Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce
2009 Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce
Our online auction has now closed and we’d like to take a moment to express our tremendous gratitude to everyone who helped make it a success.
Special thanks to:
- All of our generous donors and sponsors
- Everyone who participated and invited friends and family to bid
- Our dedicated families, constituents and community of supporters
Bid and Boogie at our Live Auction on Friday, November 20th, at the Samoset Resort!
There is free admission to the live event. A catalog of all auction items will be available as you enter the live event. The preview is from 5-6 pm, with the live auction starting at 6pm.
The featured item this year at the chamber auction is a FISHER HT Series snowplow from Fisher Engineering, valued at $5115! Thank you to Fisher Engineering for your generosity again this year, we really appreciate your support. Blade width, 7', 6".
Thank you to our auction event sponsors: Fisher Engineering, Bangor Metro, Gamage Antiques, The Free Press, the UPS Store and VillageSoup.
The live auction will have Bruce & Becky Gamage as the auctioneer team, a concession stand, raffle auction items (including five $100 cash raffle prizes) and an elimination drawing. Thank you to our $100 cash raffle prize sponsors: Bruce Gamage - Gamage Antiques, James W. Brannan, Rolf Winters - Knowlton Moving & Storage Corp., Captain Steve Hale - Captain Jack Lobster Boat Adventure and Mike Jones - Camden National Bank.
$500 Elimination Drawing at live event: The Elimination Drawing board consists of 100 numbers being sold at $20 each, in which one winner will receive a cash prize of $500. Every half-hour, starting at 6:30 p.m., 20 numbers will be randomly selected and removed from the board until only one number is left. This person will receive $500 in cash!
For those that wish to stay overnight after the auction and dance, the Samoset Resort is offering a special rate of $119.00 for an overnight stay. For reservations, call 207-594-2511 or 800-341-1650 and reference the chamber auction special room rate.
New at this year's Chamber auction will be the Pat Pepin Band known as the "Mojo Mamas", who will come on stage after the live auction. The live auction event will end at approximately 8:30 pm and the band will be playing for about three hours. Free admission. Thank you to our band sponsors: Bangor Savings Bank, Bank of America, Bar Harbor Bank & Trust, Camden National Bank, Damariscotta Bank & Trust Co., Five County Credit Union, KeyBank, Machias Savings Bank, Midcoast Federal Credit Union, Rockland Savings Bank, TD Bank and The First.
Thank You to the following Contributors
Bruce Gamage & Becky Gamage
Auctioneer Team
Samoset Resort
For facilities and planning assistance
Mass AV - The Event Staging Company
Complimentary usage of easels
Mary Sesak - Sesak Art, Illustration & Design
Advertising, Postcard & Poster Design
ChelTed Gallery - Ted Skowronski & Michelle Painchaud
Event Banners
Auction Committee, Volunteers and Board of Directors
Amber Armstrong and Amber Heffner - Decorations
Congratulations on placing your winning bid.
Please allow several days for us to process the auction results, bill the credit cards and begin fulfillment of your auction items.We know that you’ll be pleased with your purchases and look forward to your continued support in future auctions as well.
If you have any questions about your item fulfillment, please call Shari Closter at 800-562-2529, ext. 22 or email her at shari@therealmaine.com. She will be contacting you to obtain information on shipping any physical items. All gift certificate(s) will be mailed automatically to all winning bidders at no cost.
The Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce is truly grateful to our community and to all those who took part in our benefit auction.We thank you again for your generosity and for supporting our cause.
