The Promise Ball | Auction
Saturday, January 23, 2010


Committee | Honorees | Auction | Fund a Cure | Corporate Sponsors | Table Sales

The Promise Ball has a silent and live auction filled with high-end, one of a kind packages.  Our guests are excited to shop these auctions knowing that with their purchase they are helping find the cure for diabetes.  Keep checking our website for Auction Item updates!!

2010 Live Auction Items
2010 Silent Auction Items
2010 Super Silent Auction Items
Become an Auction Donor
Last Years Donors
Auction Rules

Become an Auction Donor:
The Promise Ball has an impressive guest list that includes corporate leaders and social influencers from all over the Valley.  Wouldn’t you like this group to know about your business?  JDRF takes seriously the relationships with its donors and understands the marketing expectations of an auction donation.  JDRF makes every effort to promote the business of our auction donors and makes sure they are highlighted in front of our guests.  Click here to view our procurement packet and learn more about the benefits of being an auction donor.

Last Years Donors:
Thank you to the many generous auction donors for The Promise Ball 2009. Because of these donations, the event raised more than $245,000 from the live and silent auction.
Below is a list of The Promise Ball 2009 donors.

Auction Rules:
Bid Cards
At Registration, each guest will be given a bid card with a bid number written on it.  Please retain the card throughout the evening and use your assigned bid number for all bids in the Silent and Live Auction. Placing your bid number on an item indicates a promise to pay for the item should you become the highest bidder.

Silent Auction
Silent auction shopping opens at 6:00 p.m. and closes at 7:30 p.m.
Please write legibly and observe the minimum bid and minimum raises. Any raise less than the minimum raise will be disqualified. No bids may be made after the auction is closed. The “guaranteed bid” box on the Silent auction form ensures your ownership of the item.  When you enter your “guaranteed bid” number in the box, you own the item.

The Live Auction
To place a bid on a Live Auction item, raise your bid card high and keep it raised until the auctioneer has acknowledged your bid.  Should you be the highest bidder, a runner will bring a bid form to your table to confirm your bid.

All winning bids are final. There will be no exchange or refund on items unless otherwise specified.

Please make payments in full this evening. We accept cash, check, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover.

Please carefully check envelopes containing gift certificates before leaving. JDRF is not responsible for replacing gift certificates lost after you leave the event. JDRF is under no obligation to extend, modify or change items or restrictions on items/certificates. 

Please pay careful attention to all conditions, restrictions, and expirations dates on items and services. Unless otherwise stated, gift certificates exclude alcohol, tax and gratuity. Unless otherwise noted, all auction items and services must be used within one year of January 23, 2010.  We appreciate your strict observance of these restrictions, as future donations depend upon it.

Dates for all trips and similar events must be mutually arranged with donor, unless otherwise noted. All reservations should be made at least one month in advance. All tickets in travel packages are for coach travel, unless otherwise specified. No refunds are permitted for canceled, lost, or unused tickets and/or accommodations.

Airline blackout dates apply to all tickets, regardless of airline, unless specifically noted. Blackout dates are subject to change. Tickets cannot be reissued or refunded.

All completed sales from this event are considered transactions solely between the purchaser and the donor of the auction item.

JDRF has endeavored to catalogue and describe the auction items correctly, but all items are sold “as is.”  No statements contained in the program or made orally at the sale or elsewhere shall be deemed a warranty, representation or assumption of liability.  Bidders should carefully note the specific restrictions, conditions, and expiration dates for items purchased.

JDRF reserves the right to withdraw any item from sale.

Items depicted in the slide presentation of the live auction are for illustration purposes and may not be actual auction items.