Our Winter Gala: An Evening in the Enchanted Forest will be Saturday, February 22, 2025 from 6:00-11:00 p.m. This year the location will be the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium, and it will be bigger and better than ever! Enjoy a magical atmosphere full of trees and twinkling lights along with dinner, aerialist performances, dancing, and dazzling silent auction and raffle items. You might even spy a few storybook characters frolicking among the trees. Help us reach our goal of raising $250,000 to fund our programs!
Guests must be 21 or older to attend.
Attire: Black Tie Optional /Fairy Tale Formal
Sponsorships are available! Contact Phyliss Skuba, Development Associate, at (864) 583-7688 ext. 102.
AUCTION TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Upon ticket purchase, each person is assigned a number for bidding. This number will be used for all silent bidding as well as paying at check-out.
General
- Items are sold “AS-IS.”
- All sales are final.
- There will be no exchange or refund on items sold.
- Please note all special conditions on any auction item in terms of expiration, availability dates and any restrictions on usage.
- Hope Center for Children accepts no responsibility for any consequences that may result if you purchase items without carefully reading the applicable restrictions.
- Some items require that the purchaser present a coupon or gift certificate in order to claim the item purchased.
- Hope Center for Children will not be responsible for any lost or misplaced gift certificates or coupons after the purchaser receives the item.
- Unless otherwise noted all goods and services must be claimed and used within one year of the auction date.
- Hope Center for Children assumes no responsibility if the donor goes out of business before redemption of coupon or gift certificate.
- Payment in full is required the evening of the auction before purchased items are removed from the premises.
- For your convenience, you may check out and make your payment through the OneCause system on your mobile device.
- Payment may be made by cash, check (payable to Hope Center for Children), VISA, MasterCard, Discover, American Express.
- All purchases must be removed from the premises the evening of the event unless special arrangements are made with Hope Center for Children staff.
- Auction Committee reserves the right to add, withdraw or edit without notice any items in the auction.
- Decisions made by the Auction Committee are final.
Auction
- Auction items will be displayed on tables and on the OneCause link.
- Items may not be removed from the tables.
- Auction bidding will be conducted on mobile devices through OneCause.
- Your bid on the mobile platform constitutes a legal contract to buy.
- Your bid number is included with your electronic ticket.
- If a bid is disqualified for any reason, the last highest qualified bid will be deemed the successful bidder.
- Auction closes at 9:15 p.m.
IRS and Charitable Contributions
Values listed are based on fair market values. When an item is purchased above fair market value, the amount above fair market value becomes a tax deductible donation. Fund-A-Need donations are 100% taxable. Please check with your tax specialist for further information.