MMJ Fan Fundraiser for Mercy Home 6.17

[e_wind]

yeah that does sound stupid. revised plan: i tell someone there what my max bid is, and as people bid they bid something higher for me, until it reaches my max bid. the only problem i see with this is the person doing the bidding for me might find it a tedious job.

[BH]

This is awesome.   Let's support this people!   Whether you are at the show or not, this is a WIN WIN for all of us.   I get to support my out of control MMJ habit and feel good about 100% of the money going to a good cause all at once.


I'm willing to just give Maggie a number and have her write it in at the beginning as a starting point.  If I get outbid, great!   But I think the people on site should get the final say.

I'm going to go ahead and get this thing started.   I'm going to commit to $30 for that setlist and $30 (which I realize won't win) for the signed vinyl to get this thing rolling.   Mark me down!

[ALady]

Woohoo!  Love seeing all the support on here.  You guys are amazing!   :D

Question, what to do about shipping for offsite bidders?  Should it just be understood that if you win, you'll also agree to cover shipping?

I've just received word that the poster for this Friday is by Jason Brammer - you'll remember his work from the last Chicago show, and from Z night at T5:

[ALady]

Here's a list of all the items currently up for auction - if you want to place a bid, just copy and paste your starting bid in along with your name.

•Poster for the 6.17.11 Auditorium Theatre show ***autographed by the band!*** generously donated by My Morning Jacket

•Roll Call Poster ***autographed by the band!*** generously donated by DejaView

•Evil Urges Promo Poster ***autographed by the band!*** generously donated by e_wind

•My Morning Jacket Unstaged poster, Louisville Palace 5.31.11 generously donated by watchtower41

•Status Serigraph' s Uptown Theatre, Kansas City MO poster, 8.18.08 generously donated by mahg33ta

•Status Serigraph' s Charlottesville Pavilion poster, 9.4.08 generously donated by mahg33ta

•Madpixel's Waterfront Park poster, Louisville 8.16.08

•Vinyl copy of Circuital ***autographed by the band!*** generously donated by My Morning Jacket [BH, $30]

•Setlist from Chicago Theatre, 12.28.2008 [BH, $30]

•Setlist from Great Plaza, Philadelphia, 8.29.10 generously donated by tdb810

•Setlist from Champlain Valley Lawn, Burlington, 8.20.10 generously donated by tdb810

•Setlist from Appalachian Voices, Music Hall of Williamsburg ***signed by Jim James!*** generously donated by tdb810

[e_wind]

•Poster for the 6.17.11 Auditorium Theatre show ***autographed by the band!*** generously donated by My Morning Jacket - 60$ - Eric Windmill

•Madpixel's Waterfront Park poster, Louisville 8.16.08 - 30$ - Eric Windmill


I realize that these will go for more, but the more bids the merrier!

[DejaView2011]

Maggie, please pm me the address to send the poster to. Due to health issues this show is also now cancelled for me. :-( Does anyone know how I can give these tickets away? They're will call, 2nd row center, orchestra. I'd hate for them to go to waste but the box office is being uncooperative in allowing someone else to pick them up. :-(

[BH]

Maggie, please pm me the address to send the poster to. Due to health issues this show is also now cancelled for me. :-( Does anyone know how I can give these tickets away? They're will call, 2nd row center, orchestra. I'd hate for them to go to waste but the box office is being uncooperative in allowing someone else to pick them up. :-(

Anybody you know well enough to give them your credit card to pick them up?   That's the only thing I can think of.

[slimsloslider]

Maggie, please pm me the address to send the poster to. Due to health issues this show is also now cancelled for me. :-( Does anyone know how I can give these tickets away? They're will call, 2nd row center, orchestra. I'd hate for them to go to waste but the box office is being uncooperative in allowing someone else to pick them up. :-(

i've had this issue before and i faxed a copy of my driver's license and credit card to the guy that picked them up. i blacked out the license number and some of the credit card number, and it worked, but i knew ahead of time that the venue was cool with it. i'd suggest that. i'll be there friday if there's anything i can do

[ALady]

Maggie, please pm me the address to send the poster to. Due to health issues this show is also now cancelled for me. :-( Does anyone know how I can give these tickets away? They're will call, 2nd row center, orchestra. I'd hate for them to go to waste but the box office is being uncooperative in allowing someone else to pick them up. :-(

Will do.  So sorry to hear you're out for this one, Deja.   :(  Was really looking forward to meeting you!  Hope you feel better soon - there will be lots of epic shows in your future!  Take care!

