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Are you ready? CET Action Auction is coming. I’ve asked some people here at CET to share their Auction stories … some interesting ones will be posted between now and April 18-21.

To the left is my “priceless” Auction item. But let me skip back a year from this photo … .

In 1999 I would have participated in my second Auction at CET … but it was not to be. I was at home, on maternity leave. I turned on the TV, thinking, “Hey, I’ll watch it from this side this year!” I soon discovered why people found it so addictive. If I just waited a few more minutes, that item I had just seen would be up for bid! What’s that noise? Oh, yeah, the baby’s crying.

In 2000, I was back on Auction duty in April. One evening, my husband – who always enjoys helping out at Auction as well – brought in our son, and we walked around with him a bit. One of the Auction volunteers saw him and ran up to me: “Hey! I need a kid wearing red! Can I borrow him?” And so that’s how my little guy scored some celebrity before he even knew what Auction was. For the life of me, I couldn’t get him to take that bottle out of his mouth! He eventually, with prodding, did ring the little bell on the engine.

My kids still know all about Auction, because they are here every year. It’s a family affair for us. For the children, it’s a lot about eating LaRosa’s food and feeling a sense of excitement about what is going on. But my son is old enough now to begin to understand what we do here at CET, and why Auction and Pledge are an important way for the public to support and have a say in what we do here.

What’s your story? Feel free to post it in our comments. We’d like to hear from you!
–Patsy