WJFF’s Fabulous Community Auction – 8/25

WJFF’s Fabulous Community Auction
Saturday, August 25
The Western Supper Club & Inn Ballroom
Callicoon, NY
Doors open at 3pm | Live auction begins at 5pm

Live and Silent Auction featuring Products, Services & Experiences from
Area Businesses including ECCE Bed & Breakfast, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts,
The Delaware, Foster Supply Hospitality Co., Frost Valley YMCA, The Delaware River Club, local artists and more. Scroll down for more!

Bid High to Support Your Community Radio Station – WJFF Radio Catskill

Beer, wine and light refreshments served. Ticket includes one free drink from the Ballroom Bar.

Tickets: $15/person, available at BrownPaperTickets.com or call WJFF 845-482-4141

Made possible in part by The Western Supper Club and Inn and Catskill Brewery

Area Businesses – Promote your business by donating an Auction Item. For details email manager@wjffradio.org

A Selection of Items Donated thus far:

SPECIAL EXPERIENCES

Private consultation on operating a B & B with Alan Rosenblatt owner of award-winning ECCE Bed and Breakfast in Barryville. For those in the business or thinking about starting a B&B, at this magnificent mountain house.

Private guided nature walk with Laura Silverman of The Outside Institute on the bidder’s property or the destination of their choosing (within an hour of Eldred, NY) for up to 4 people. Includes a recently published field guide.

Cooking Lesson in Honesdale: Learn to cook a meal that will wow your friends. Rosemary Mullaly, author of a fabulous food blog on Epicurious, with thousands of followers globally, will give a private cooking lesson to one or two persons – and can also advise on wine pairings.

Cooking lesson from Judy Maidenbaum, the proprietor of the Fat Lady Café in Kauneonga Lake, up to 20 people on making various kinds of Middle-eastern hummus

Wine tasting for six at Upstream Wine and Spirits in Livingston Manor
Upstream Wine and Spirits proprietor, Meg McNeill, will give a wine tasting with 5 wines for 6 people at her shop in Livingston Manor. Upstream is a thoughtfully curated wine and spirits shop specializing in sustainable, organic and biodynamic beverages that taste good.

Introduction to Zen Weekend at Dai Bosatzu Zendo Monastery near Livingston Manor
October 26-28, 2018 or an alternate weekend in 2019.

Two tickets to the October 5 Peter Yarrow concert Bethel Woods Center for the Performing Arts – Bethel Woods merchandise gift basket, plus a private tour of the museum and grounds.

Bronx Zoo Total Experience Two tickets and parking pass for one day unlimited access to the zoo’s most popular exhibits, rides and attractions plus gift bag.

Jazz piano lesson with master jazz pianist, composer and educator Neal Kirkwood in NYC or Callicoon/Jeffersonville area.

Fly fishing instruction at the Delaware River Club in Starlight, PA – A one-day introduction to flyfishing for one or two people at The Delaware River Club, considered one of the top five wild trout streams in the nation, located on the West Branch of the Delaware River.

Jamaican Rhythms Kitchen Experience and Lunch: Learn to cook Jamaican style with the best. Cooking lesson for one in the morning; two for lunch

Reiki session with Tamara D’Antonio

OVERNIGHT STAYS

Weekend Getaway at Frost Valley YMCA – Two nights stay for up to four in in Lakeview Lodge; all meals and most program activities included

Two nights stay at The Delaware House in Andes, NY.  Two nights stay in a suite for up to 4 at the charming Delaware House, in the hamlet of Andes which features a hiking trail, antique and boutique shops, restaurants, and a cidery, all walking distance.

RESTAURANT GIFT CERTIFICATES

Dinner for two at the elegant Willow River Art Gallery & Cafe in Honesdale
A dinner for two at the elegant, romantic restaurant in an art gallery full of antiques.

Dinner for two at North Branch Inn presented by Foster Supply Hospitality. North Branch Inn has a “concise menu that is consistently changing…always sourcing product from good people we know.”

Gift certificate for BBQ at Chick E Ribs in Liberty

Gift certificate at The Laundrette in Narrowsburg “Wood fired pizza… inventive salads… and a view of the Delaware like no other”

Lunch/Brunch for two at Branko’s Patisserie du Jour in Honesdale – Espresso, lattes, cappuccino, French ” au chocolate”, organic Chai’s and teas. Traditional to unique breakfast; soups, salads, vegetarian delights and more — dishes from many different regions of Europe. French pastries, fresh fruit tarts.

Gift certificates (2) at Bethel Market Cafe 

Gift Certificate at Hennings Local in Cochecton – Norwegian chef Henning Nordanger’s take on American comfort food

Gift Certificate at The Heron in Narrowsburg

Gift Certificate at The Western Inn and Supper Club in Callicoon – Bar, Supper Club and Inn

SPA SERVICES

Gift certificates for spa services at The Spa at The Arnold House in Shandelee. The Spa at The Arnold House offers high-end therapeutic services in a caring, professional, and relaxed environment.

WINE/SPIRITS/SPECIALTY FOODS

Gift certificate at Callicoon Wine Merchant

Gift certificate at Dirty Girl Farm Goat Dairy in Andes

Gift certificate at Quails R Us in Honesdale

SPECIAL SERVICES

A commissioned painting by artist David Barnett of your favorite landscape view. Local artist David Barnett will paint a chosen view on the winning bidder’s property on canvas or board

Power washing by Kevin McDaniel of Pristine Painting of a structure (your home?!) up to 2500sf.

Family Portrait by professional photographer Patricio Robayo of 3R Studios in studio or family’s home.

TICKETS/ENTERTAINMENT

Two Tickets to Delaware Valley Opera Gala – 2018 gala cabaret tickets for event at The Western in Callicoon on Saturday, September 1.

Four Priority Seating Tickets to P.L.A.Y The Classics presented by Shandelee Music Festival at, and in partnership with, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, October 7.

Movie Tickets at the Hurleyville Arts Centre where multi-cultural, intergenerational, and all abilities are represented through storytelling, film, dance, theater and music.

ART/ANTIQUES/SPORTING GOODS/FURNITURE/ELECTRONICS/MORE…

15-foot Old Town Canoe – Lovingly maintained Old Town canoe with wicker seats and life preservers

12.5 -foot Foldable Pakboats Kayak – perfect for backpackers only 20lbs.!

Antique Portable Writing Desk (c. 1840’s)

Mission-style Chair

Design Within Reach “Invisible” Bookcase

Cecily Fortescue Pottery Bowl

Robert Patterson Watercolor of Washington Square Park

Bose Soundsport Earphones and Bluetooth Soundlink Micro speaker

Richard Ginori China “Primavera“ coffee and dessert set for 8

And much more!