You can turn their Little Wishes into Big Dreams Every dollar you donate counts towards our fundraising goals. Every helping hand makes it possible to fund initiatives that inspire our children, enrich their academic experiences, broaden their horizons and pave the way to turn their little wishes into big dreams

Turning Little Wishes into Big Dreams

It’s more than an Auction.  It's a fun night filled with lively auctions, great food & drinks, live entertainment and dancing. It's an evening of great conversation with other Gates families and teachers. Enjoy the anticipation and excitement as amazing items come up for the live auction.

 

It’s more than a fundraiser.  It's ensuring that the auction continues to be Gates’ biggest fundraiser for funding various enrichment initiatives, such as visiting authors and performers, teaching hours in classrooms and the library, scholarships and much more. 

 

It’s more than volunteering. It’s a community building experience, where you can join other Gates families and work together to create the most successful fundraiser yet! Do you knit, sew, or paint amazing works of art? Are you an excellent home chef waiting to be discovered? Do you teach music? Can you donate a week stay in your vacation home?  It’s an opportunity to showcase or share any special talents and hobbies you may have, and who knows, discover new ventures and brighter horizons ahead.

To volunteer, please contact Claudine Sahagian or Donna Harrington. 

  

  

  

  

  

  
 

Gates School Raffle
Raffle Tickets can be purchased at Gates Auction event on Saturday, April 01

Gates School Raffles

Tickets are $2 each or a packet 6 for $10
For every packet of 6 tickets sold, the seller's name will be entered in a drawing
to win a $30 Learning Express Toy Store Gift Certificate
Additional Raffle tickets can be downloaded by clicking here.
Drawing on April 1, 2017 at the Devens Common. You do not need to be present to win.
Cash or Checks can be made payable to “Gates School PTO”.

    
 

More Ways to Help
Please bid on Classroom Gift Baskets

Classroom baskets are now available for viewing online at: https://gates.schoolauction.net/auction2017/catalog. Those baskets have been made possible thanks to generous donation from many Gates familites and thanks to all the effort, time and creativity of the gift-basket classrom volunteers. 

     

Donate an item online ( Now closed for this year) 

Donate an Item

Here are some creative suggestions on ways you can help in making the night a success. Whether you’re an individual family or teaming up with Gates friends here are some ideas on how you can contribute:

  • Business Expertise: photography, financial services, home renovation, house cleaning, plumbing/electrician services or baby sitting
  • Vacation Getaway: a weekend stay at a family vacation home
  • Unused Gift Cards
  • Host a dinner experience at your place
  • Tickets to a Red Sox, Patriots, Bruins, or Celtics Game or a Broadway Show
  • Handmade Items: knitted accessories, jewelry, furniture, watercolors/acrylics, stained glass or other crafts
  • Talents: cake decorating, dance lessons or many more ideas
  • Inspire a child: mentor a Gates Student at your photography studio, bakery, dental or medical practice for an hour or two
  • Birthday party: offer a fun and creative birthday party for a child
  • 5th or 6th grader: Donate their time towards a Gates Family; raking, mowing, babysitting/mother’s helper, tutor or assist with a child’s birthday party.
 

No April Fools ...
Be prepared to party like it's 1999 at the Gates School Auction 
Entertainment by MC Larry Falk  
from Cohen Productions 

  

Online Bidding is Now Closed 

Online bidding for Gates Auction items will be available starting the evening of Monday, March 20 through Monday, March 27 right here by browsing our online catalog. 

Online bidding allows you to pre-bid on live and silent auction items before the start of the Gates Auction, and to establish a maximum dollar amount that you're willing to pay for the item. It also allows those who are unable to attend the event to place a bid option.  The highest pre-bids at the close of the online auction will become the opening bid price at the Gates School Auction held at the Devens Common Center on April 01, 2017. In the event the highest online pre-bid for an item does NOT get outbid at the school auction, the online bidder will win the item, regardless of being present or not at the auction event.