BID NOW AHEAD OF NOV. 24 ROTARY TV/INTERNET AUCTION

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com

GRAVENHURST — It’s live, it’s free and in the mail today.

The Gravenhurst Rotary Club’s popular Internet/TV Auction.

With 300 items up for grabs — worth $45,000 — the bidding has begun online.

The service club’s annual cable TV and internet fundraiser is full of a wide assortment of goods and services, gift certificates and more — all benefiting local and international charities.

Sign up to bid today; or wait until Sunday afternoon on Your Cable TV (for Cogeco subscribers) for each of the bid sections to be finalized live starting at noon, Nov. 24.

Phone operators will be live starting at 10 a.m. Sunday to take bids, which can be updated throughout the four-hour show.

Signing up to bid online is easy.

If you signed up last year, you have to do so again, this year.

Go to www.gravenhurstrotaryauction.com

Click on the My Account link, enter your phone number and you will receive a verification number that you enter that you must enter.

And you’re in and you can look at all the pages of bid items and start placing your bids.

Check in each day — or hour — to see where the bidding is going.

And if you want, you can up your bid.

You will be notified if your bid has been raised by another player.

You can also put a maximum amount on your bid item.

It’s fun and for a great cause.

Rotary supports most local groups or individuals in need of support.

As well as its Rotary education bursary for college and university students and Rotary Wheels for Learning (Cambodia bike project).

See their flyer in the mail, to 14,000 homes in south Muskoka, as of today, Tuesday, Nov. 19.

Support local and international charities by bidding online and watching live on Sunday at noon on YourTV (Cogeco cable) Nov. 24. There are 300 items worth $45,000.

 

The auction flyer went out to 14,000 homes in south Muskoka on Tuesday, Nov. 19.

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