AuctionDrop Hosts Collections at Bay Area Charity Events.News Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN CARLOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 24, 2003 AuctionDrop, the leading eBay drop-off service, today announced it is hosting "fundraising collections" throughout the San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay at charity events including the American Heart Association's Heart Walk and Save the Music on September 28, 2003. AuctionDrop's fundraising program offers people a new way to give to the charities and schools they support. Donations of new and used merchandise are received by AuctionDrop and later auctioned on eBay with net proceeds going to charity. "People contribute as much as they can but in a down economy, charities and school fundraising programs suffer," said Effie Milionis, fundraising program manager at AuctionDrop. "This is a new and creative way for charities to augment current fundraising programs and for schools to fill in budget gaps. Check to see if your school or charity is listed and donate at any AuctionDrop location. If it isn't, enrollment is easy and free." AuctionDrop helps people turn their unwanted things into cash. People simply drop off their items and AuctionDrop's trained staff takes care of the rest including professional photography, eBay listing, payment processing, customer service, shipping and returns. Through the fundraising program the proceeds of an auction are donated to charity. Each donated item's listing states that the net proceeds of that auction benefit charity. Participation is free for donors. Currently over 40 organizations participate in AuctionDrop's fundraising program. Bay Area schools participating include Westbay Music Academy; Sacred Heart Schools This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. ; School-Force (the Belmont-Redwood Shores School District); San Mateo High School; Crystal Springs Uplands School Crystal Springs Uplands School is a private high school and middle school located in Hillsborough, California, an affluent suburb about 20 miles south of San Francisco. Crystal Springs Uplands is a college-preparatory school; virtually all, if not all, of its graduates go on to ; Mountain View Academy; Notre Dame High School Notre Dame is the name of the following high (secondary) schools: Bangladesh
A Jewish day school is a modern Jewish educational institution that is designed to provide Jewish children with both a Jewish and a secular education in one of the North Peninsula; Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School; and North Star Academy. Non-profits include Big Brothers/Big Sisters, San Francisco and Peninsula; Family Tree; the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society; the Clara-Mateo Alliance, Inc.; the Humane Society, Silicon Valley; Senior Coastsiders; New Bridges; Collins Foundation, CHAM; Planned Parenthood Golden Gate; Mission Hospice; Diabetes Society of Santa Clara Valley; American Heart Association American Heart Association (AHA), n.pr a national voluntary health agency that has the goal of increasing public and medical awareness of cardiovascular diseases and stroke, and thereby reducing the number of associated deaths and disabilities. ; Los Altos History Museum; Los Altos Christ Episcopal Church; ARCS Foundation; Community Associate for Rehabilitation; and Samaritan House. The American Heart Association's Heart Walk takes place at Coyote Point Park in San Mateo. The Save the Music Annual Festival and Regatta takes place on Twin Dolphin Drive near the Hotel Sofitel in Redwood Shores. For more information on either event's fundraising collection, contact AuctionDrop at 1-866-376-7486. AuctionDrop is open and accepts donated items in all of its locations 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday thru Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sunday. About AuctionDrop AuctionDrop is the first retail company dedicated to providing a simple, fast and convenient way for consumers to sell goods on eBay. Founded in 2002 by Randy Adams, Bill Rollinson and Andy Jeffrey, AuctionDrop is a privately owned company. Rollinson and Adams also founded the first online retailer on the Web, the Internet Shopping Network in 1994. AuctionDrop receives funding from leading Silicon Valley venture firms Draper Associates and Mobius Venture Capital. For more information go to www.auctiondrop.com or call toll free 866-DROP-IT-OFF (866-376-7486). AuctionDrop is a trademark of AuctionDrop, Inc. All other product and company names may be trademarks of their respective companies. |
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