Appetite For Service
Live & Silent Auction Items
Live Auction Items:
The Cedar Valley Big Band: A local not-for-profit 20 piece big band including vocalist will play standards, rock, swing, waltzes and contemporary music. This auction entitles the winner an evening of music, including three sets complete with a sound and lights package for your next event!
This Big Band includes:
SAXES: Tony Wilber, Denise Lawrence, Bob Abbott, Betty Winther, and Brandon McMillan.
TROMBONES: Don Rasmusson, Joe Chongo, Carl Burdy, and Dave Glenn-Burns
TRUMPETS: Steve Tripolino, Mark Pelleymounter, Marlow Gray, Rob Shirk and Jamie Cook.
RHYTHM SECTION: Dave and Mary Smith, keyboards, Steve Flack, Drums Ken Kramer, Bass, Russ Candid, Guitar.
VOCAL: Ruby Hayes
There are some requirements for the venue of your function, primarily size and power capabilities.
Wine Basket: Offered by the Board of Directors for the Volunteer Center of Cedar Valley, this basket offers the winner of the auction a selection of 12 fine wine varietals.
Gourmet Dinner for 8: The dinner for eight will be held this summer between the dates of June 11 – August 1 and the date will be established ASAP. The meal will include:
Hors D'oeuvres & Cocktails
Salad course with wine tasting
Soup course with wine tasting
Sorbet
Fish course with wine tasting
Entrée with wine
Dessert with wine tasting/coffee
Selected Cheeses with wine tasting
Hosted and prepared by Tom & Anne Nass at their home in Waterloo. Served by the VCCV staff, Anne Marie Kofta & Lauren Pelleymounter. The Nass's have co-hosted/hosted meals for the Columbus Ultimate Auction, Waterloo Cedar Falls Symphony, Cedar Valley Hospice, and Junior League of Waterloo-Cedar Falls.
The Home of the Jazz: A Trip for Two to New Orleans, Louisiana for Four Days & Three Nights at The Maison Dupuy Hotel with Economy Class Air, Including a Tour of the City, Dinner at Hard Rock Cafe, a Dinner Jazz Cruise and a Class at the New Orleans School of Cooking.
Legendary New Orleans is one of America’s most colorful cities. Riverboats, jazz, Creole cuisine and Mardi Gras have given “The Big Easy” its flamboyant reputation, and that rich heritage continues today. Stop for a café au lait and beignets at a sidewalk café. Music is always nearby, supplied by the tolling bells of St. Louis Cathedral, the clanging of streetcars, and the rhythms of Dixieland Jazz. Take a lazy ride down the Mississippi in an authentic paddlewheel riverboat, or discover the mystery of the swamps and bayous. Your thorough and fascinating introduction to the endless variety that is New Orleans on your city tour includes such highlights as the Superdome, St. Charles Avenue, the French Quarter and Jackson Square.
Your trip for two includes:
• Round trip Economy Class air
• 4 days/3 nights accommodations at The Maison Dupuy Hotel
• New Orleans City Tour
• Dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe
• Dinner jazz cruise, including a lavish creole buffet
• 3-hour class at the New Orleans School of Cooking
• All room-related taxes
• Free concierge reservation service
Top Gun: An Experience for One Person as a Fighter Pilot for a Day in a Military Jet.
Imagine yourself scanning the skies in a real military aircraft in search of an enemy airplane. You spot the bogey at 3 o'clock, break turn hard and the fight's on. Up, down, and around. Pulling G's, making quick decisions until you out maneuver your opponent, put the gunsight pipper on them, squeeze the trigger and guns, guns, guns! The enemy erupts in smoke and you roll up and away, Victorious! Your aircraft is an aerobatic, Italian built fighter with the lines and handling of an aerial Ferrari with an onboard intercept capability for acquiring targets beyond visual range.
Are you up for the challenge? Do you have what it takes to be a Fighter Pilot for a Day?
You, as the guest pilot, will get to fly real military fighters alongside licensed fighter pilots in the cockpit. All aircraft are outfitted with three high-end digital multi-camera systems to capture your fighter pilot experience, as well as a tracking system that verifies an air-to-air “kill”.