[DejaView2011]

 :D :D :D The posters just arrived!!! Oh My God! I'm dying. They look so beautiful all signed and stuffff!
          Here's the poster I'm sending you for the auction. I hope it helps.


    I'm also going to see about getting these tix released to someone. I refuse to let them go to waste. If i can get anyone here to pick em up and use em in the auction, upgrade yours if that's the only thing that can be done, or pass em on, let me know. Just PLEASE. PROMISE ME THAT THEY WILL BE USED BY FANS AND NOT RESOLD.
               PM me. They're something like 2-5th row, dead center, orchestra C, Row F.
   Let's get these to the right people. Thanks all.   

[e_wind]

Looks like I'm back in for this show.... See y'all there

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I'm not on the facebook, did I hear that there will be live bidding?

[ALady]

Yes, I think after the silent auction is done we'll do a "last call to put in a bid" type of live bidding...we'll see what we can manage in a noisy bar   ;D

[Taterbug]

****** ATTENTION SILENT AUCTION BIDDERS ******

I will be assisting Alady in the fundraiser.   If you are an offsite bidder YOU are responsible for finding your own proxy who is attending the fundraiser.

•   Please PM me with the phone number you will be using for the bidding.  You will be given my cell number. And the item you are bidding on. ( applies to offsite participants )

•   I would like your information by Thursday evening 6/16.  .( applies to offsite participants )

•   The Auction will Start at 3:30ish CST and end at 6:15 CST  Sharp  located at  Kaseys Tavern  701 South  Dearborn Street Chicago, IL 60605-1837 - (312) 427-7992
Open Mon-Fri,Sun 11am-2am; Sat 12pm-3am


•   If the winning bidder is an offsite participant they will be required to mail a check for the winning donation amount plus shipping costs.  Unless your proxy is taking receipt of goods and making the donation.


Thanks to the Band and everyone that donated items to such a Noble Charity and I look forward to seeing you there.

Sincerely,   Taterbug. Esq. ;)

[ALady]

Thanks Tater!   

Here's a pic of  the "Shamrocks for Kids" pins that we'll be selling at the event.  They go for $2 (or whatever you care to donate) and it all goes straight to Mercy Home.

[BH]

PM sent!  Thanks Tater!

[ALady]

Thanks to everyone who attended, donated their hard-earned cash or memorabilia, and helped run the event last night! I have never felt prouder to be a Jacket fan and part of this community. We had a great crowd, and while we're waiting on a final tally from the Mercy Home folks, I'd guess we raised almost $1,000.  They could not have been more appreciative and literally could not stop thanking us.  It was a great feeling to walk into the show knowing that we'd been able to pull together and accomplish something like that!  Looking around that huge, ornate theater, all I could think was that each of the 4,000 people in there represented another dollar for Mercy Home - and that was a truly overwhelming feeling.  So proud of this bad and their fans!

Much love to Tater, twofingers, and watchtower for everything you did to help get this thing off the ground. Could not have done it without you.

Big ups to MMJ, lp and the MMJ staff for coordinating some seriously boss donation items!  We had two signed Circuital vinyls and a signed show poster, and they raised a serious chunk of change.

Most gracious thanks to everyone who donated items: watchtower41, mahg33tah, DejaView, tdb410, twofingers, e_wind.  Everything sold. Every penny went straight to help those kids. Thank you for giving so selflessly.
Finally, I just wanted to say that it was an honor and a pleasure to work with all of you and I hope we can do it again soon.  It was literally just a few emails, a few phone calls, a few PMs over the course of two weeks - mostly, it was your generous donations that got it going, and the event itself went by fast and was really fun.  Anyone could do it (and I hope you do)!

xo
ALady

[Crispy]

Hooray everybody and way to go, lady! It was a lot of fun seeing and meeting, and supporting a great cause. I hope we can do more of these! 

[tdb810]

That is so awesome! Thank you for all of the organizing and dedication!  I heart you ALady!

[Taterbug]

What a nite. Alady your the best !!!!  This wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for your warm heart. I'm SO happy that I got to participate in this event. Very nice to meet Twofingers & Crispy and to see Amd again and  all the other fans that I met that opened their wallets for the Mercy Home. And the show was the icing on the cake.  WOW WOW what a nite, I didn't want it to end.  I'm sorry if I drunk danced into anybody last nite and we exchanged body fluids.  My lovely brother took some video of me dancing or groovin or whatever you wanna call it and I was friggin mess, but who cares because I was one in 4000 rockin the roof of that mofo.  Sorry if I didn't get a chance to party with you guys after the show but I was drooling on myself at that point.  I hope we get a chance to do this again. More to come after I take a nap