{"id":680,"date":"2010-10-25T19:55:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-25T19:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2010\/10\/25\/success-auction-raises-84k-for-bicycle-advocacy\/"},"modified":"2013-01-05T19:59:53","modified_gmt":"2013-01-05T19:59:53","slug":"success-auction-raises-84k-for-bicycle-advocacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/10\/25\/success-auction-raises-84k-for-bicycle-advocacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Success! Auction Raises $84K for Bicycle Advocacy."},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>\n
<\/a>Saturday–auction day–was an unsettled day of weather in the Puget Sound.\u00a0 An overcast and showery morning gave way to some midday sunshine, followed by a rainy evening.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
But the atmosphere inside Fisher Pavilion did not reflect the outdoors.\u00a0 A veteran group of volunteers prepared the venue for\u00a0a festive\u00a0Bicycle Alliance auction in record time.\u00a0 Rows of long tables were laid out with enticing displays of silent auction items, the dessert dash, and wine and beer grab. Dave Shaw and Scott\u00a0\u00a0Ely performed their wizardry as they set up a network of computers that would support registration, capture winning bids and print out receipts at the end of the evening.\u00a0 Volunteers assisted Foodz Catering<\/a><\/strong> with setting the dining tables.\u00a0 The transformation was complete!<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Many guests arrived early and by 6pm the auction was well underway.\u00a0 People bid on silent auction items, purchased 50\/50 raffle tickets, and\u00a0scored some great selections from the wine and beer grab.\u00a0 <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n
They previewed the selection of tempting delectable desserts that would be available in the dessert dash.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Bidders hovered over their must-have items as silent auction tables came to a close.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Dinner was served by members of the Cyclists of Greater Seattle (COGS),<\/a><\/strong> who generously volunteered their time as our wait staff.<\/div>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Bicycle Alliance Executive Director welcomed guests to the auction, thanked the event’s sponsors and many volunteers, and presented Seattle Mayor Michael McGinn with a Share the Road jersey<\/a><\/strong>.<\/div>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Emcee <\/strong>Dave Ross<\/strong><\/a> of KIRO radio took the stage, then thrilled the crowd with his rendition of Michael Jackson’s Thriller <\/em><\/strong>dance.<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Then it was time for the main event–the live auction.\u00a0 Returning auctioneer Eric Mamroth<\/a><\/strong> launched into action.\ufeff<\/div>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Live auction bidding began and bid cards were raised high,<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n
and raised higher,<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n
and higher!\ufeff<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n

At the end of the evening, $84,000 was raised for Washington Bikes.\u00a0 These funds will help us pursue our 2011 legislative priorities<\/a>, expand our Safe Routes and Share the Road efforts, and continue our outreach in communities around the state.<\/p>\n

A huge and heartfelt thank you goes out to the 60+ volunteers who helped make this event a success.\u00a0 Volunteers helped with everything from serving on the Auction committee, doing data entry, picking up\u00a0donations and organizing items, to\u00a0performing key roles the day of the event. We also want to thank the folks at Bicycle Paper<\/a><\/strong> for their assistance with procurement.<\/p>\n

