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Be part of the silent auction!
The sale of materials donated by WHSG Conference participants is important for raising funds for travel scholarships for future participants. We invite you to bring a donation to auction during the 11th WHSG meeting.
Some approaches that people take are to purchase gifts with their own money, make something themselves, donate something of their own, or solicit local businesses for donations.
It is helpful to suggest that people bring things that are unique and that travel well (e.g. small enough to stuff into an already full bag).
Items can be pottery, art and crafts, gift items, t-shirts and hats from various institutions, books, field guides, sets of gift cards, artisan foods and beverages, scientific equipment, and binoculars or scopes. Hopefully, people will bring used equipment in good condition. Things that are unique, relatively small (will fit in a suitcase) and have a shorebird on them are usually hot items. Field guides also sell well too. Distinguished shorebird biologists might also raffle off items that others at the conference might deem valuable. Similarly, sponsors might contribute items that can be raffled off.
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