Aug 31

Charity auction idea: LAST Day to get Saturday Night Live tickets

Sherry Truhlar 6 Comments

If you are looking for a good charity auction idea, here’s one that helps with procurement.

Each year during the month of August, Saturday Night Live allows people to enter into a drawing for free tickets for the upcoming season.

Here’s text from the site (which still states 2007-2008 season):

To enter the Saturday Night Live ticket lottery for the upcoming 2007-2008 season, send an email in the month of August only to snltickets@nbcuni.com. Please include all contact information and do not request a specific date.

If you are selected, you will receive two tickets to a random show date and time.

You may only send one email per household and all audience members must be at least 16 years of age. Please note that entering the lottery does not guarantee tickets, and you will only be notified in the event that you are chose.

Click here for the site.

I’ve sold these at my client’s galas; they sell well.

P.S. For procurement ideas and information like this NBC link, grab a couple of my auction procurement tutorials. The one-hour recordings are updated each year to give you ideas, tips, and insider angles. There’s different information each year. The .mp3 recording is instantly delivered via email so you can get to work instantly! Learn more at www.AuctionItemIdeas.com

About Sherry Truhlar

Fundraising auctioneer and education, helping schools and nonprofits plan more profitable benefit auctions. A prolific writer for her own blog and other fundraising sites, she’s been covered in The Beacon-News, Town & Country Magazine, The Washington Post Magazine, Northern Virginia Magazine, Wiley's Special Events Galore!, AUCTIONEER, and other publications.

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Sherry Truhlar says
August 31, 2009 at 10:13 PM

I sent my email … Did anyone else?
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- Kathleen says
  August 12, 2013 at 8:22 AM
  
  Do you send email requesting tickets under the charity/school name or personal name?
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  - Sherry Truhlar says
    August 12, 2013 at 8:51 AM
    
    Kathleen, as this is a lottery and not a direct request, I’d be focused on following the rules of what is required. For instance, the rules state “full contact information,” so I’d think it wise to provide the school principal’s name, or a finance director (if a private school) … something like that.
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    - Kathleen says
      August 13, 2013 at 5:10 AM
      
      Thanks Sherry!
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      - Sherry Truhlar says
        August 13, 2013 at 9:12 AM
        
        🙂
Corrine Sanders says
August 31, 2009 at 10:33 PM

Hello Sherry! I sent my email, just in time!
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