KidLit Cares: Thank you SO much! Plus an update on what’s next…

Many, many, many thanks to all of you who have donated auction items, spread the word via social media and your email groups, and bid on charity auctions from the KidLit Cares Children’s Book Community as we raise money for the Red Cross Disaster Relief effort in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. You are all amazing and have made me weepy more than once with your generosity and general awesomeness over the past few days . There are 42 auctions listed now — everything from manuscript and portfolio critiques to Skype author visits with signed books, and even a free pass to get your manuscript to a Chronicle Books editorial meeting. There are great opportunities for writers, illustrators, teachers, librarians, book clubs, and parents, and the full list is below, with links.

For now, we’re taking a short break from listing new auction items so that people have time to discover and bid on the great donations that are already here. But the good news is, there will be a second round of KidLit Cares auctions very, very soon. My friend &  fellow Bloomsbury/Walker author Joanne Levy, is  taking the reins for this second phase of the fundraiser, which will be hosted here. (I have yet to meet Joanne in person but immediately liked her when I was in the middle of setting up Teachers Write last summer and she tweeted at me: “I am an organizational goddess. Is there anything I can do to help you?” Joanne is indeed one of the most organized people on the planet. She’s passionate about books and helping people, and she’d doing a great job with Round Two already.)

We’ve received incredible offers for auction items for this new round, including  more agent & author manuscript critiques, signed book collections, a website design package, and original art from illustrators. So please watch for those. If you’d like to make a donation, too, you can email Joanne at the dedicated email address she’s set up for the next phase of KidLitCares: kidlitcares@joannelevy.com.

For now, please keep those bids coming and continue to help us spread the word about KidLid Cares by sharing our link for the current auctions with your friends.  You can copy & paste this link for sharing:

Kid-Lit Cares: Superstorm Sandy Relief Effort

And our Twitter hashtag is #KidLitCares.

One more time…thanks. It’s a joy and an honor to be a part of this reading, writing, and teaching community online.

1. Manuscript Critique with Caroline Abbey of Bloomsbury

2. Manuscript Critique & Signed Books from Julie Berry

3. Manuscript Critique with Laurie Halse Anderson

4. Manuscript Critique with Jo Knowles

5. 20-minute Phone Chat with Agent Erin Murphy

6. School Skype Gift Bag from Author Laurel Snyder!

7. Perfect Your Pitch Package with Author Erin Dionne

8. Query Critique & Phone Chat with Agent Jennifer Laughran

9. Manuscript Critique with Agent Pam van Hylckama

10. Skype Author Visit with Laurie Halse Anderson

11. Skype Visit with Veronica Roth, Author of DIVERGENT

12. Phone Call with Poet & Author Nikki Grimes

13. Picture Book Critique with Author Jean Reidy!

14. Manuscript Critique & Phone Call with Egmont USA Publisher Elizabeth Law

15. Full YA or MG Manuscript Critique with Author Kody Keplinger

16. Picture Book Critique with Author Deborah Underwood

17. Skype Visit with Mo Willems!

18. Skype Visit & Signed Books from Author Linda Urban

19. Skype Author Visit & Signed Books from Sara Lewis Holmes

20. Skype Visit & Signed Books from Barbara O’Connor

21. Writer’s Care Package from Sarah Aronson

22. Picture Book Critique with Michelle Knudsen

23. “Free Pass” to Chronicle Books Editorial Meeting & Picture Book Critique with Editor Melissa Manlove

24. For Authors: School and Library Planning & Publicity Package from Kate Messner

25. Manuscript Critique with Author April Henry

26. Manuscript Critique with Author Sarah Darer Littman

27. Poetry or Picture Book Critique with Author Kelly Fineman

28. Author/Agent Tag-Team Picture Book Critique & Submission Package w/ Anne Marie Pace & Linda Pratt

29.Signed Fairy Tale Retellings & a Personal Letter from Author Diane Zahler

30. Manuscript Critique & Phone Call with Agent Michelle Witte

30A  (I apparently like the number 30 and used it twice.) Release Day Launch Package for your YA/MG Book from InkSlinger PR

