The annual Auction for Education is our largest fundraising event of the year and also serves as an opportunity to raise awareness about women's empowerment and education. It brings together S4Si’s many supporters for an evening to celebrate our scholars’ achievements and to reflect on our organization’s efforts throughout the past year. This is always a wonderful opportunity for members of the community to sit down with the students who manage S4Si.
We are excited to host Mr. Derreck Kayongo, Advocacy Field Coordinator for the Southeast Region of CARE International, as this year's keynote speaker. In the past, Mr. Kayongo has worked with the Congressional Hunger Center and Amnesty International USA. He is also the founder of the Global Soap Project.
Our internationally-themed auction items come from Tanzania, Ghana, Australia, Peru, Ecuador, Costa Rica, India, Ireland, Singapore, Taiwan, Rwanda, and several other countries. There will also be basketball memorabilia and other wonderful items. Check out our Auction Item Preview!
Dinner will be provided by Palace International , a Durham-based restaurant that serves delicious, authentic East African cuisine.
Additional details for the upcoming Auction for Education are as follows:
Date: Saturday, April 24, 2010 (cocktail attire is requested)
Time: 7:00-10:00pm, doors open at 7:00pm, program begins at 7:30pm.
Location: Atrium and Nelson Mandela Auditorium, FedEx Global Education Center, UNC-Chapel Hill, 301 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27516
The Global Education Center is located at the corner of McCauley Street and Pittsboro Street. For additional directions and information about parking, please click here.
Tickets: Adults: $35 per person
Students: $15 per person or 2 for $25 before, $17 at the door
Our preferred method of payment is cash or check, but you may use credit card via paypal as well. To purchase tickets, please send your payment to our P.O. Box, pay via paypal (see link below), or come find us the week of April 19th in the pit! Ticket payments can be mailed to S4Si, P.O. Box 727, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514. If you mail in your payment, please include your email. A confirmation email will be sent with your electronic ticket.
The yellow button below will redirect you to PayPal, a secure system which we use to process online donations. You do not need an account to use this service. If you are purchasing more than one ticket, click "Add to Cart" and then click "Continue Shopping" and you will be redirected back to this webpage to make your next selection. After you have finished your selections, simply follow the instructions to confirm the number of tickets and then click "Proceed to Checkout".
Stay tuned for more details about our 2010 Auction! If you have any questions, please contact us at auction@s4siunc.org.
When a girl in the developing world has received seven or more years of education, she marries four years later and has 2.2 fewer children.