The Auction will be held on Thursday, November 3, 2022, at the National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington DC, from approximately 6:30 – 10:00 p.m. ET. Admission is free and the event is open to the public. Over the past 32 years, the Charity Auction has raised more than $2 million for DC-based charities, including Rosie Riveters, Reach Incorporated, Modern Classrooms Project, New Endeavors by Women (NEW), Supporting and Mentoring Youth Advocates and Leaders (SMYAL), Miriam’s Kitchen, The Fishing School, and BUILD Metro DC.

Auction Beneficiaries: Proceeds from this year’s Charity Auction will benefit two great, local charities—Inspired Child and the FCBA Foundation. Inspired Child’s mission is to improve the quality of early childhood education for children from birth to age five living in Washington, DC’s most economically disadvantaged communities. It fosters a love of books and learning through three core programs: (1) Classroom residencies (Dancing With Books for PreK3-4, Rainbowdance for toddlers, and Dancing With Babies for infant classrooms) that support children’s cognitive, physical, and social-emotional development; (2) Naptime U., professional development workshops for early childhood teachers; and (3) Read With Me, a family literacy program. Each program is helping to create an environment that promotes school readiness for underserved children in our nation’s capital. Funds raised through the FCBA Charity Auction will help Inspired Child expand its classroom residencies, purchase the books that all children in its programs receive, and also support the launch later this year of its Inspired Child Teaching Artist Fellowship, which will support early career artists of color with a background in education to train as teaching artists. The FCBA Foundation will use proceeds from the Charity Auction to support its annual scholarship program.

What You Can Do to Help:  We are asking select businesses and individuals to donate prizes to be used in the live, online, or silent auction.  Past donors have contributed a wide variety of merchandise, behind-the-scenes tours, invitations to exclusive events, other special items, and gift certificates.  All donations are tax-deductible.