{"id":1285,"date":"2005-12-03T14:04:10","date_gmt":"2005-12-03T19:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/framingham.com\/wordpress\/?p=1285"},"modified":"2010-04-15T22:35:14","modified_gmt":"2010-04-16T03:35:14","slug":"framingham-rotary-auction-coming-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/2005\/12\/03\/general-interest\/framingham-rotary-auction-coming-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Framingham Rotary Auction Coming Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FRAMINGHAM, MA<\/strong> \u2013 The 34th annual Framingham Rotary Auction will be televised live in Framingham, Dec. 6 and 7 on RCN Channel 8 (also in Natick, Needham, and Newton, Allston, Arlington, Boston (some areas), Brighton, Brookline, Dedham, Hyde Park, Lexington, Somerville, Stoneham, Wakefield, Waltham, Watertown) and Comcast Channel 9.<\/p>\n<p>On Tueday and Wednesday Night call 508-405-2500 for bidding.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-bidding using the Web Site has begun!!<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Framingham Rotary donated over $30,000....<\/p>\n<p>Rotary is synonymous with community service. Local Rotary Clubs work tirelessly to support charities in their areas. In Framingham, the primary Rotary fundraising event is the annual Auction.<\/p>\n<p>All of the Auction's net proceeds are donated to Metrowest charities. Awards are made to programs and services that directly benefit our most needy population.<\/p>\n<p>The effort that goes into producing the Auction is immense. It involves more than 65 Rotarians, their families and friends, and others. Hundreds of businesses and individuals donate goods to be auctioned on live television every year.<\/p>\n<p>Organizations and programs The Rotary has supported include:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 Childwatch<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 Framingham Civic League<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 Framingham Public Schools<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 A Place to Turn<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 South Middlesex Opportunity Council (SMOC)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 Boy Scouts<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 Metrowest YMCA<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 The Learning Center for Deaf Children<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 Natick Visiting Nurse Association<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 N.E. Aftercare Ministries<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 Wayside Community Programs<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 Danforth Museum Craft Fair<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 Framingham Solutions<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 Programs for People<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 Jewish Family Services of MetroWest<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 MetroWest Latin American Center<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 Bay Path Elder Services<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 Callahan Senior Center<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 Framngham Civic League<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 Girl Scouts<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 Ron Burton Camp<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 Veteran\u2019s Outreach Program<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 A Suitable Image<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Pre-Bid online now!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a title=\"Framingham Rotary Auction website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rotaryauction.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.rotaryauction.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRAMINGHAM, MA \u2013 The 34th annual Framingham Rotary Auction will be televised live in Framingham, Dec. 6 and 7 on RCN Channel 8 (also in Natick, Needham, and Newton, Allston, Arlington, Boston (some areas), Brighton, Brookline, Dedham, Hyde Park, Lexington, Somerville, Stoneham, Wakefield, Waltham, Watertown) and Comcast Channel 9. On Tueday and Wednesday Night call 508-405-2500 for&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/2005\/12\/03\/general-interest\/framingham-rotary-auction-coming-up\/\">[read more]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[651,650,653,652],"class_list":["post-1285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","tag-framingham-rotary","tag-rotary-auction","tag-rotary-club","tag-rotary-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1285"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1287,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1285\/revisions\/1287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}