If you are keeping items at your home or school make sure you have insurance to cover any losses due to fire, water, or theft .. check your homeowners policy to see if you are covered for your auction items. If not, purchase insurance .. better to be safe than sorry.
Since I began requesting donations for our auction during the summer months...all items were sent to the school. We did end up having to make space in a storage room but I cannot imagine trying to find space in my home for all that came in.
I talked to our principal and asked her if sending them to my home would be ok. Then I just put my adress on the donation letters with the school information in the letter. I wouldn't think that you needed to explain about the address switch. I didn't and did very well last year. Good luck with your donation hunting and be sure to check the other post called post positive donations. Alot of addresses are listed there.
Ok, I have my list of addresses to solicit donations from national companies and celebrities. My question is where do you have donations sent? I would guess to the school, but the problem for me is our school is on a balanced calendar, and we will be having our first break in a couple of weeks. So by the time these donations come rolling in (I hope) the school will be closed, with no secretary to accept mail. Is it ok to explain that and have donations sent to my home? Or should I have them sent to the school anyway, knowing they will probably sit at the post office for who knows how long. Our silent auction is two weeks after we come back from break. And darn it, I want to open those boxes myself!
