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Civic Club holding online auction

How does the saying go? Where there’s a will there’s a way.

The Wimberley Community Civic Club is known for raising money and giving it away. The club holds numerous events during the course of the year to raise that money which goes toward scholarships for local students and to local nonprofit organizations in the form of grants.

One of those events is the Spring Style Show which features a lively runway show with local models wearing fashions from Wimberley boutiques. Included in the event is the popular silent auction and purse raffle.

The Style Show was scheduled for April 17 at the Wimberley Community Center.

Unfortunately, along came the coronavirus and the show —along with countless other local events — was cancelled. The Civic Club also had to call off another popular event, the downtown Wine Walk, which was set for April 2.

Needless to say, raising money has been a challenge this year.

“With an abbreviated Civic Club season we only sold about half of the tickets this year we generally sell,” says Style Show organizer Stephanie Miller. “Of the 107 tickets we sold most purchasers chose to donate the cost and not ask for a refund.”

But Stephanie had also assembled 16 gift baskets for the silent action and 30 purses for the raffle, five of which contain a valuable surprise from jewelry to a $100 bill.

With the items in storage, the organizers pondered what to do with them.

Along with Stephanie, Civic Club members Carol Scheel, Cris Peterson and Susan Cooper came up with the idea of an on-line auction. Usually the raffle and auction are only open to the folks who attend the Style Show. This year, the on-line auction is open to everyone.

Go to www.wimberleyccc.org for the secure link to the online auction site. There you will see a photo of each gift basket and purse along with a detailed description.

The baskets range from “Texas Time” (which features designer pottery, a carved vase, a shawl, a Texas mug, hot chocolate, napkins and an H-E-B gift card) to a one-of-akind vase from Wimberley Glassworks.

Other baskets feature Italian foods, gardening items, an assortment of spa products and everything for margarita makings.

The bidding, which ends Tuesday, April 21, is simple. To place a bid, you first register. You can choose to buy the basket immediately, for example, the “Texas Time” basket can be yours for $125, or you can enter the auction with bidding for the Texas basket starting at $60. Keep checking back and you can see where you stand in the bidding.

“Our popular silent auction and purse raffle generally nets around $5,000. This year we’re hoping to get about half that figure.”

Club members will deliver baskets to the winning bidders or they can be picked up individually. Some of the smaller items — such as the purses — can be shipped if requested.

The Civic Club was started in 1979 and has 140 members. Last year, the club distributed more than $65,000 in scholarships and grants.

For more information: www.wimberleyccc.org

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P.O. Box 49
Wimberley, TX 78676
Phone: 512-847-2202
Fax: 512-847-9054