You will be briefed beforehand on basic fighter tactics, Rules of Engagement, and the physiological effects of G-forces. Then you’ll climb into the cockpit with an instructor pilot for the thrill of a lifetime! You will practice formation flying, basic maneuvers and engage in 5-6 dogfights. The entire experience is recorded on a mini-DVD from three onboard cockpit cameras. The tapes are used for de-briefing purposes and are yours to keep.
Note: Complete list of participation dates and cities available upon request.
Your Top Gun Experience includes:
• 1 Certificate for 1 person to fly 1 air combat mission, including briefing on the Rules of Engagement, the physiological effects of G-forces, practice with formation flying, basic maneuvers, 5-6 dogfights, and debriefing afterwards
• A mini DVD that records your entire flying experience from 3 onboard cockpit cameras
• If air combat is not available or is not offered in your city, and travel is required, please inquire about air and hotel at 888-233-6636
• Free concierge reservation service
Silent Auction Items:
1. Beers From Around the World. Courtesy of Anne and Tom Nass
2. UNI Gift Basket. All the items you would need to cheer the Panthers on to VICTORY!
3. Family Night IN! Order pizza from Pizza Hut, rent the newest releases from Family Video and play the hilarious game, In A Pickle.
4. On the Air with Santini. Spend 2 hours with the morning show crew on Q92.3.
5. Evening on the town. Grab a bite to eat at Montage, head to the show at the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center and enjoy your junior suite at the Black Hawk Hotel.
6. Sites of the Cedar Valley. View the Cedar Valley from the sky compliments of Livingston Aviation.
7. Football signed by UNI Coach Mark Farley.
8. Fill Up, Wash Up or get your Oil Changed. Enjoy these gift certificates to Jim Lind BP Station.
9. Are You Ready to get Lucky? Enjoy dinner for 2 at Otis & Henry’s Bar and Grill, take a snooze in your Isle Casino Hotel room, refuel with breakfast for 2 at the Isle Buffet and win major bucks with $20 of IslePlay.Courtesy of Isle Casino Hotel
10. Enjoy Lunch with Mayor Jon and Ronelle Crews downtown Cedar Falls.
11. Work it Out! Enjoy a 3 month membership to the Wheaton Franciscan Wellness Center at Kimball Ridge Center, strength training bands and an hour massage to relax after a hard workout.
12. Family time with the Wii. Bowling, baseball and tennis right in your own living room! Courtesy of MidWestOne Bank
13. I wish I could cook. Learn how with cook with two lessons at Classic Kitchen and Bath.
14. Car detailing services from Krueger Auto & Truck Waverly.
15. Children’s Portrait Package from McKenna McNelly Photography including photo session and a 16X20 print.
16. Get Out and Ride. Get your child prepared for their first RAGBRAI experience with this child’s bike and helmet - safety first! Courtesy of Swisher & Cohrt
17. A Night Out in Waterloo. Enjoy dinner at LJ’s Neighborhood Bar & Grill, check out a show at the Waterloo Community Playhouse and check into your room at the Ramada Inn.
18. Delicious Tastefully Simple Gift Basket. Courtesy of Tastefully Simple Consultant Jennifer Rusch
19. Food and Hockey. Eat dinner at Famous Dave’s BBQ and hit the rink with your best friend for a Black Hawks Hockey Game during the 2010 - 2011 season.
20. Seasons of Fun for the Whole Family. Activities for every season includes ice-skating passes at Young Arena, golf cart rental and lessons at South Hills Golf Course, bowling at Valley Park Lanes and Maple Lanes and take a dip all season at Byrnes and Gates Water Parks.
21. Birthday Party for your Little One. Your little one and 7 friends can celebrate in style at Maple Lanes Bowling Center. This party includes 2 games of bowling, shoes, cake, ice cream and pop for everyone!
22. Maternity and Newborn Portrait Package from McKenna McNelly Photography including photo session, a 16X20 print and 10 birth announcements.
23. Pamper Yourself. Feel fabulous after leaving Jiva Salon Spa, relax with a 1 hour massage from Wheaton Franciscan Health Care and enjoy Mary Kay spa products courtesy of Mary Kay Consultant Anne Nass.
About the Silent Auction
- More than 20 silent auction items are available. Each auction item or package has its own umber and description.
- All bids will be handled in a “silent” manner.
- To place a bid, mark your bud number, name and bid amount on the sheet located by the item.
- The auction closes in two rounds, 8:45 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. The highest bidder at the end of the action is the winning bidder.
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