Online bidding is open!
Online bidding is open. and continues until 6:30pm on Auction Night, May 10, with items viewable on display tables as well as the auction website.
Save the date – May 10
Saturday, May 10: Auction Night. Doors open 5pm. Raffles, food, drinks, and fun! Online bidding continues until 6:30pm, with items viewable on display tables as well as on the website. We will have some paper bidding items on Auction Night too. Live bidding begins at 7pm with Col. Kurt Johnson.
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Members, please check your email
Members of First Unitarian Society have been pre-registered on our auction website. Check your email for the subject line “Get ready for the annual auction.” There you’ll find setup instructions for the auction website
auctria.events/fusauction2025
Donate an Item
The auction website is up and running and we are accepting donations. We need all kinds of auction items, especially experiences, dinners, and events. Everyone has SOMETHING they can contribute.
The auction website is the new place to donate auction items. You don’t need to be logged in.
Some ideas for auction items
- Although we usually have plenty of dinners and events in the live auction, we also need get-togethers and fixed-price dinners and events which are less expensive and less work for the hosts.
- Have a cabin up north? Donate it for a week or weekend.
- Host a dinner, a hike, a bike ride, a pizza party, a tour, a class in something you’re good at (like arts and crafts, cooking, etc.)
- Help someone in their in the garden for a day.
- Dog sitting
- House sitting
- Computer or bike repair
- Sponsor a walk in a park with a picnic lunch afterwards, or a BBQ for vegans, vegetarians or hot dog lovers.
Get Tickets
You will need a ticket to attend Auction Night on Saturday, May 10. Doors open at 5pm. Admission includes an excellent buffet of heavy hors d’ouevres and refreshments. Live auction begins at 7pm. You don’t need a ticket if all you want to do is bid online, and don’t plan on attending Auction Night. Prices:
- $25 through Sunday, May 4
- $30 beginning Monday, May 5
- $15 for our members attending their first auction
You can also get Auction Night tickets
- After Sunday assembly on April 20, April 27, and May 4
- By calling or visiting the office
- At the door on May 10 (but get tickets by May 4 for the early bird price)
Sponsor the Auction
Can’t attend the auction? Don’t want to bid? You can help us out with a tax-deductible donation. Choose “Give to Auction – Sponsor” from the dropdown.
Bid Online
You can bid online. Online bidding closes at 6:30 on Auction Night, May 10.
Serve Our Community
Our mission statement challenges us to “strive for justice”, so every year we choose an external nonprofit as the beneficiary of our favorite live auction segment: “Bid-a-Need”.
 | This year the beneficiary is the Emergency Rental Assistance program of Align Minneapolis. |
Formerly known as Downtown Congregations to End Homelessness, Align Minneapolis is an interfaith collaboration of 18 Minneapolis churches, synagogues, and mosques and people with lived experiences working together to address homelessness and poverty. First Unitarian Society is a member organization.
The Emergency Rental Assistance program supports individuals and families in a time of short-term financial crisis to stabilize their housing, prevent homelessness, and allow them to move forward beyond the temporary crisis.
Please join us on Saturday, May 10, and give generously! Can’t make it to the auction? You can make a tax-deductible donation to Align Minneapolis online. Choose “Give to Auction – Donate to Align” from the dropdown.
Auction Timeline
- Saturday, March 29: Auction website is live! This is where you can view online auction items, buy live auction tickets, donate an item, and sponsor the auction.
- Saturday, April 26: First day to bid online.
- Thursday, May 1: Last day to donate an item.
- Sunday, May 4: last day of early-bird pricing for live auction tickets.
- Wed-Fri, May 7-9, 2-5pm: Deliver your auction items to 900 Mt Curve.
- Saturday, May 10, 10am-12pm: Deliver your auction items to 900 Mt Curve.
- May 10: Auction Night! Doors open at 5pm. Raffles, food, drinks, and fun! Online auction continues, with items viewable on display tables as well as on the website.
- May 10, 6:30pm: Online auction ends.
- May 10, 7pm: Live auction with Col. Kurt Johnson. (If you can’t attend, you can have someone bid for you)
- May 10 and later: Pick up your winning bids. If you can’t take your items home with you the night of the auction, we can arrange a pickup time.
See you online April 26 and in person May 10!
Questions? Contact the auction team