COMING SOON TO YOUR HOME SCREEN

A Virtual Silent Auction

The coronavirus has derailed the usual fundraising efforts that pay the bills at our shul. Planning for our annual Journal Dinner-Dance had been in full swing — now all cancelled. Our dilemma? How to recoup the revenue from this annual event that provides more than half of the shul’s operating costs.

We have set a goal to raise $50,000. This may sound ambitious, but we are committed to ensure the survival of our beloved synagogue. And together, we will succeed.

First up in a series of happenings is a Virtual Silent Auction — with bidding right from your living room. What can you donate to make this our biggest and best so far? Think real finds — items of quality — that people would be thrilled to discover. How about a sail on your boat, a work of art, a few bottles from your wine collection, hotel points, airline miles? Maybe exercise classes, music lessons, an arts and crafts how-to — on Zoom? Even a few rolls of toilet paper? (Bet we’d get lots of bids for that.) Let’s have fun and provide a jump-start to reach — Dare we say surpass? — our fundraising goal.

Watch your email for our next letter with details for donating your chosen items to the auction, and also bidding on items you’d like to have. By the way, did you see the article in the April 20 issue of The New York Times? It seems Sotheby’s and Christie’s are doing online auctions, too. Here’s our shul on the cutting edge with a breakout event — that won’t break the bank.

Questions? Contact Madelyn Rothman at 631-559-2816, or email madelyn765@aol.com ​​​​​​​.
Or Tom Byrne at 631-765-5275, or email drtombyrne@me.com .

Many thanks from the Journal Dinner Dance Committee!