Your True Nature
$95 Gift Pack
3 weeks

Medieval Times 2001 N. Roselle Rd. Scahumburg, IL 60195
(2 dinner /show passes)

Shedd Aquarium 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60605 (4 passes)

Dick's Sporting Goods (applied on line) $20 gift cert.

hi lulu38...I've worked with Soaring Adventures twice and we did really well on the auction items. We added a picnic basket lunch to go with the hot air ballon rides.

You have two choices with Soaring Adventures. You can buy the rides outright or put it in your auction and pay them after the auction is over, hopefully from the proceeds of the item. We had no problem exceeding the cost of the hot air balloon ride and profiting from it, but it depends on your guest list and what they're comfortable spending and bidding up to.

I also bought the glider lesson which at the time was less expensive and sold equally well.

Soaring Adventures is very nice to work with. They send you a kit with a GC and contact information for local balloon operators for the winner, and promotional material for you to use at your auction. You can also download the promotional material from their website.

Hope that helps.

Just beginning my work for our school carnival. Here are some of the items we were successful in getting last year (Feb 09). If your are in Iowa - I have info I can share if anyone interested:

Allegiant Airlines - two vouchers
American Girl
Omaha Zoo - 4 one day passes
Omaha Children's Museum - 2 one day family passes
Walgreen's - $25
YMCA - 3 month membership
Bed, Bath & Beyond - Local Store - $20 GC
Best Buy -Local Store, each one different and lots of followup - DS System and Game, Substantial discounts on electronics (we purchase some big prizes)
Nebraska Furniture Mart - $25 GC
Scheels - Local store - 3 - $25 GC
Kansas City Royals - tickets
Chicago Cubs - tickets

Hi Melissa-
Just saw your request for more info and thought I would add to Daylene's suggestion about registering. (I just posted this info on another thread, but just in case you didn't see it, I thought that I would post it here too.)

When you sign in/register to use the message boards you can then private message people to ask for more info. Some other ways you benefit from registering for community:

• Be the first to be notified about special offers and giveaways for schools.


• Connect with other members who live in your state so you can talk to them about local vendors, issues, etc. Members can do this in their profile by clicking on their state (if they have chosen to list it) -- you will be brought to a list of other members who live in that state.


• Keep tabs on topics that matter to you in your My PTO Today Page.


• It's important to note that your registered profile can be as a public or anonymous as you want it to be. YOU decide what information you want to share with the community.

Hope this helps.

~ Lisa


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Got notice on Sunday that AirTran is donating 2 coach tickets, for travel anywhere in the continental US, value of $500 per ticket. Took several weeks to receive a response.

Has anyone had any luck with any national hotel chains? I'd like to get a hotel and airfare package together.