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Current Charity Fundraisers |
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Partners for Pets Silent
Auction |
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Partners for Pets
is a licensed not-for-profit all-breed animal rescue group in
Illinois. Their dedicated volunteers spend countless hours rescuing
homeless, unwanted animals from high-kill animal control facilities and
puppy mills. Most of these rescued animals
need
medical care or are just too fragile for shelter life. Partners for Pets
provides extensive medical care to each animal prior to adoption,
including spay/neuter surgery and grooming. About 5% of the animals are
kept in foster care while the other 95% are kept in a shelter environment
until they are adopted. Last
year Partners for Pets was able to find homes for 1000 animals through the
hard work of their volunteers and their generous donors. |
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Partners for Pets exists solely on donations
and is having a silent auction fundraiser in May. Ephraim Faience Pottery
has donated a beautiful experimental piece to their auction to help
Partners for Pets raise funds to continue their important work on behalf
of animals.
The Bittersweet Vase is
an experimental piece designed by Laura Klein, potter, and John Raymond,
glazer. This piece is 10” high by 5” wide. It has a retail value of $198.
This piece is glazed in Moss with brown vines and
orange-red berries. The coloring matches our
Bittersweet Pitcher in the Moss glaze. In addition to our regular
studio mark and the artist's original ink signature, the foot of the vase
is marked with an “E” designating it as experimental. This is a gorgeous
piece that is sure to be at home in your EFP collection. |
Experimental
Bittersweet Vase
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Partners for Pets' silent auction starts May
1st and runs through 10:00 p.m. on May 31st. Items will be set
out in the lobby of a very popular local restaurant managed by a Partners
for Pets volunteer. Bids may be placed during the restaurant's open hours
or may be
emailed to Angela Turcott. Angela is a volunteer so please be patient
while you wait for her response.
Silent auction location:
Ravanelli’s
Restaurant, 26 Collinsport Dr., Collinsville, IL 62234
We hope you will join us in helping Partners
for Pets help animals by placing a bid on the experimental Bittersweet
Vase. Thank you! |
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North Lakeland Discovery Center's Membership Social & Silent Auction |
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The North Lakeland
Discovery Center is a community-based environmental learning center
dedicated to exploring, preserving, and enhancing the Lakeland area's
natural, cultural, and historic resources. The Center is located on a
66-acre site in Manitowish Waters, in the heart of northern Wisconsin's
tranquil Lakeland destination region. Core values include a belief that
the acquisition of knowledge and skills is a life-long undertaking.
Through various means including recreation, discussion, display, and field
study, The Discovery Center offers a diversity of experiential learning
opportunities. Programs are based on the premise that the better we
understand our natural environment, the more likely we are to accept our
shared responsibility to look after it. |
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The Discovery Center's
annual Membership Social provides an opportunity to support the Center
by bidding on an array of silent auction items donated by the area’s
businesses and artists. This year Ephraim Faience Pottery has donated
a Sunflower
Vase from the now-retired Tenth Anniversary Collection to the
silent auction. This special collection marked EFP's tenth anniversary and
was available for one year only, retiring on July 31st, 2007.
The foot bears a special tenth anniversary mark in addition to our regular
studio mark and Ken Nekola's original ink signature. |
#601 Sunflower
Vase
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The Sunflower Vase
was designed by Ken Nekola, potter, and Angela Taddei, glazer. Ken
combined both form and decoration to create this unique representation of
his favorite flower, which he calls “the essence of summer.” Exquisite
details make this low vase lovely when viewed from either the side or from
the top. The Sunflower Vase is approximately 3” high by 7 3/4” wide and
its original retail value was $228.
The Discovery Center's Membership Social is
a live event held on Sunday, May 25th from 4:00-6:30 p.m. This fun evening
also includes a raffle, catering by the Skyview Lodge and Supper Club, and
wine tasting. Sorry, but emailed silent auction bids cannot be accepted.
The event is open to Discovery Center members and the general public.
Tickets to this event are $15 and can be ordered by calling the Discovery
Center at 715-543-2085. Please purchase your tickets before May 19th. There
will be a limited number of tickets at the door for $20.
See the Discovery
Center's special events section of their website for more information. |
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Angel's Wish Online Auction
for Animals |
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Angel’s Wish* is dedicated to reducing animal overpopulation, rehoming
companion animals, and raising awareness of animal welfare issues in South
Central Wisconsin.
It is an all-volunteer, non-profit
charitable organization. Since its founding in 2000, Angel’s Wish has
helped thousands of animals find new lifelong homes. Angel's Wish also
provides reduced-cost spay/neuter services to prevent unwanted litters,
hosts microchipping clinics, provides educational outreach programs to
children and educates the public on companion animal issues.
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The
Online Auction for Animals is the
biggest fundraiser of the year for Angel's
Wish. The auction generates much-needed revenue that helps AW continue its
vital work on behalf of animals in the community. To help Angel's Wish
meet its fundraising goal of $15,000, Ephraim Faience Pottery joined the
ranks of the “Angels for Animals” by donating a gorgeous experimental
piece to the online auction. |
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Pink Iris Vase is an experimental piece that resulted from the
studio’s collaborative artistic process. The form was thrown by Ken
Nekola, sculpted by Mary Pratt, and glazed by Eric Anderson. This piece is
an impressive 14” high by 4.50” wide. In addition to the studio’s mark and
Mary Pratt’s original ink signature, the foot of the vase is marked with
an “E” designating it as experimental.
Auction items will be available for preview
from May 1st through 31st at the
Angel's Wish online auction site. The auction runs for the entire
month of June and bids may be placed online from June 1st
through June 30th. To preview or bid on EFP's donation, click
on the Art category and scroll down to "Pink Iris Vase."
Please join Ephraim Faience Pottery in
helping Angel's Wish carry out its important work on behalf of animals in
our community by placing a bid on this great piece. |
Experimental
Pink Iris Vase
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*Why is it called Angel's Wish?
Lois Lawrence, a founding member of Angel's Wish, once rescued a kitten
from a construction site. Weak with starvation, dehydration, and a severe
upper respiratory infection, neither veterinary treatment nor Lois’ love
and care could save the kitten from the effects of that hot June day.
Angel died that night in Lois' arms. The organization believes that
Angel's Wish would have been that no other animal be subjected to pain,
suffering, abandonment or neglect.
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Recently Completed
Charity Fundraisers |
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The
Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired
is a comprehensive rehabilitation agency that offers a variety of
programs. For over 80
years, the Lighthouse has fostered the independence of people who are
blind and visually impaired, thereby helping them to realize their full
potential as individuals. More information about the Lighthouse can be
found on their
website.
As part of
their Mardi Gras Gala, the Lighthouse for the Blind hosted an online
silent auction for a retired 10th Anniversary Pepperberries Vase. The retired 10th
Anniversary Pepperberries Vase raised $400 for the Lighthouse for the Blind
through their online auction. EFP would like to thank everyone who bid
on this vase for supporting this very worthy cause. |
