2024 Spring Auction

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Welcome to our Spring 2024 Silent Auction!

Interested participants may make a bid by emailing bethLockard@deafcanPA.org between April 17 to May 1 with the number of the item of interest and amount of the bid. The last bids will be accepted at 7 p.m. May 1.  Bidders will be contacted if another bidder tops their bid. If bidding is hot, texting can be used later.

Please let others know of this Auction!  DeafCAN! appreciates your support!

1. Longwood Gardens (Kennett Square) (www.longwoodgardens.org): two complimentary guest tickets expiring September 3, 2025. (not valid for specially ticketed events such as fireworks or Wine & Jazz Festival; every weekend during A Longwood Christmas; or December 25—January 3). (value $50; starting bid $35)

2. “End of the Day” framed & matted 16” x 20” signed watercolor painting by local Delaware County artist, Fran Van Allen, MA, LPC [Fran attended Newark School of Fine and Applied Art and also majored in art at Southern Methodist University.  Later she changed career goals and became a psychotherapist, often utilizing art and dance movement in the therapy process when appropriate.  Fran worked as a counselor for the Friends Counseling Service and is a member of Goshen Friends Meeting. In the last thirty years Fran returned to doing visual art with the hope of creating mystical or spiritual images.  She studied with Jane Miluski and Nancy Berch.] (value $350; starting bid $125)

3. Signed painting “Grow Sunflower“ by nationally known Deaf artist Nancy Rourke, 16” x 20” acrylic painting (value $150; starting bid $75)

4. Cut glass fruit bowl and fresh fruit with Giant Food Stores $25 gift card (GiantFoodStores.com) (value $50; starting bid $35)

5. Large vintage wooden/glass jewelry box with music, vintage ceramic box, pewter butterfly necklace, and Kendra Scott gold toned necklace (Nordstrom) (value $95; starting bid $40)

6. Two hours interpreting services by SIGNINterpreting Services (requests@signinterpreting.org) based in West Chester (value $120; starting bid $75)

7. Large multicolor (white, tan, lavender, green) crocheted shawl with picot edging (cotton/acrylic yarn, machine wash & dry) by Karen Leslie Henry and flower necklace (value $155; starting bid $65)

8. “Moored”: 16.5” x 20” framed painting by local Delco artist, Jane James. [Light and color are the first things to attract her to a painting or a potential painting.  While she works primarily in watercolor or pastel, she may enhance a painting with other media.  One joy of her art career has been two painting trips to Tuscany and finding the incredible light and color there.  A painting trip to Scotland inspired an entirely different palette. Ms. James is a juried winner and member of the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society and has been painting and drawing seriously since 1996, studying primarily with Jane Miluski and Nancy Berch]. (value $350; starting bid $125)

9. Knitted blue/lavender color blend crocheted triangle shawl (cotton & acrylic blend yarn, machine wash & dry) by Karen Leslie Henry with blue Derbyshire pottery mug (value $85; starting bid $60)

10. Cut glass sunflower relish tray (10’ x 4.75 “) (value $35; starting bid $20)

11. “Friendship is a Precious Treasure” hand stitched 16” x 16” wall hanging (value $50; starting bid $20)

12. Small green lidded basket filled with 4 pink plastic lunch plates, 4 plastic blue green glasses, 2 dish towels, and a Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. $50 gift card (value $80; starting bid $30)

13. Numbered 709/152 vintage flowered crudité tray made in Germany (value $40, starting bid $25)

14. Clear glass grape design pitcher, five butterfly lunch plates, and Apple Walnut Café $25 gift card (Broomall) (value $80; starting bid $35)

15. Vintage mid-century signed Franz Grosz etched glass vase/Chairish (has a tiny chip) (value $40; starting bid $20)

16. $50 gift card from The Gables at Chadds Ford (thegablesatchaddsford.com), two wine glasses, and a bottle of Benigna’s dry white wine from Traminette, PA with notes of honey and apricot (value $67; starting bid $35)

17. Harvest Grill & Wine Bar $50 gift card (Glen Mills, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Newtown (https://harvestseasonalgrill.com /, one wine glass, and a bottle of Benigna’s dry white wine from Traminette, PA with notes of honey and apricot (value $66; starting bid $35)

18. Vintage Depression glass pitcher with six iced tea glasses on a tray (value $75; starting bid $35)

19. Schmidt Bros six-piece BBQ Knife Set (value $78; starting bid $50)

Good Friday, Palm Sunday and Easter Services

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Join us for all of our services leading up to Easter Sunday!

For more details, click here.

 

You are invited to our Palm Sunday celebration!

10:30 a.m., March 24, 2024
Upstairs in the Deaf chapel

Luncheon at 12 Noon in downstairs Fellowship Hall

$20 adults, $5 youth 12 & under, RSVP to church by March 19
484-319-4256 or 1991ctk@gmail.com

 

Good Friday

3 p.m., March 29th

 

Easter Sunday

10:30 a.m., March 31st

Fall Silent Auction

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Welcome to our 2023 Fall Silent Auction!

