The Eighth Annual Auction
Supporting the Student Scholarship Program!
2013 Charity Auctions for College Scholarships
We just wrapped up a successful 2013 MN IFT Silent Auction thanks to the support from our wonderful donors and our ambitious MN IFT Members who love helping out a great cause. We were able to raise over $7,500 which will be split 50/50 between National IFT Foundation Scholarship Fund and MN IFT Scholarship Fund.
For those of you that like numbers, here's the auction results:
40 donors including companies and MNIFT members
121 items were won
43 different winners
$7,565 raised
Live Auction:
$3,082 raised
56 items were won
Online Auction:
$4,463 raised
65 items were won
Wonderful Donors: General Mills • Cargill • Land O'Lakes Dairy Ingredients • Michael Foods • Brenda Knapp–Polzin • Tonya Schoenfuss • AACCI NW Section • Bellisio Foods • Bell Flavors and Fragrances • Caravan Ingredients • Chuck & Don's Pet Food Outlet • Core Foods Ingredients • DMH Ingredients • DuPont Nutrition and Health • Edlong Dairy Flavors • GNP Company • Gold Coast Ingredients • Grain Millers • Greg and Associates Inc. • Hormel Foods • Jennie–O Turkey Store • KLN Family Brands • Dan & Erica Kennedy • Lengends in Credit River Township • Marathon Foods • McCormick Foods • Milk Specialties Global • Mother Murphy's • Newly Weds Foods • Lisa Pannell • Qualitec • Red Arrow Products Co. • Joel Reiman • rtech laboratories • Seneca Foods • Suds! Bath and Body • SUPERVALU • Symrise, • Ungerer Flavors • U of MN – CFANS
Special Thanks to all of the Wonderful Committee Members! Ron Heddleson • Dan Kennedy • Danielle Nabak • Lisa Pannell • Bob Prochnow • Holly Reiter • Andrea Stetzer • Jie Sun • Naomi Sundalius • Anand Rao • Leanne Wortman • Lisa Zylkowski
Joel Reiman, MN IFT Auction Chair
Thank you for your support... in the past seven years, the MN IFT Auction has raised over $37,000 for direct contributions to local and National IFT Scholarship Fund!
The IFT Foundation provides scholarships to undergraduate students and fellowships to graduate students to attract bright young minds to food science, food technology, and related curriculums. Funding is made possible by IFT Foundation donors, corporate sponsors, and private sources. More than 50 universities offer programs approved for IFT Foundation scholarships.
The MN IFT Silent Auction will take place in two parts with online bidding beginning in early February of 2012 and ending before the live auction. A live Silent Auction will take place at the February Minnesota Section of IFT Meeting.
The MN IFT is looking for donations that are unique, creative or talent sharing. Past prizes that have done well include spa packages, sporting event tickets, golf packages, gourmet dinners and quilting lessons. Cash donations are also welcome and we will purchase items on behalf or your company. We like to think that our event is unique in that it empowers our members to give back to the foundation, from which many of them received scholarships in the past, while providing a fun environment and something in exchange.
If you have any questions, please contact Joel Reiman, MN Section IFT Silent Auction Chair, (507) 226-6289, jdreiman@hormel.com.
Donations can be mailed to: Lisa Pannell, General Mills, 9000 Plymouth Ave. N, Minneapolis, MN 55427, Ph. 763-764-7398. Don't forget to include your business card!
Auction Timeline:
- Donations - Have ideas and sponsors? Contact Joel (507-226-6289) Today!
- Jan 28-Feb 3, 2013: Online auction preview of items
- Feb 3-8: Online Auction
- Feb 12: Live Silent Auction at The Metropolitan Ballroom & Clubroom