2011 Auction Items

click on an image below to see a slideshow of some of the items up for auction. Check back often as we will be adding more items up until the auction on Saturday, March 28th.  

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Items up for auction to benefit RGS's scholarship program include:

  • A Weekend Retreat at The Empty Center  donated by Robert Thomson, Stephen Fitzpatrick, and Haley Felker


    A two night retreat, reunion, or camping trip for up to 12 people at The Empty Center on Deer Ridge Farm in Townshend, Vermont.

    Includes 3 home cooked vegetarian meals provided on-site. Ingredients to make simple breakfasts will also be stocked in the kitchen.

    The Empty Center is located on an 180-acre farm on a dirt road, with lots of hiking trails and open fields, a pond, a meeting room,
    farmhouses and barns, and a stream with a waterfall.

    Accommodations include a 100-year-old farmhouse with three bedrooms (1 with king, 2 with choice of twins or king), an open room with a double futon couch/bed, a queen pull-out couch in the living room, two bathrooms, full kitchen, dining room, sunroom, and newly renovated meeting room suitable for yoga, dance, meditation, or workshop; also,  a cabin with 1 bedroom (choice of 2 twins or king bed), a pullout queen couch in living room, bathroom with shower, small kitchen, and porch overlooking the pond. A yurt is available for camping. Small wood-fired sauna available.

    Can be scheduled at mutual convenience during June through October, with at least 3 weeks notice.
    Subject to availability. Suitable for a family reunion, a weekend workshop, a retreat group, or a getaway.

  • Safari in South Africa - 6 days/nights in Zulu Nyala Game Reserve


    Experience the magic of South Africa for 6 days and 6 nights. Zulu Nyala, a private game reserve, provides a unique and authentic taste of the bush in the heart of one of South Africa’s most diverse regions. Includes all meals, accommodations in 4-star luxury rooms, swimming pool, tennis, and photo trip into the bush twice daily with a guide. Excludes airfare, drinks and extra activities.

  • Dinner and Concert with the RGS Board


    Have you ever imagined throwing a dinner party that you did not have to cook or serve yourself? Now add the sounds of a string trio, including local music legends Zon Eastes and Peggy Spencer, playing baroque and classical music to accompany your dinner, and all of this in a spacious home overlooking beautiful falls. Several members of the River Gallery School Board of Trustees cooked up this idea as a donation to the auction. While the details have not been finalized, there is a good chance that the meal will be prepared and served by artist Petria Mitchell, Steve Phillips, Carol Barber and Laura Pepper, among others.

  • Weekend in Cambridge, MA  Condo - sleeps four - 7 minute walk to Harvard Square

  • Turqoise Necklace

  • Silver Earings from Evan James

  • Raleigh Hybrid Bike Model: Route 3.0

  • Aveda Sun Care Kit for Hair and Body

  • Simon Pearce Vase

  • 4 Ski-doo Sleds

  • Vera Bradley Tote in Simply Violet

  • Blown Glass "Ruby Bubble Wave Sculpture" by Robert Burch

  • Two tickets to Vermont Jazz concert

  • Custom Arbor by Monica McNeil

  • Four tickets to the Marlboro Music Festival

  • Pacifica Pottery Wheel

  • Gift Certificate to Book Cellar

  • Nine week Juggling class with Tony Duncan

  • 1/2 Cord of firewood, custom split, custom length, choice of local species

  • Personalized baby bowl from Jennie Blue

  • Massage from The Massage Studio

  • One month membership to Curves

  • Gift Certificate to Beadnik's

  • Student Pool Pass to Living Memorial Park

  • Gordon Hayward's book, "Art and the Garden"

  • Gift Certificate to Amy's

  • Knitting class at Knit or Dye

  • Two one month memberships at the Colonial

  • Dinner for Two at the Chesterfield Inn

  • Basket of New Chapter Vitamins

  • Two ski passes to Mt. Snow

  • Five hours of house cleaning and gardening from Maria Nelson

  • Gift Certificate to Beck's

  • Wolf Kahn Greeting Cards

  • Art by:


    Jason Alden

    Patricia Burleson

    Ric Campman

    Liza Cassidy

    Charlotte Fischer

    Basha Freudenberg

    Robert George

    Kim Hartman Colligan

    Nan Heminway

    Lynn Hoeft

    Cynthia Houghton

    Mallory Lake

    Peggy Leo

    Pat Little
    Helen O'Donnell
    Tori Olson
    Matthew Peake
    Lydia Thomson
    Millie Torres

    and Many More