31. Manuscript Critique & Signed Book from Editor Cheryl Klein

32.Month9Books 2013 “Books for a Year” Package

33.Skype Author Visit & Signed Books from Ellen Hopkins

34. School Author Visit with Sarah Albee (CT, NY, MA, & DC only)

35. New England School or Library Author Visit with Cynthia Lord

36. Signed Books (and a character named after you!) from Author Robin Wasserman

37. Query & Manuscript Critique Package with Author Tessa Gratton

38. 50-page Fantasy or Science Fiction Critique with Author Gwenda Bond

39. 3-Day Writing Retreat at The Writing Barn in Austin

40. Skype Author Visit with Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park

41. Portfolio Critique with Penguin Art Director Giuseppe Castellano

KidLitCares: Portfolio Critique with Penguin Art Director Giuseppe Castellano

Auction #41:  Portfolio Critique with Penguin Art Director Giuseppe Castellano

Welcome to KidLit Cares, an online talent auction to benefit the Red Cross relief effort to help communities recover from Superstorm Sandy. Agents, editors, authors, and illustrators have donated various services to be auctioned off to the highest bidder, with donations being made directly to the Red Cross disaster relief fund. You can read more about KidLit Cares here. Now, on to the auction!

Illustrators…you’ve been asking for this auction… Penguin Art Director Giuseppe Castellano is offering a written portfolio critique, with a follow-up phone call to discuss your work. An amazing opportunity for aspiring illustrators!
From Giuseppe – more incentive to bid… Thanks for the bids, folks! I’m so proud to be part of this. Playing off of others who are adding to their great offers, I will too. If we reach $300, I’ll add a one-on-one lunch with me, my treat. We can talk about art and publishing, linseed oil and Wacom tablets! We’ll hammer out details after the auction. If we reach $500, in addition to the above, I will bring a book idea of yours to our Editorial Meeting. Thanks to Manlove for the great idea!

Opening Bid: $30

Auction Ends: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 10pm EST. (Any bids submitted in comments after that time will be void.)

A note about last-minute bidding: If you are used to computerized Ebay auctions that end at an exact, given second, please know that the KidLit Cares auctions don’t work quite that way. Each auction ends when I post the “Auction closed” comment. I do that when my computer turns to 10pm, but because I have multiple auctions to close at that time (also because I am human) it will not be a totally exact thing.  (I have been working for years to try and clone myself, but to no avail, and I am particularly bummed about that at the moment. Those cloned Kates would have been great at closing auctions all at once.) At any rate, the winning bid is the high bid before the Auction Closed comment, even if the time on your computer reads slightly after 10:00. Thanks for understanding!

If you’d like to bid on this auction, check the current high bid and place a higher bid by leaving your name and bid amount in the comments, along with some way to contact you (email, FB or Twitter…I’m not fussy.) Winners will be notified when the auction ends and should be prepared to make an online donation to the Red Cross Disaster Relief fund in the amount of the high bid at that time.  After you’ve made your donation, you’ll forward your receipt to me, and I’ll put you in touch with the person who donated the service you won so that the two of you can work out the details about how and when.   All services will be provided at the convenience of both the person making the donation and the auction winner, but this should happen within three months of the auction’s end unless something else is agreed upon by both parties.

Good luck and thanks for your help!

KidLit Cares: Skype Author Visit with Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park

Auction #40: Skype Author Visit with Linda Sue Park

Welcome to KidLit Cares, an online talent auction to benefit the Red Cross relief effort to help communities recover from Superstorm Sandy. Agents, editors, authors, and illustrators have donated various services to be auctioned off to the highest bidder, with donations being made directly to the Red Cross disaster relief fund. You can read more about KidLit Cares here. Now, on to the auction!

Newbery Medalist and 39 CLUES author Linda Sue Park is offering a 30-minute Skype Q and A session for your school, library, or book club. Her incredible titles include Newbery winner A SINGLE SHARD, PROJECT MULBERRY, 39 CLUES: STORM WARNING, THE THIRD GIFT, and A LONG WALK TO WATER. An amazing opportunity for your classroom, library, or book club!

Opening Bid: $30

Auction Ends: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 10pm EST. (Any bids submitted in comments after that time will be void.)

