Patron Dinner Auction

LIVE AUCTION ITEMS

Check out these amazing live-auction items. Now through 5 p.m. Wednesday, if you see something you like, you can BUY IT NOW — at the retail value listed below. Simply email sbethea@ucriverkeeper.org and claim the prize. All purchases must be paid in full by credit card at that time. Otherwise, the auction items listed below will be available at the dinner. (We will update this page accordingly.)

A Day with the Jackets! — Football game package for four

Four tickets to a Georgia Tech game, including a pre-game tour of the Sports Hall of Fame, four pre-game sideline passes, photos with Jacket cheerleaders and mascot Buzz, a visit to the Georgia Tech radio booth with announcers Wes Durham and Rick Strom, four Georgia Tech hats, and two game programs.

Notes: 2011 Season only and excluding Georgia Tech-UGA game. Reserve tickets in advance.

Donated By: Georgia Tech Athletic Association

Retail Value: $1,000

Serenity, Southern Cuisine and a Falconry Hunt — The Inn at Serenbe for two with meals and the hunt

One-night stay for two at The Inn at Serenbe, including full country breakfast, afternoon tea, and bedtime sweets, plus dinner at The Hil Saturday and a fried-chicken lunch on Sunday at The Farmhouse Restaurant. Your stay will be incredible, but the falconry hunt will leave you speechless; one of the oldest organized forms of hunting known to man, watching a bird of prey hunt will be an experience you will never forget.

Notes: Advance reservations required for the Inn and the falconry hunt. Expires 09/20/12.

Alcohol, taxes and gratuity not included.

Donated By: The Inn at Serenbe, Winged Ambassadors

Retail Value: $1,000

Coastal Paradise — Two-night stay on Little St. Simons Island for two

Enjoy a two-night stay on a private barrier island just off the Georgia coast, where the natural world presides across 10,000 intrusion-tree acres of maritime forests and marshlands. Seven miles of shell-strewn beaches and energizing outdoor activities enjoyed by no more than 32 overnight guests at a time. Package includes boat transfers, meals, activities, equipment usage, gratuities and taxes — along with two beach chairs for start relaxing!

Notes: Accommodations are based upon availability and exclude holidays. Expires 09/15/12.

Donated By: Lodge on Little St. Simons

Retail Value: $1,400

Travel Vegas-Style for Two

Find out why what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas when you and a companion get to fly to Las Vegas for a two-night stay at Planet Hollywood. Airtran Airways tickets can be used for any domestic round-trip flights within the U.S.
Notes: Planet Hollywood expires 02/28/12, and does not include tip, taxes or beverages. AirTran expires 09/15/12; restrictions and blackout dates apply.
Donated by: Airtran Airways and Caesars Entertainment
Value: $2,000

Fall in the Mountains — Three-night stay in the Highlands

Just a short, two-hour drive from Atlanta, you will enjoy a three-night stay in Macon County (Highlands), North Carolina, at Lochmont — a 50-acre, 6,000-square foot estate with five bedrooms, a private eight-acre lake and two-acre pond. Lochmont has been called one of the most extraordinary estates in Highlands! Rise above it all (the elevation is 3,800 feet), and enjoy getting back to nature. There are nine teeboxes where you can stroll around the estate and play target golf with floating golf balls. Fishing, hiking, waterfalls . . . Lochmont offers it all.

Notes: Advance reservations required; expires 12/31/11. No smoking or pets allowed.

Donated By: Chuck and Ann Perry

Retail Value: $2,500

Help fund our Floating Classroom Scholarship Program!

We need your support for our Floating Classroom Scholarship Program at any level to help us offer scholarships to disadvantaged students so they can experience the only floating classroom in Georgia. Operated for more than a decade on Lake Lanier, UCR’s highly successful education program has provided on-the-water learning experiences to nearly 30,000 students and teachers. We need to raise $5,000 to support this scholarship program in 2012. At $25 per student for the half-day adventure, this funding will allow us to bring 200 young people on board. We’ll ask for your support at the following levels: $500, $250, and $100.
Donated By: You — our Patron Dinner guests

If you are interested in any additional information on these items, please contact Tammy Bates at tbates@ucriverkeeper.org or (404) 352-9828 ext. 12.