We got a no from Anaheim Ducks but we got tickets to LA Sparks and the minor leagues sent tickets too so far. Usually they don't reply until 30 days before your events but Lakers, Dodgers and the Angels have donated before. Hope they do so again this year.
There are a lot of whale watching places locally. We got several trips donated from various places.
Ice House comedy club and other comedy clubs will donate tickets too.
I forgot I did get 4 tickets to the Dodgers as well. I solicited every sports team even colleges and only the dodgers and Chivas donated. Most didn't even get back to me . Oh well there's always next year!
Thank you for your replies everyone. That list above is almost the same stuff we have for our auction as well. I got a TON of ideas off of this site. So happy I found it.
We just had the most successful silent auction our school has ever had. Thanks so much to this board for all the "outside the box" ideas. I got several donations by using the contact us form on the businesses website. And a few by using Groupon. I have a toddler at home so I wasn't able to do much face to face contact but I feel super successful just by doing almost everything by email and snail mail. We also had every class donate a basket and they were fabulous. And our teachers and Principal donated "teacher for the day" and Principal for the day, and outings with students. Looking forward to next year!
Here are some of items that were successful:
2 VIP tickets to Ellen Show-Parent Donation
4 Park hopper tickets to Disneyland
2 tickets to Long beach aquarium of the pacific
2 tickets to six flags magic mountain
4 tickets to Sea World
4 tickets to science center and 1 year membership for 4 to San Juan Capistrano historic mission
2 tickets to Universal Studios Hollywood
$25 GC to Xchange clothes co-Parent donation
$99 GC to Wunderbar Pilates in Montrose got off of Yelp
$30 GC to Armstrong Gardens Garden package GC, garden shovel and rake, knee pad, tomato grow kit
$35 to Gymboree
$10 build a bear
American Girl doll
Stampin up basket
4 Wristbands to pacific park in Santa Monica
4 tickets to natural history museum or Labrea tar pits
2 tickets to Huntington library
4 tickets to Chivas USA vs. New England 6-29-2013 730pm
20 to Dicks sporting goods
10 Laugh factory Hollywood free admissions with 2 drink minimum per person 21 and over
25 Red box DVD rentals
XBOX 360 –Parent Donation
Panera Bread loaf of bread a month for a year
1 month tuition at kids art in LaCrescenta went to the website and sent through “Contact Us” form
Merle Norman Montrose gift basket Local doantion
Sky high sports the trampoline place (5) 1 hour free admission passes Got this one from Groupon
$100 GC for Canvas on demand
$25 CVS gift card
2 TICKETS TO MEDIEVAL TIMES
Ms. Mann coffee basket
All sports summer camp-Local donation
Thomas Wylde handbag and scarf-Parent Doantion
Dr. Phil Basket-Parent Doantion
Cabot Cheese’s gift box value $25.00
There is also the old thread that has over 400 pages but there are good listings in there and ideas. Some of the addresses or links need updating but you can easily do a web search.
Another person and I already suggested amusement parks like Disneyland and Knott's and sports teams like Angels, Ducks, or Dodgers.
. Oh well there's always next year! 