A note about last-minute bidding: If you are used to computerized Ebay auctions that end at an exact, given second, please know that the KidLit Cares auctions don’t work quite that way. Each auction ends when I post the “Auction closed” comment. I do that when my computer turns to 10pm, but because I have multiple auctions to close at that time (also because I am human) it will not be a totally exact thing.  (I have been working for years to try and clone myself, but to no avail, and I am particularly bummed about that at the moment. Those cloned Kates would have been great at closing auctions all at once.) At any rate, the winning bid is the high bid before the Auction Closed comment, even if the time on your computer reads slightly after 10:00. Thanks for understanding!

If you’d like to bid on this auction, check the current high bid and place a higher bid by leaving your name and bid amount in the comments, along with some way to contact you (email, FB or Twitter…I’m not fussy.) Winners will be notified when the auction ends and should be prepared to make an online donation to the Red Cross Disaster Relief fund in the amount of the high bid at that time.  After you’ve made your donation, you’ll forward your receipt to me, and I’ll put you in touch with the person who donated the service you won so that the two of you can work out the details about how and when.   All services will be provided at the convenience of both the person making the donation and the auction winner, but this should happen within three months of the auction’s end unless something else is agreed upon by both parties.

Good luck and thanks for your help!

KidLit Cares: 3-Day Writing Retreat at The Writing Barn in Austin

Auction #39:  3-Day Writing Retreat at The Writing Barn in Austin, TX

Welcome to KidLit Cares, an online talent auction to benefit the Red Cross relief effort to help communities recover from Superstorm Sandy. Agents, editors, authors, and illustrators have donated various services to be auctioned off to the highest bidder, with donations being made directly to the Red Cross disaster relief fund. You can read more about KidLit Cares here. Now, on to the auction!

Spend a weekend writing, reading, retreating or simply hitting up every food truck in Austin, Texas. Bethany Hegedus, children’s author and Writing Barn Owner is happy to donate a weekend stay to the Sandy relief efforts. The weekend, scheduled at an agreed upon time between the winning bidder and owner, will be for three nights, Friday-Sunday– a $600 + value.

Host to the Texas Book Festival Kid Lit authors and illustrators, all published peeps who visit The Writing Barn are encouraged to sign the beams on the screened-in-porch.

(Here’s Jarrett Krosoczka signing his beam. Don’t you want to sign one, too? Bid!)
For more information about The Writing Barn, or to ask specific questions, please email info@thewritingbarn.com.

Opening Bid: $50

Auction Ends: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 10pm EST. (Any bids submitted in comments after that time will be void.)

A note about last-minute bidding: If you are used to computerized Ebay auctions that end at an exact, given second, please know that the KidLit Cares auctions don’t work quite that way. Each auction ends when I post the “Auction closed” comment. I do that when my computer turns to 10pm, but because I have multiple auctions to close at that time (also because I am human) it will not be a totally exact thing.  (I have been working for years to try and clone myself, but to no avail, and I am particularly bummed about that at the moment. Those cloned Kates would have been great at closing auctions all at once.) At any rate, the winning bid is the high bid before the Auction Closed comment, even if the time on your computer reads slightly after 10:00. Thanks for understanding!

If you’d like to bid on this auction, check the current high bid and place a higher bid by leaving your name and bid amount in the comments, along with some way to contact you (email, FB or Twitter…I’m not fussy.) Winners will be notified when the auction ends and should be prepared to make an online donation to the Red Cross Disaster Relief fund in the amount of the high bid at that time.  After you’ve made your donation, you’ll forward your receipt to me, and I’ll put you in touch with the person who donated the service you won so that the two of you can work out the details about how and when.   All services will be provided at the convenience of both the person making the donation and the auction winner, but this should happen within three months of the auction’s end unless something else is agreed upon by both parties.

Good luck and thanks for your help!

KidLit Cares: 50-page Fantasy or Science Fiction Critique with Author Gwenda Bond

Auction #38:  Manuscript Critique with Author Gwenda Bond

Welcome to KidLit Cares, an online talent auction to benefit the Red Cross relief effort to help communities recover from Superstorm Sandy. Agents, editors, authors, and illustrators have donated various services to be auctioned off to the highest bidder, with donations being made directly to the Red Cross disaster relief fund. You can read more about KidLit Cares here. Now, on to the auction!

