gone to a 2 room school house. Yes they would have the mystery basket lunch, but they would take the basket and put a mumbler on it, the young ladies would draw a random number from a bowel, stand behind a sheet and you would bid on the shadow, she would then pick up the basket that matched her mumbler.. Apple bobs and square dances, a different life in a different time.
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6. Patti Said,

   We had cake walks in junior high, and newspaper drives to raise some money. I heard my parent’s generation talk about box dinners, probably wouldn’t be allowed today due to health department concerns.
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7. ConansOwner Said,

   I remember when my daughter was in school and they had an auction. All of the members of the swim team placed themselves to do things for the bidders. The guys help with chore activities. They auctioned 4 hrs of house cleaning services and sold many sets. I won a bid on two of the girls preparing a meal for 4. Several of the girls were able to cook simple meals. It was good fun & raised money for the team. This is the burbs.
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8. THEAmericanPatriot Said,

   What is with these FUND RAISERS for school? I thought TAXES paid for that…and in Virginia, the profits from the lottery was supposed to go to the school. So why do they have to go begging for money …MORE money from the citizens? And those RIP OFF contests where kids sell magazines, gifts, etc….I can’t believe parents allow that crud to go on! Only ones who make out on those are the vendors. I refused to let my kids get involved and wrote letters to their teachers as to WHY I refused.
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