OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

DOORS OPEN 6PM

AUCTION STARTS 6:30PM

What is a Quarter Auction?
A quarter auction is part raffle, part auction, part fundraiser and ALL fun! It works a bit like bingo. When you arrive, you’ll receive a numbered paddle with a corresponding numbered ball that’s put into the drawing basket. Auction items will be on display from a variety of donors and vendors with a bid price of 1,2,3, or 4 quarters.

Once the auction begins, a 4-H member will display the item that’s currently up for bid and will announce whether it’s a “1, 2, 3 or 4 quarter” bid. If you’re interested in bidding, you will put designated number of quarters in a bowl and raise your paddle. A 4-Her will walk from table to table with a bucket to collect bids.

The announcer will then draw a number to find a winner. If they draw your number and you bid on the item, hooray! You just won an awesome item at a great price! If they draw your number and you did NOT bid, just call out “no bid!” and they’ll continue to draw numbers until a winner is declared.

Paddles are $25.00 in advance (check or exact cash to the NCC Office, 461 Wyoming Rd. Rm 131 or Venmo: @NCC4-HLeaders. Please call 302-831-8965 to reserve your paddle) and includes paddle and roll of quarters to get the bidding started.

On the day of the event, paddles will be $30.00 at the door (cash, card, check, Venmo: @NCC4-HLeaders) with a roll of quarters.

Additional paddles can be purchased for $5.00.
All In Paddles are $60.00. This means you automatically bid on every item without putting any quarters in.

To reserve your paddle, please contact Serena Conner or Kaitlin Rogers 

These programs are brought to you by University of Delaware Cooperative Extension, a service of the UD College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, a land-grant institution. 

This institution is an equal opportunity provider. If you have special needs that need to be accommodated, please contact the office two weeks prior to the event.