Gwenda Bond, YA fantasy author of the recently released Blackwood, is offering a 50-page manuscript critique for a fantasy or science fiction novel, any flavor  (can be MG, YA, or for adults). She also reviews YA for Locus Magazine, contributes to Publishers Weekly, and guest-edited a special YA issue of Subterranean Online. Gwenda says: “This will be a generous critique, and I’ll happily spitball ideas with the writer about world-building and the structure/plot of the rest of the book if they like, via email or in a half-hour phone call. Or, if they have the whole manuscript, I will help them craft the query pitch for it.”

Opening Bid: $30

Auction Ends: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 10pm EST. (Any bids submitted in comments after that time will be void.)

A note about last-minute bidding: If you are used to computerized Ebay auctions that end at an exact, given second, please know that the KidLit Cares auctions don’t work quite that way. Each auction ends when I post the “Auction closed” comment. I do that when my computer turns to 10pm, but because I have multiple auctions to close at that time (also because I am human) it will not be a totally exact thing.  (I have been working for years to try and clone myself, but to no avail, and I am particularly bummed about that at the moment. Those cloned Kates would have been great at closing auctions all at once.) At any rate, the winning bid is the high bid before the Auction Closed comment, even if the time on your computer reads slightly after 10:00. Thanks for understanding!

If you’d like to bid on this auction, check the current high bid and place a higher bid by leaving your name and bid amount in the comments, along with some way to contact you (email, FB or Twitter…I’m not fussy.) Winners will be notified when the auction ends and should be prepared to make an online donation to the Red Cross Disaster Relief fund in the amount of the high bid at that time.  After you’ve made your donation, you’ll forward your receipt to me, and I’ll put you in touch with the person who donated the service you won so that the two of you can work out the details about how and when.   All services will be provided at the convenience of both the person making the donation and the auction winner, but this should happen within three months of the auction’s end unless something else is agreed upon by both parties.

Good luck and thanks for your help!

KidLit Cares: Query & Manuscript Critique Package with Author Tessa Gratton

Auction #37:  Query & Manuscript Critique Package with Author Tessa Gratton

Welcome to KidLit Cares, an online talent auction to benefit the Red Cross relief effort to help communities recover from Superstorm Sandy. Agents, editors, authors, and illustrators have donated various services to be auctioned off to the highest bidder, with donations being made directly to the Red Cross disaster relief fund. You can read more about KidLit Cares here. Now, on to the auction!

Tessa Gratton, the author of amazing YA titles like BLOOD MAGIC and THE BLOOD KEEPER, is offering FIVE query and partial manuscript critiques to the five highest bidders in this auction!  Query letters & opening chapters are Tessa’s specialty. She’ll read and critique your query letter and the first 5000 words of your YA or MG novel if you’re one of those top bidders!

Opening Bid: $30

Auction Ends: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 10pm EST. (Any bids submitted in comments after that time will be void.)

A note about last-minute bidding: If you are used to computerized Ebay auctions that end at an exact, given second, please know that the KidLit Cares auctions don’t work quite that way. Each auction ends when I post the “Auction closed” comment. I do that when my computer turns to 10pm, but because I have multiple auctions to close at that time (also because I am human) it will not be a totally exact thing.  (I have been working for years to try and clone myself, but to no avail, and I am particularly bummed about that at the moment. Those cloned Kates would have been great at closing auctions all at once.) At any rate, the winning bid is the high bid before the Auction Closed comment, even if the time on your computer reads slightly after 10:00. Thanks for understanding!

If you’d like to bid on this auction, check the current high bid and place a higher bid by leaving your name and bid amount in the comments, along with some way to contact you (email, FB or Twitter…I’m not fussy.) Winners will be notified when the auction ends and should be prepared to make an online donation to the Red Cross Disaster Relief fund in the amount of the high bid at that time.  After you’ve made your donation, you’ll forward your receipt to me, and I’ll put you in touch with the person who donated the service you won so that the two of you can work out the details about how and when.   All services will be provided at the convenience of both the person making the donation and the auction winner, but this should happen within three months of the auction’s end unless something else is agreed upon by both parties.

Good luck and thanks for your help!

KidLit Cares: Signed Books (and a character named after you!) from Author Robin Wasserman

Auction #36: Signed Books & Character-Naming from Author Robin Wasserman

Welcome to KidLit Cares, an online talent auction to benefit the Red Cross relief effort to help communities recover from Superstorm Sandy. Agents, editors, authors, and illustrators have donated various services to be auctioned off to the highest bidder, with donations being made directly to the Red Cross disaster relief fund. You can read more about KidLit Cares here. Now, on to the auction!