And a special thank you to this year’s event sponsors:<\/p>\n

Third Place Books<\/a> – Vulcan<\/a> – Boeing<\/a> – John Duggan, Cycling Attorney <\/strong><\/div>\n
\u00a0SvR Design <\/a>–<\/strong>REI<\/a> – The People’s Coast Classic\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n
\u00a0COGS<\/a> – H4 Consulting<\/a> – Kat Marriner Graphic Design<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saturday–auction day–was an unsettled day of weather in the Puget Sound.\u00a0 An overcast and showery […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[24,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auction","category-bike-events-wa"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSuccess! Auction Raises $84K for Bicycle Advocacy. - Washington Bikes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/10\/25\/success-auction-raises-84k-for-bicycle-advocacy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Success! Auction Raises $84K for Bicycle Advocacy. - Washington Bikes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Saturday–auction day–was an unsettled day of weather in the Puget Sound.\u00a0 An overcast and showery […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/10\/25\/success-auction-raises-84k-for-bicycle-advocacy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Washington Bikes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-10-25T19:55:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-01-05T19:59:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_9-coSRlRBkE\/TMXBsM2DVwI\/AAAAAAAAATw\/RUL2MLCqTm0\/s320\/IMG_0789+(2).jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Louise McGrody\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Louise McGrody\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/10\/25\/success-auction-raises-84k-for-bicycle-advocacy\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/10\/25\/success-auction-raises-84k-for-bicycle-advocacy\/\",\"name\":\"Success! Auction Raises $84K for Bicycle Advocacy. - Washington Bikes\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/10\/25\/success-auction-raises-84k-for-bicycle-advocacy\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/10\/25\/success-auction-raises-84k-for-bicycle-advocacy\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_9-coSRlRBkE\/TMXBsM2DVwI\/AAAAAAAAATw\/RUL2MLCqTm0\/s320\/IMG_0789+(2).jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-10-25T19:55:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-01-05T19:59:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/#\/schema\/person\/ede2cc0355be2e0115cfee13968ca938\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/10\/25\/success-auction-raises-84k-for-bicycle-advocacy\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/10\/25\/success-auction-raises-84k-for-bicycle-advocacy\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/10\/25\/success-auction-raises-84k-for-bicycle-advocacy\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_9-coSRlRBkE\/TMXBsM2DVwI\/AAAAAAAAATw\/RUL2MLCqTm0\/s320\/IMG_0789+(2).jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_9-coSRlRBkE\/TMXBsM2DVwI\/AAAAAAAAATw\/RUL2MLCqTm0\/s320\/IMG_0789+(2).jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/10\/25\/success-auction-raises-84k-for-bicycle-advocacy\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Success! Auction Raises $84K for Bicycle Advocacy.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/\",\"name\":\"Washington Bikes\",\"description\":\"People who bike make a difference\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/#\/schema\/person\/ede2cc0355be2e0115cfee13968ca938\",\"name\":\"Louise McGrody\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/82369b38471c5b1a96a8402b92fe9d17?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/82369b38471c5b1a96a8402b92fe9d17?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Louise McGrody\"},\"description\":\"Louise has been with Washington Bikes since 1994 and is often referred to as its institutional memory. Her community outreach efforts for the WA Bikes have spawned the formation of several local friends groups, including Friends of Burke Gilman Trail in Seattle and the Fish Lake Trail Action Group in Spokane. She has a passion for the outdoors and is happiest when exploring it by bike, skis or hiking boots. She also likes to knit and has been known to stash small knitting projects in her cycling panniers and backpacks.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/author\/louisemcgrody\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Success! Auction Raises $84K for Bicycle Advocacy. - Washington Bikes","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/10\/25\/success-auction-raises-84k-for-bicycle-advocacy\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Success! Auction Raises $84K for Bicycle Advocacy. - Washington Bikes","og_description":"Saturday–auction day–was an unsettled day of weather in the Puget Sound.\u00a0 An overcast and showery […]","og_url":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/10\/25\/success-auction-raises-84k-for-bicycle-advocacy\/","og_site_name":"Washington Bikes","article_published_time":"2010-10-25T19:55:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-01-05T19:59:53+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_9-coSRlRBkE\/TMXBsM2DVwI\/AAAAAAAAATw\/RUL2MLCqTm0\/s320\/IMG_0789+(2).jpg"}],"author":"Louise McGrody","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Louise McGrody","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/10\/25\/success-auction-raises-84k-for-bicycle-advocacy\/","url":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/10\/25\/success-auction-raises-84k-for-bicycle-advocacy\/","name":"Success! Auction Raises $84K for Bicycle Advocacy. - Washington Bikes","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/10\/25\/success-auction-raises-84k-for-bicycle-advocacy\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/10\/25\/success-auction-raises-84k-for-bicycle-advocacy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_9-coSRlRBkE\/TMXBsM2DVwI\/AAAAAAAAATw\/RUL2MLCqTm0\/s320\/IMG_0789+(2).jpg","datePublished":"2010-10-25T19:55:00+00:00","dateModified":"2013-01-05T19:59:53+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/#\/schema\/person\/ede2cc0355be2e0115cfee13968ca938"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/10\/25\/success-auction-raises-84k-for-bicycle-advocacy\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/10\/25\/success-auction-raises-84k-for-bicycle-advocacy\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/10\/25\/success-auction-raises-84k-for-bicycle-advocacy\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_9-coSRlRBkE\/TMXBsM2DVwI\/AAAAAAAAATw\/RUL2MLCqTm0\/s320\/IMG_0789+(2).jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_9-coSRlRBkE\/TMXBsM2DVwI\/AAAAAAAAATw\/RUL2MLCqTm0\/s320\/IMG_0789+(2).jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/10\/25\/success-auction-raises-84k-for-bicycle-advocacy\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Success! Auction Raises $84K for Bicycle Advocacy."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/","name":"Washington Bikes","description":"People who bike make a difference","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/#\/schema\/person\/ede2cc0355be2e0115cfee13968ca938","name":"Louise McGrody","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/82369b38471c5b1a96a8402b92fe9d17?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/82369b38471c5b1a96a8402b92fe9d17?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Louise McGrody"},"description":"Louise has been with Washington Bikes since 1994 and is often referred to as its institutional memory. Her community outreach efforts for the WA Bikes have spawned the formation of several local friends groups, including Friends of Burke Gilman Trail in Seattle and the Fish Lake Trail Action Group in Spokane. She has a passion for the outdoors and is happiest when exploring it by bike, skis or hiking boots. She also likes to knit and has been known to stash small knitting projects in her cycling panniers and backpacks.","url":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/author\/louisemcgrody\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p36Q8O-aY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}