Interested participants may make a bid by emailing bethLockard@deafcanPA.org between November 11– December 7th with the number of the item of interest and amount of the bid. The last bids will be accepted at 9 p.m. Thursday, December 7th.  Bidders will be contacted if another bidder tops their bid. If bidding is hot, texting can be used later.
Please let others know of this Auction! Shop for birthdays and holiday gifts or treat yourself! DeafCAN! appreciates your support!
  1. Wild Birds Unlimited: 2 lb. Wild Bird seed, 1.4 lb. Hot Pepper squirrel-shaped birdfeed for cylinder feeder, “Save the Song Birds” tote bag , and hobby guide (value $110; starting bid $65)
  2. Hills Seafood (Exton, Glen Mills, & Newtown Square) $100 gift card, two wine glasses, and organic wine (L’Auratae Vero Sicilia 2020 Catarratto Pinot Grigio). (Value $114; starting bid $65)
  3. Hands Up Productions (www.handsupproductions.com): two tickets to ASL interpreted theater for the 2023 –24 season. One guest must be deaf. (value $100-$150; starting bid $75)
  4. Longwood Gardens (Kennett Square) (www.longwoodgardens.org): two complimentary guest tickets expiring February 2, 2025. (not valid for specially ticketed events such as fireworks or Wine & Jazz Festival; every weekend during A Longwood Christmas; or December 25—January 3). (value $50; starting bid $35)
  5. Red gift basket: with two large “Be Kind” ASL mugs, 12 oz. Costa Rica Tarrazu coffee, 12 oz. City room BKG coffee (toasted nut and cocoa), and 1 oz. medium roast Kanaloa coffee beans. (value $45; starting bid $20)
  6. “Home of the Brave”: framed 19“ x 19” Native American sand painting, and rust knitted pattern scarf by Karen Leslie Henry, (acrylic yarn, machine wash & dry) (value $143; starting bid $75)
  7. Vintage tea pot, three sets of 8 tea bags (Green Pomegranate Tea, Chai Tea, and Irish Breakfast), five pack of 4 oz. butters (Pumpkin Spice Peanut Butter, Cinnamon Almond Butter, Honey Roasted Peanut Butter, Dark Chocolate Almond Butter, and Butterscotch Peanut Butter), and book “Ritz Book of Afternoon Tea” by Helen Simpson. (value $60; starting bid $30)
  8. Norman Rockwell plates: set of 12 gold-rimmed Saturday Evening Post series by Danbury Mint. (value $200; starting bid $80)
  9. “Emmett Kelly: “The Greatest Clowns of the Circus” numbered collector plate by Ray Weaver, 1982 (value $30; starting bid $10)
  10. Phillies Rhys Hoskins autographed cap and photo card with stats (value $175; starting bid $70)
  11. Signed painting “Love Hands“ by nationally known Deaf artist Nancy Rourke, 16” x 20” acrylic painting (value $150; starting bid $75)
  12. “Sunrise” framed & matted 16” x 20” signed watercolor painting by local Delaware County artist, Fran Van Allen. (value $350; starting bid $125)
  13. Brown bobble triangle crocheted shawl by Karen Leslie-Henry (cotton/merino blend yarn) and two large handmade pottery mugs (value $118; starting bid $65)
  14. Vintage collectible heavy painted milk can by local Philadelphia artist Joseph Varsanyi: covered bridge scenes; converted to a reclaimed wood round table. (value $150; starting bid $60) The artist is Joseph F. Varsanyi Sr. His obituary is found in the Inquirer, go to this link: https://www.inquirer.com/philly/obituaries/20120817_Joseph_F__Varsanyi_Sr___91__autowoker__soldier__artist.html
  15. Starbucks ASL “Connecting” mug by Deaf artist Yiqiao Wang with 16 oz. ground Christmas Blend coffee, and 16 oz. blue vacuum insulated tumbler (value $56; starting bid $35)
  16. Bulova hinged picture frame and clock (worth $25, starting bid $10)
  17. Black and gray knitted rectangle shawl by Karen Leslie-Henry (acrylic yarn, machine wash & dry), two snowflake glass candle holders with white candles (value $75; starting bid $35)
  18. Vintage rocker (100+ years old) with mother-of-pearl inlaid beige needlepointed seat (Best offer!)
  19. Brown, beige, charcoal, and gray colored crocheted shawlette (acrylic yarn, machine wash & dry), by Karen Leslie-Henry with Starbucks 24 oz. clear travel mug, 16 oz. whole bean organic Yukon Blend coffee with notes of wild herbs & Allspice, and 16 oz. whole bean organic Café Verona coffee with notes of dark cocoa & caramelized sugar (value $119; starting value $60)
  20. Autographed photo of Eagles Cornerback #29 Avonte Maddox (value $45)

Dinner and a Scary Movie!

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Join us on Friday, October 13th for a delicious lasagna dinner followed by a screening of Forget Me Not. Follow the link below for more information. Forget Me Not is rated PG-13, and will be captioned. Synopsis of the movie below!

Dinner and a Scary Movie!

Forget Me Not explores the conflicts facing a family who wins the lottery and escapes to a cabin. While at the cabin, they are unexpectedly introduced to a mysterious stranger. Who is the stranger and what does he want? Join the family as they go on a suspense-filled journey into their past!