Online Auction & Basket Raffle 2025 | DonationMatch

Online Auction & Basket Raffle 2025

Other Event Type for Northampton Area Public Library
Oct 06, 2025 9:00 AM to Oct 16, 2025 9:00 PM
Deadline: September 29, 2025

Who's Going
Fundraising Goal $11,000
Expected Attendance 500
Reach 2,500
Ticket Price $0
Metro Area Allentown, PA
Exempt Status 501(c)(3) (IRS Form 990 Filed)
Nonprofit Category B - Education
Attendee Gender Ratio 25% Male, 75% Female
Potential Item Uses Online Auction Raffle/Sweepstakes
How Donors Promoted Event Signage Event Program Newsletter Website Email Blast Facebook Instagram
Attendee Ages 18-24 Years 25-34 Years 35-44 Years 45-54 Years 55-64 Years 65+ Years
Attendees' Children's Ages 0-4 Years 5-11 Years 12-17 Years 18+ Years
Special Populations Moms Active People
Description

The Northampton Area Public Library strives to be a dynamic source of information, services, and programs in an ever-changing community, always offering something new. Our mission is to be the first point of access for information, self-enrichment, leisure, and social connections within our large community. The Annual Autumn Online Auction & Basket Raffle is our second largest fundraiser each year, only surpassed by our Annual Fund Drive in the Spring. These fundraising events make up 7% of our annual budget. The Auction takes place online via BetterWorld from 9:00 AM October 6th through 11:59 PM October 12th. The Basket Raffle, held from 6:00-9:00 PM on October 17th, offers the community the chance to win any of around 400 prizes. People gather together and eat food, bought from the Banquet Hall, and enjoy themselves. We always pull the 50/50 Raffle and the big ticket prizes at the end of the night to encourage people to stay and socialize. Once the doors close, we pull the winners for the rest of the 400 items. The following Monday the winners are called to pick up their prizes at the library. It's a lot of hard work, but this fundraiser really pays off for the library.

Northampton Banquet & Event Center
1601 Laubach Avenue
Northampton, PA 18067