The 2010 Auction to Benefit Project FAIR is now open. The auction will run from October 12, 2010 to October 21, 2010. All bidding will be taking place online.

Special Note to our guests to the annual benefit on October 21, 2010: Please register to bid prior to the event through this website.  At the live event there will be an opportunity to see featured items live, but all bidding will be done online at one of several auction bidding kiosks. 

Proceeds go to Project FAIR in order to support our work providing services to low-income and homeless New Yorkers.

Auction items range from exotic vacation getaways to donated items guaranteed to delight and surprise. Our items are in a broad price range. There is something for everyone.  So, tell your friends, family, community. Let the bidding begin!

More about our organization:  Project FAIR is a small non-profit in New York City that assists low-income New Yorkers seeking to resolve problems with obtaining and maintaining government benefits -- welfare, Food Stamps and Medicaid -- through an administrative "fair" hearing administered by New York State.  See www.projectfair.org.  To accomplish this mission, Project FAIR employs a portable office -- our "Legal Help Desk" -- which we set up in the state office waiting room for fair hearings during designated hours every business day.  We help thousands of clients a year obtain Fair hearing Information, Assistance and referral (the "FAIR" in Project FAIR).  Project FAIR is extraordinarily efficient.  We leverage the resources of our partner organizations -- The Legal Aid Society, New York Legal Assistance Group and Urban Justice Center -- each of which houses at least one staffperson and  provides other in-kind benefits, including the volunteer time of highly skilled legal staff. We also train additional volunteers -- often law student and lawyers from the private bar -- who also serve clients at our Legal Help Desk.  Due to the contributions of our volunteers we are able to manage with a very small staff, but in these difficult financial times we need additional support to maintain our services in the face of the ever increasing demand for help navigating a complex government safety net.