Amazing holiday gift alert! Author Robin Wasserman is offering an incredibly fun opportunity for this auction…  She’ll send you signed copies of all of her books (THE BOOK OF BLOOD AND SHADOW, COLD AWAKENING trilogy, HACKING HARVARD,  and SEVEN DEADLY SINS)  And…she’ll also name a character in her next book after you or anyone you’d like!

Opening Bid: $30

Auction Ends: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 10pm EST. (Any bids submitted in comments after that time will be void.)

A note about last-minute bidding: If you are used to computerized Ebay auctions that end at an exact, given second, please know that the KidLit Cares auctions don’t work quite that way. Each auction ends when I post the “Auction closed” comment. I do that when my computer turns to 10pm, but because I have multiple auctions to close at that time (also because I am human) it will not be a totally exact thing.  (I have been working for years to try and clone myself, but to no avail, and I am particularly bummed about that at the moment. Those cloned Kates would have been great at closing auctions all at once.) At any rate, the winning bid is the high bid before the Auction Closed comment, even if the time on your computer reads slightly after 10:00. Thanks for understanding!

If you’d like to bid on this auction, check the current high bid and place a higher bid by leaving your name and bid amount in the comments, along with some way to contact you (email, FB or Twitter…I’m not fussy.) Winners will be notified when the auction ends and should be prepared to make an online donation to the Red Cross Disaster Relief fund in the amount of the high bid at that time.  After you’ve made your donation, you’ll forward your receipt to me, and I’ll put you in touch with the person who donated the service you won so that the two of you can work out the details about how and when.   All services will be provided at the convenience of both the person making the donation and the auction winner, but this should happen within three months of the auction’s end unless something else is agreed upon by both parties.

Good luck and thanks for your help!

KidLit Cares: New England School or Library Author Visit with Cynthia Lord

Auction #35: Full-Day, In-Person School or Library  Author Visit with Newbery Honor Author Cynthia Lord (New England only)

Welcome to KidLit Cares, an online talent auction to benefit the Red Cross relief effort to help communities recover from Superstorm Sandy. Agents, editors, authors, and illustrators have donated various services to be auctioned off to the highest bidder, with donations being made directly to the Red Cross disaster relief fund. You can read more about KidLit Cares here. Now, on to the auction!

Cynthia Lord, author of TOUCH BLUE, HOT ROD HAMSTER, HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAMSTER, and the Newbery Honor Book RULES is offering this amazing opportunity for a school or library in New England. She’ll come to your school or library in New England to give up to three presentations (four if there’s a kindergarten) about her books & writing.  If the bidder doesn’t live in New England, he or she may choose a school or library that was in the hard-hit areas of Connecticut or Rhode Island to receive the visit.

Opening Bid: $40

Auction Ends: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 10pm EST. (Any bids submitted in comments after that time will be void.)

A note about last-minute bidding: If you are used to computerized Ebay auctions that end at an exact, given second, please know that the KidLit Cares auctions don’t work quite that way. Each auction ends when I post the “Auction closed” comment. I do that when my computer turns to 10pm, but because I have multiple auctions to close at that time (also because I am human) it will not be a totally exact thing.  (I have been working for years to try and clone myself, but to no avail, and I am particularly bummed about that at the moment. Those cloned Kates would have been great at closing auctions all at once.) At any rate, the winning bid is the high bid before the Auction Closed comment, even if the time on your computer reads slightly after 10:00. Thanks for understanding!

If you’d like to bid on this auction, check the current high bid and place a higher bid by leaving your name and bid amount in the comments, along with some way to contact you (email, FB or Twitter…I’m not fussy.) Winners will be notified when the auction ends and should be prepared to make an online donation to the Red Cross Disaster Relief fund in the amount of the high bid at that time.  After you’ve made your donation, you’ll forward your receipt to me, and I’ll put you in touch with the person who donated the service you won so that the two of you can work out the details about how and when.   All services will be provided at the convenience of both the person making the donation and the auction winner, but this should happen within three months of the auction’s end unless something else is agreed upon by both parties.

Good luck and thanks for your help!

