Join us at the FREE PPA Charities Celebration event at ImagingUSA on January 15, 2011 in San Antonio! Here's the most recent list of items to be auctioned:

LIVE AUCTION: Richard Sturdevant’s “The Deadman’s Hand” 30x40 Framed Canvas
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LIVE AUCTION: Spend a Week at Deep Creek Lake!

The high bidder will win a week-long stay at Jim and Ann Monteith's lake house at Deep Creek Lake, Maryland, a 4-seasons resort in the mountains of Western Maryland (Garrett County). Offered on May 7-13, 2011, the lake-side home has 5 bedrooms and 5 baths, sleeps 12, and would be perfect for a family vacation, business meeting or for hosting your own workshop.

LIVE AUCTION: Doug Gordon - Package of all Doug Gordon Products - $1700

LIVE AUCTION:

PPA Board Member Carol Andrews and her husband Greg Jensen, of Greg Jensen Originals, have donated a one-of-a-kind sterling silver charm cast from the fingerprint of a child who received the gift of life-changing surgery during an Operation Smile medical mission photographed by PPA Charities Executive Director Bert Behnke. According to Carol the charm represents “the healing gift given through the generosity of PPA Charities participants: This simple symbol artfully personifies a touch of gratitude from the children and their families whose lives have been healed.”

RAFFLE: Sam U to You

The “Sam U to You” raffle will provide you with chances to win a visit to your studio from marketing and management guru Sam Puc.’ To learn more click here.

RAFFLE: Chicks Who Click Conference Registration
June 23 - 26 - Firesky Resort, Phoenix, Arizona

RAFFLE: Texas School “Bonanza Basket”

This amazing treasure trove (worth over $8,000!) contains educational products donated by these 2011 Texas School instructors: Click here to see the entire list of instructors and their donations.

SILENT AUCTION: Bid On Workshops, Equipment, Software, Mentoring and More!

• Adobe - Lightroom 3 - $299
• After Dark - 4 tuitions - $499 each
• American Photographic Resources toy basket (with all APR toys) - $165, plus certificate for 25% off any prop
• Animoto - 3-month pass
• Animoto - 1-year pass
• Asuka Book - $250 Gift Certificate
• Backdrop Outlet - Theme Basket - 7 items
• Backgrounds by Maheu - 10x20 Fine Art Background
• Barbour Background - 6x8 Stratton Backdrop
• Beth Forester Photo Duds design package $500
• Chromaluxe - 16x20 Metal Photo Float Mount - $250
• Collages.net - Album design - $350
• Collages.net - $250 printing credit
• Collages.net - $150 high-gloss books credit
• Collages.net - $150 - card credit
• Craig’s Actions - gift certificate - $150
• Dahle trimmer 20" and 12"
• Digital Anarchy - Plug-ins, Designer Toonit - $654
• Drurys - Radio Poppers PX set - $500
• Excel Picture Frames
• Firesky Resort, Phoenix, for 3 room nights during “Chicks Who Click” conference - June 23-26, 2011
• Gina Alexander Bag - $273
• Kimbra Studios - Photo Wine Stopper - two charms - $65
• Kobota Image Tools - Full Creative Pak - $899
• Kodak Film 3-$765.00= $2295
• Larson Enterprise - 4-$250 gift cards
• Leather Craftsman
• Lens Baby $125 gift card
• MAC Group - Temba Sling Bag
• MAC Group - Temba Messenger Laptop Bag
• MAC Group - Temba Messenger Camer Bag
• Marathon Marketing & Design Workshop
• Marathon Make Money Now! Workshop
• Mid-South Color Labs - Back-lit 24x36 print
• Millers Professional Lab - Album $750
• New England Institute of Professional Photography - Gift Certificate for a week-long course at the 50th anniversary of the 2011 New England Institute of Professional Photography, Resort and Conference Center, Hyannis, MA, April 10-15, 2011. See course listings at www.neipp.com.

• Neil 6899 Briefcase and album
• NIK software - $599
• Oklahoma City Thunder NBA game - 4 on-the-floor tickets
• PPA - 2 PPA memberships
• Precision Camera and Video - $300 photolab credit
• Professional Photographers of Oklahoma - Oklahoma School Tuition - $400 - June 5-9 - June 14-16
• Send-Out Cards - $49
• Showcase Photo & Video - Lowepro Magnum 400 AW - $230.00
• Sigma $350 Flash EF-530
• Simply Canvas $100
• Snap Totes 100 Gift card
• Special Kids Photography Workshop
• SuccessWare - 1 year of leasing
• Texas School scholarship (May 1-6, 2011) even for sold-out class. See course listings at www.texasschool.org.
• Tamrac Zipshot tripod- $60, Evolution Backpack-$200, Rally 5 bag-$80.00
• John Travolta - Signed print
• Rick Trummer - Geeks Tour Workshop - $59
• Think Tank - Airport Takeoff Backpack - $299
• Viewfinder Masks (formerly CropLines) - Sensor cleaning

• Wacom Intuous 4 mediumTablet - $349
• Wescott lighting kit - $750
• WHCC - 4 theme baskets including $500 lab credit
• WHCC - 2 theme baskets including 3-month Pickpic Pro
• Wicker by Design - $50 gift certificate
• Wild Sorbet - $200 gift certificate