Bloom Auction Catalog
About the Pleasantville Community Garden
PleasantvilleCommunityGardenMissionStatement
Toprovidefresh,nutritiousfoodtothehungryinWestchesterCounty,bygrowingandgatheringhealthyvegetablesforlocalfoodpantries.Thegardenwillbebuilt,maintainedandoperatedbymulti-generationallocalvolunteergroupsandindividualsworkingtogethertoaidpeopleinneed.Thegardenwillbeorganicandadheretoreduce/reuse/recycleprinciples.
Overview
TheideaofthePleasantvilleCommunityGardenwasdevelopedbyDevinJuros,a7thgraderatthetime,whowantedtohelphiscommunityandthehungryinWestchester.Duringthewinterof2013,Devinworkedontheconceptofacommunitygardenandlaterhepresentedtheideatohisfamilywhoacceptedtheideaandagreedtohelphiminhisquest.Afterthat,theprocessofcreatingthegardengainedtractionascontactsweremadeandrelationshipsformedinthecommunity.Thelistofsupportersslowlygrewashepresentedtomorecommunitymembersandcommunitygroupsandmetmorepeople.Astheideastartedtobecomerealitymorefundraisingwasimplementedandthepreparationsfortheconstructionofthegardentookshape.DuringtwoweekendsinMayandJuneof2014thegardenwasbuiltwiththesupportofover100localvolunteers.Inthefirstcalendaryear,over1,500poundsoffreshvegetablesweregrownandgatheredanddonatedtolocalfoodpantries.Asof9/1/16-theorganizationhasdonatednearly21,000poundsoffreshproduce-bothgrownandgathered!WegraciouslythankthetownofPleasantville,thepeopleofPleasantville,St.John'sChurchandeveryoneelsewhohassupportedourcause-wecouldnothavedoneitwithoutyou.
Special Thanks
TheBloomProjectCommitteewouldliketothankthefollowingpeopleandorganizations:
ThePleasantvilleCommunityGardenChappaquaStation
HipKidElizabethWardLandscapes
LaurieBergDesigns
PhyllisCohenQuincyEggintonPattiEttinger
DawnGreenbergBarbaraHellmanDavidHughes
LexiJoondeph-BreidbartMindyKombertAnnieLeibovitzCareyLowellMuraliMani
HollyMcCallJessicaMellerMackMeller
AlexandraNeblettHeleneOckoNormPowersJordanRattnerStevenSachsCindySacks
PegKafkaSacklerJaneSheinfeld
EdwardSlosbergSusieSlosberg
DonnaSoszynskaElizabethSovern
Anna-MariaStrombergLisaTannenbaumShobhaVanchiswarMaraVanFleetLeslieWeissman
JuliaWilkeJulieHardleyYen
Auction Rules
• Abidsheetwillaccompanyeachitem.Thebidsheetwillstatethenameoftheitem,thenameofthedonor,anapproximatevalueoftheitem,anopening(minimum)bidamountandaminimumraiseamount.
• Thebidderistousethebidsheettorecordhis/herbids.Bidsmuststartattheminimumamountorhigherandmustberaisedbyatleastthe
minimumraiseamount.
• Guestsmaybidasoftenastheywishoneachitemuntilbiddingisclosedonthatitem.Guestsmustrecordnewbidsonthelineunderthecurrentbid.DONOTcrossoutyourpreviousbidandputinanewamount,asthiswillconstituteaninvalidbid.
• Allbiddersmustbeatleast18yearsofage.
• Thesilentauctioncommitteereservestherighttokeepbiddingopen,lowertheminimumbidorreturnadonateditemiftheoriginal
minimumbidonthatitemisnotreceivedbyatable’sclosingtime.
• Announcementswillbemadewhenindividualtablesofitemsareacceptingfinalbids.Anotherannouncementwillbemadeoncetablesarenolongeracceptingfinalbids.Anybidsplacedaftertheclosingannouncementwillbeinvalid.
• Thehighestbiddershallberesponsibleforpurchasingtheitem.Ifthehighbidisdeemedtobeinvalid,theitemswillthenbeawardedtothe
nexthighestbidderwithavalidbid.
• PaymentisacceptedonlyincashorcheckmadeouttoSt.John’sEpiscopalChurch(pleaseincludePleasantvilleCommunityGardeninthememoline).
Raffles
Tickets:$5eachor5for$20OneFREETicketincludedwiththepurchaseofYoungArtists/SmallWorkspieces.
