Welcome to Quarters For CARA!

This is a fundraiser for Carolina Animal Rescue & Adoption, where you bring your old friends and meet new ones! Doors open at 2pm so you can come early to shop and mingle. The auction starts at 3pm sharp! You can also shop our vendors during a break during the auction!

 

Bring several roles of quarters so you have enough money to bid and shop!

 

How does CARA For Quarters work?

First, you will purchase a $5 number auction paddle. You get to chose what numbers you want. Then a ball with the matching number(s) of your paddle(s) you purchased will go into our ball cage. Then you and your friends can find a table along with other participants, who may become new friends by the end of the afternoon! Later in the event, you will have an opportunity to buy more paddles at a discount price to increase your odds at winning! Each table will have snacks provided by our generous vendors for you to nibble on during the auction, but feel free to bring your favorite snacks and beverages too! Sorry, no alcohol!

Once you find a table, take time to visit each vendor to see the fantastic items they are selling! Each vendor will be selling Raffle Tickets for an item and will be displaying an Auction Item that they will have later on in the auction.

You will have time to preview the CARA Auction Items on display before the auction. You will notice each item will be marked 1, 2, 3, or 4 quarters. That's what you will be bidding on that item, thus the name Quarter Auction!

Once the auction starts, we will pick an auction item, describe the item, and ask those interested to bid the item. Example, if we pick an item that interests you after we describe it and say the item is 2 quarter, you will bid 2 quarters on the item by putting your quarters into the "Bucket" in the center of your table and raise your paddle. A 2 quarter item can be work up to $60 or more! The more quarters an item is, the bigger the value! If you have more than one paddle, you must place a bid in the "Bucket" for each paddle raised. This increases your chance of winning this item. When all bids are in, a CARA volunteer/crew member will draw a ball from the ball cage and announce the ball drawn! We will repeat this for each auction item on the table in front of the stage.

We will work the vendors in a different time to auction and raffle their items at different points during the event and take a break halfway through the event to stretch your legs and shop!

When the event is over, you get to take home your winnings!

Before the event or during the break, some CARA pups might come to visit!

 

For more information and updates, please visit our Quarters For CARA event on our Facebook Page !