KidLit Cares: School Author Visit with Sarah Albee (CT, NY, MA, & DC only)

Auction #34: In-Person School Author Visit with Sarah Albee (CT, NY, MA, & DC only)

Welcome to KidLit Cares, an online talent auction to benefit the Red Cross relief effort to help communities recover from Superstorm Sandy. Agents, editors, authors, and illustrators have donated various services to be auctioned off to the highest bidder, with donations being made directly to the Red Cross disaster relief fund. You can read more about KidLit Cares here. Now, on to the auction!

Sarah Albee, who writes amazing, high-interest nonfiction for kids and lots of other books, too, is offering an incredible deal for a school or library in selected states…

For schools in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, or the Washington DC areas:  Sarah is offering a full-day, in-person school visit that would include up to three presentations for grades 3 through 7. You can check out her school visit site to learn more about her talks. http://www.sarahalbeebooks.com/author-visits/

Opening Bid: $40

Auction Ends: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 10pm EST. (Any bids submitted in comments after that time will be void.)

A note about last-minute bidding: If you are used to computerized Ebay auctions that end at an exact, given second, please know that the KidLit Cares auctions don’t work quite that way. Each auction ends when I post the “Auction closed” comment. I do that when my computer turns to 10pm, but because I have multiple auctions to close at that time (also because I am human) it will not be a totally exact thing.  (I have been working for years to try and clone myself, but to no avail, and I am particularly bummed about that at the moment. Those cloned Kates would have been great at closing auctions all at once.) At any rate, the winning bid is the high bid before the Auction Closed comment, even if the time on your computer reads slightly after 10:00. Thanks for understanding!

If you’d like to bid on this auction, check the current high bid and place a higher bid by leaving your name and bid amount in the comments, along with some way to contact you (email, FB or Twitter…I’m not fussy.) Winners will be notified when the auction ends and should be prepared to make an online donation to the Red Cross Disaster Relief fund in the amount of the high bid at that time.  After you’ve made your donation, you’ll forward your receipt to me, and I’ll put you in touch with the person who donated the service you won so that the two of you can work out the details about how and when.   All services will be provided at the convenience of both the person making the donation and the auction winner, but this should happen within three months of the auction’s end unless something else is agreed upon by both parties.

Good luck and thanks for your help!

KidLit Cares: Skype Author Visit & Signed Books from Ellen Hopkins

Auction #33: Skype Visit & Signed Books from Author Ellen Hopkins

Welcome to KidLit Cares, an online talent auction to benefit the Red Cross relief effort to help communities recover from Superstorm Sandy. Agents, editors, authors, and illustrators have donated various services to be auctioned off to the highest bidder, with donations being made directly to the Red Cross disaster relief fund. You can read more about KidLit Cares here. Now, on to the auction!

 

Bestselling author Ellen Hopkins is offering a 30-minute Skype Q and A session for your school, library, or book club, along with a complete collection of her books – all signed. What an amazing opportunity for a high school classroom, library, or book club!

Opening Bid: $30

Auction Ends: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 10pm EST. (Any bids submitted in comments after that time will be void.)

A note about last-minute bidding: If you are used to computerized Ebay auctions that end at an exact, given second, please know that the KidLit Cares auctions don’t work quite that way. Each auction ends when I post the “Auction closed” comment. I do that when my computer turns to 10pm, but because I have multiple auctions to close at that time (also because I am human) it will not be a totally exact thing.  (I have been working for years to try and clone myself, but to no avail, and I am particularly bummed about that at the moment. Those cloned Kates would have been great at closing auctions all at once.) At any rate, the winning bid is the high bid before the Auction Closed comment, even if the time on your computer reads slightly after 10:00. Thanks for understanding!

If you’d like to bid on this auction, check the current high bid and place a higher bid by leaving your name and bid amount in the comments, along with some way to contact you (email, FB or Twitter…I’m not fussy.) Winners will be notified when the auction ends and should be prepared to make an online donation to the Red Cross Disaster Relief fund in the amount of the high bid at that time.  After you’ve made your donation, you’ll forward your receipt to me, and I’ll put you in touch with the person who donated the service you won so that the two of you can work out the details about how and when.   All services will be provided at the convenience of both the person making the donation and the auction winner, but this should happen within three months of the auction’s end unless something else is agreed upon by both parties.

Good luck and thanks for your help!