Your favorite upcoming online auctions for good causes!

December 6, 2021 9:18 PM

I recently missed out (by a few hours, arggg) on an online auction for a local cause I care about that had some really great items (especially things that were more in the "services" arena, eg virtual music lessons or piano lessons, editing help, massages, stuff like that.) Do any of YOU all know of any great online auctions for your favorite causes coming up? i'd love to hear about them! Location not so important, I'm thinking, as I wouldn't bid on anything that had to be sent or picked up far from me. Thanks : )
posted by elgee to Grab Bag (3 answers total)

The NFL spent some time last Sunday patting themselves on the back for a charity thing involving football footwear. The players were all wearing custom-decorated footgear representing charities of their own choice which will be auctioned somehow or other. So if game-used football equipment is your thing, here is a one time opportunity.
posted by SemiSalt at 4:50 AM on December 7, 2021

I think it's ending soon, but there's the We Need Diverse Books holiday auction.
posted by wintersweet at 7:57 AM on December 7, 2021

You might want to check out Bidding For Good, an online auction platform used by a diverse group of nonprofits (including schools - I assisted with our cooperative preschool's auction on this site some years back); you can bid on most things listed, though some are restricted to members of the organization hosting the auction (like a pizza party with the school's teachers, etc.). I don't have any particular organizations to suggest but you can sort live auctions by location and there's generally information about the organization on its auction home page.
posted by sencha at 8:54 AM on December 7, 2021