Our charities for 2010 are the Julien Fleming Memorial Fund and Vietnam Veterans of America , in memory of Fouad K. Aide.
The Julien Fleming Memorial Fund was established in order to help families whose critically or terminally ill children need treatment beyond the families ability to pay, and was founded by members of the USS Athena. The Vietnam Veterans of American is dedicated to Vietnam-era veterans and their families. This charity was very dear to Fou and supporting it in his memory is something we are proud to do.
There is a change to our auction format for 2010. Auction items will be on display in the Art Show and convention members will submit silent bids for them using the same procedures we use for our Art Show auction. These bids will feed into two short live charity auctions, one on Friday night after the banquet and one Saturday night during Masquerade half-time. Proceeds from the Friday Night auction will go to the Julien Fleming Memorial Memorial Fund and the proceeds from the Saturday Night auction will go to the Vietnam Veterans Fund in Memory of Fou Aide. Items with three or more written silent bids will go into one of the two live auctions – our Charity Auction coordinator will pick the night. Items with fewer than three written bids by Saturday night will go to the highest written bidder on Sunday, and can be picked up at the Art Show during the checkout time after the Art Auction.
Donations are being accepted at this time and can be delivered now or when you arrive at Farpoint. To contact our Charity Auction coordinator, please e-mail us at trekcontact@comcast.net with “Charity Auction” as your subject line.
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