• Sleeps eight
• Swimming pool
• Hot tub
• Wood-fired sauna
• Fishing boat
• Tennis Court
• Semi-private golf course
• Horseshoes
• Satellite TV
• Full kitchen

• Private group tour, customized to buyer's interests
• Local chef, cookbook author, nutrition educator, and former owner/head chef of Good Life Cafe and Catering, Jenny Breen, has been cooking professionally in the Twin Cities for over 20 years

• Authentic, home-cooked South African food
• Served at Robin Phillips’ home

• A full day of cooking with J.D. Fratzke, Executive Chef of The Strip Club Meat & Fish
• Winner of City Pages 2014 Best Restaurant (St. Paul)

• Authentic, home-cooked Oromo (Ethiopian) food
• Served in buyer's or Kathleen's home (buyer's choice
• Includes 4 bottles of wine (two red, two white)

• Authentic, home-cooked Vietnamese food
• Served at Robin Phillips’ home

• Authentic, home-cooked South Indian food
• Served at the home of the buyer

• Waterproof housing
• Rechargable lithium-ion battery
• Assorted mounts and hardware
• Built in wiFi
• Ultra wide angle lens

• Fully-equipped private home
• Near Lake Superior and Grand Marais, MN; nestled in the midst of 100 acres of forest
• Located 20 miles from the Canadian Border and Grand Portage State Park, and 3 miles from Judge C.R. Magney State Park
• 3 bedrooms, sleeps 8
• 3 bathrooms stocked with Aveda products
• Full kitchen
• Outdoor hot tub
• Game tables
• Snowshoes and poles
• Fishing Equipment
• Musical instruments
• Wireless internet access
• TV / DVD
• Laundry room

• Guided by Steve Yasgur, former President of St. Paul Fly Tiers, expert split-bamboo fly rod maker and The Advocates' board chair, Sam Myers
• Your very own custom made rod by Steve, an expert split-bamboo fly rod maker
• Delightful shore lunch with fresh fish; share fishing stories with two seasoned experts
• Book of photographs from your trip is included

• Saturday afternoon, August 23; Twins vs. Detroit Tigers
• Seats 18 comfortably
• 2 VIP parking spots
• Wonderful view of the game

• All inclusive package
• Unlimited rounds of golf
• Lodging: 2 night stay
• Breakfast and dinner included

• Located next to Aspen Mountain, only 4 blocks to center of downtown Aspen and Silver Queen gondola
• Direct ski-in, ski-out access to Lift 1A
• 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms; sleeps 7
• Complex heated pool
• Spacious living room with TV, iPod dock, DVD player, and stone gas burning fireplace
• Well equipped kitchen
• Great views of town and Red Mountain
• Washer and dryer in unit
• Master bedroom features queen bed and flat screen TV
• Guest bedroom features bunk bed with queen on bottom and twin on top, plus a flat screen TV
• Pull out couch in living room

• 13-inch MacBok Air with 1.7 GHz processor & 8GB memory
• Apple Care Protection Plan
• Apple Magic Mouse
• 1 TB Hard Drive
• USB super drive

• Two roundtrip tickets
• Anywhere Southwest Airlines flies in the U.S.
• Fly any time before 7/1/15

• Two beautiful adjacent stucco homes
• Located 90 minutes southwest of Athens
• In the quaint, friendly village of Lefkakia
• Area has remained untouched by mass tourism
• Five minute car drive from the beautiful port town of Nafplio
• Five minutes from Aegean Sea and its numerous seaside villages and beaches

• #1            Indian apparel and Nepali purse: two women’s tunics and one child’s tunic from India and a leather purse from Nepal (Afshan Anjum & Aviva Breen)
• #2            Black and white shawl from India (Afshan Anjum)
• #3            Felt scarf from woman-owned shop in Kyrgyzstan (Amy Bergquist)
• #4            Silver earrings and Bulgarian box (Aviva Breen)
• #5            Gray striped cashmere scarf from Morocco (Aviva Breen)
• #6            Red beaded necklace from Nepal (Aviva Breen)
• #7            Black hand-embroidered scarf from Nepal (Aviva Breen)
• #8            Triangle pendant necklace with coral and wood accents from Morocco (Marlene Kayser)
• #9            Hand-embroidered white wool scarf from Dubai (David Kistle)
• #10          Orange and turquoise beaded necklace (Aviva Breen)
• #11          Women’s empowerment package: two scarves from Cambodia; two scarves from Thailand and a tote bag from Nepal (Theresa Dykoschak & Aviva Breen)
• #12          Italian flower pendant (Tracy Van Steenburgh)
• #13          Embroidered pashmina shawl from Nepal: black with purple, green, and yellow flowers (Anonymous donor)
• #14          Purple amethyst and stone necklace (Aviva Breen)
• #15          Turquoise, coral and silver necklace from Morocco (Marlene Kayser)

• #1            $100 Gift Certificate to The Bachelor Farmer (A friend of The Advocates)
• #2            Bikes and Beers Package (Omnium Bike Shop & Summit Brewery)
• #3            Books and Bars     Package (Magers & Quinn Booksellers & Amsterdam Bar and Hall)
• #4            Cake (Cafe Latté)
• #5            Pie Crust Baking Lesson (Char Myers)
• #6            Coffee Gift Basket (Dunn Bros Coffee)
• #7            Fiesta Basket (Marlene Kayser)
• #8            Case of Minnesota Fruit Wine (Forestedge Winery)
• #9            Friday Night Basket (Chelli Ray)
• #10          Wine Basket (Kathy and Allen Lenzmeier)
• #11          Global Foods Basket (Seward Co-Op, It’s Greek to Me Restaurant, Dr. Sima Samar, & Anonymous donor)
• #12          Surly Sack (Surly Brewing Company)
• #13          Chocolate and Wine Basket (Kathleen Seestadt)
• #14          Trader Joe’s Sampler (Trader Joe’s)