Ticketswillbeavailableforpurchaseattheeventorbycontactingup2us@hotmail.com.Winnerdoesnotneedtobepresent.
Young Artists / Small Works
$20each**Theaboveareexamplesofwhatmaybeavailableattheevent.
Silent Auction Item# Item 1 “MorningFogontheBronxRiver”
8"x12"Photograph Donatedby:AlexandraNeblett Value:$2252 “Crunch”
16"x20"MattedandFramedPhotograph Donatedby:Anna-MariaStromberg www.StorysInNature.com Value:$500
Item# Item 3 “BudVase”
Ceramicbudvase Donatedby:CareyLowell Carey-lowell.com Value:$504 “TeaTime”
Watercolor Donatedby:CindySacks cindysacks.com Value:$300
Item# Item 5 “InBloom”
Ceramicvase Donatedby:DavidHughes Www.hotfootstudio.com Value:$4006 “NightBlossomSky”
11"x14"Photo Donatedby:EdwardSlosberg Value:$225
Item# Item7 “BlanketStatement”
26"x56"CribQulit Donatedby:ElizabethSovern Craftivist.net Value:$500 8 “LavenderOrchid”
16"x20"AcryliconCanvas Donatedby:HeleneOcko Ockoart Value:$125
Item# Item9 “BloomPillow”
BlomWhereYouarePlantedPillow Donatedby:JaneSheinfeld Www.thepiecedpalette.com Value:$25010 “ButterflyGarden“
8"Roundx5"TallCeramicBowl Donatedby:JessicaMeller Value:$200
Item# Item11 “RosesAreRed”
11"x14"Monotypewithacrylicand
watercoloronpaper Donatedby:LeslieB.Weissman www.leslieweissman.com Value:$22512 “SilkScarf”
60"x15"HandDyedSilkScarf Donatedby:LisaTannenbaum Value:$65
Item# Item13 “LaughingGull”
8"x12"Photoprintedonaluminum Donatedby:MackMeller Value:$100
14 “Hummingbird”
17"x14"mixedmedia Donatedby:MaraVanFleet Value:$100
Item# Item15 “BloomWhereYouArePlanted”
11.5"wideceramic Donatedby:MindyKombert www.bluedogcollections.com Value:$150 16 “Sunbleached”
Watercolor Donatedby:MuraliMani Value:$300
Item# Item17 “PinkHouse”
12"x14"Photograph,takeninCharleston,
SouthCarolina Donatedby:NormPowers normpowersphotography.com Value:$15018 “UpsyDaisy”
16"x14"Lithograph Donatedby:PattiEttinger PattiEttingerFineArts.com Value:$400
Item# Item 19 “Abundance”
Acrylic Donatedby:PegKafkaSackler Pegkafkasacklerart.com Value:$77520 “LilyBouquet“
12"x16"Watercolor Donatedby:QuincyEgginton www.quincyart.wordpress.com Value:$300
Item# Item21 “…togettototheotherside.”
8"x11"Photograph Donatedby:RachelHellman Value:$25 22 “Unrestrained”
8"x11"Photograph Donatedby:RachelHellman Value:$25
Item# Item23 “ParrotTuilips”
Watercolor Donatedby:ShobhaVanchiswar seedsofdesign.com Value:$500 24 “HummingbirdFeedingFromFlowers”
16"x20"Photograph Donatedby:StevenSachs www.stevesachsphotography.com Value:$300
Item# Item25 “DownwardFacingDog”
8"x10"PhotoPrint Donatedby:SusieSlosberg http://pinkchairprints.com/ Value:$22526 “Dogwood”
AcrylicPainting Donatedby:JulieHardleyYen juliehardleyyen.com Value:$100
Item# Item27 “CityBlossoms”
8.5"x11"Photograph Donatedby:JordanRattner Value:$50 28 “Pilgrimage”
HardcoverBookSignedbyAuthor Donatedby:AnnieLeibovitzandBarbara
Hellman Value:$135
Item# Item29 “HyrangeaandOnions”
Watercolor Donatedby:JuliaWilke Value:$150
Item# Item30 “Ceramicinspiredikebanatray”
FunctionalandSculptural.Itcanbeusedfor
sushi,minidessertsorhorsd'oeuvres.Thevasepartcanbeaccentedwithfreshflowers,twigsandleaves...asinJapaneseflowerarranging.Itcanalsoholdchopsticksorcandle.
Donatedby:DonnaSoszynska www.donnasoszynska.com Value:$75