• #1            Hand-painted plate from Jordan (A friend of The Advocates)
• #2            Cream and black throw from Egypt (Djpanker Mukhovjee)
• #3            Rose and black patterned bowl from Morocco (Robin Phillips)
• #4            Nepali gift basket (Aviva Breen, Marlene Kayser, Robin Phillips & Gandhi Mahal Restaurant)
• #5            Batik throw from Ghana (Global Mamas)
• #6            Brightly patterned platter from Mexico (Shelia Holtan)
• #7            Set of four “outback” puppets from Nepal: koalas and kangaroos (Robin Phillips)
• #8            Set of four “farm” puppets from Nepal: rooster, pig, lamb, and bear (Robin Phillips)
• #9            Child‘s wool tiger slippers from Nepal (Robin Phillips)
• #10          Child’s felt hat from woman-owned shop in Kyrgyzstan (Amy Bergquist)
• #11          Alphabet wall hanging from Nepal (Robin Phillips)
• #12          Ceramic Iznik design bowl from Turkey (Anonymous donor)
• #13          Orange bed covering and purple pillow case from Egypt (Djpankar Mukhovjee)
• #14          Gifts from Laos (Chanida Phaengdara Potter)
• #15          Wool and silk rug from Tibet (Woven Arts)
• #15          Pillow cases from Vietnam (Jean Thomson)

Literature and Art

• #1            Five hours of professional interpretation services and training (Amla International Translations)
• #2            Art class certificates for four (Art and Elixir)
• #3            Dinner and show passes for two (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre)
• #4            Minneapolis Night Out: Two tickets to Motown the Musical and a suite stay and breakfast for two at the Hilton Minneapolis (Hilton Minneapolis & Hennepin Theatre Trust)
• #5            Deer in Grass photographic print and framing gift certificate (Jim Brandenberg & Calhoun Beach Framing)
• #6            Ojibway Lake Island photographic print and framing gift certificate (Jim Brandenberg & Calhoun Beach Framing)
• #7            Milkweed Editions Book Package (Milkweed Editions)
• #8            Uptown Night Out (Galactic Pizza & Landmark Theatres)
• #9            Dare to be Powerful screen print poster (RLM Art Studio – rlmartstudio.com)
• #10          St. Paul Date Night (Pazzaluna & St. Paul Chamber Orchestra)
• #11          Custom-designed and painted mural for a child’s room (Sue Banovetz)
• #12          Custom-made invitation (Sue Banovetz)
• #13          Jardin D’Hiver Avenet Les Bains, painting (Dean Gallery)
• #14          Grandparents’ Toy Chest (Marlene Kayser)
• #15          "Minneapolis" hand-painted purse (Cindy Jackson)
• #14          "Venice" hand-painted purse (Cindy Jackson)

Out & About

• #1            Ride the Rails Package: Jackson Street Roundhouse and Osceola & St. Croix Valley Railway passes     (Minnesota Transportation Museum)
• #2            Art and Ice Cream (Walker Art Center & Sebastian Joe’s Ice Cream)
• #3            Cantus Season Tickets Package for Two (Cantus)
• #4            Family Fun at Mall of America (SeaLife & Mall of America)
• #5            Sailing on Lake Minnetonka (Jill and Jon Eisenberg)
• #6            Lutsen Mountain Lift Passes for two (Lutsen Mountains)
• #7            North Shore Scenic Railroad Lester River Excursion (North Shore Scenic Railroad)
• #8            North House Folk School 2-3 Day Course (North House Folk School)
• #9            North Shore Getaway Package (Kathy and Allen Lenzmeier)
• #10          Michael Monroe’s Log Cabin Concert Tickets (Michael Monroe)
• #11          Paddling Bears Sculpture (Marlene Kayser)
• #12          Patagonia merchandise (Patagonia St. Paul)

• #1            Fitbit Flex Wireless Wristband (Kathy and Allen Lenzmeier)
• #2            Yoga Package: yoga, gift certificate, DVD (CorePower Yoga & Anonymous donor)
• #3            Dance With Me gift certificate (Dancers Studio)
• #4            Two ten-week dance classes (Jawaahir Dance Co. and The Cassandra School)
• #5            Minikahda Golf Outing: 18-hole round for three people (Jay D. Miller)
• #6            Swarm Lacrosse Tickets (Minnesota Swarm)
• #7            Two tickets for a Vikings game at TCF Stadium (Nikki and CJ Rugh)
• #8            Polaris backpack, 110^th Anniversary Indian Motorcycle keychain and pin, and Indian Motorcycle T-shirts (Polaris)
• #9            Splatball admission and rental package for two (Splatball – Minneapolis Paintball)
• #10          Two tickets for a University of Minnesota Men’s Hockey game (Char and Sam Myers)
• #11          Winter Fun Package: two lift tickets, adult and child knit hats from Nepal (Three Rivers Park District & Anonymous donor)
• #12          Two tickets for a Vikings game at TCF Stadium (Char and Sam Myers)
• #13          Sailing class for two adults on Lake Calhoun (Char and Sam Myers)
• #14          Wellness Package: massage, yoga, Oxygen+ (The Wellness Center & CorePower Yoga & The Brewer Group)
• #15          Deluxe Special Edition Scrabble (Peter’s Billiards)

 

 

If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please contact 
Ann Ulring at [email protected] or 612.746.4677